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In reviewing three candidates for the police reserve list, to fill current vacancies in the Somerville Police Department, a City Council committee voted against confirming the first name on the list.
On Feb. 2, all five councilors on the Confirmation of Appointments and Personnel Matters committee voted against appointing Matthew Fairchild to the police reserve list. The other two candidates, Giovanna Lorenzet Marin and Jose DaCosta, were approved in a 3-2 vote.
While police reserve list appointments have been a simple process in the past, the meeting played out like a slow motion drama.
The committee began by interviewing candidates in open session, before breaking for executive session to address protected personnel matters.
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BELLOWS FALLS â Finding a cop to fill several vacancies in the Bellows Falls Village Police Department has proven to be a major challenge, Municipal Manager Scott Pickup said this week.
Pickup, along with Police Chief David Bemis, gave the Bellows Falls Village Board of Trustees an update on staffing at the department Tuesday evening, and the outlook is pretty pessimistic.
According to Pickup, Bellows Falls isnât alone in its recruitment problems. He said while Bellows Falls has relied on âpoachingâ officers from other departments in the past, even those departments are having their own staffing problems.
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BELLOWS FALLS â Finding a cop to fill several vacancies in the Bellows Falls Village Police Department has proven to be a major challenge, Municipal Manager Scott Pickup said this week.
Pickup, along with Police Chief David Bemis, gave the Bellows Falls Village Board of Trustees an update on staffing at the department Tuesday evening, and the outlook is pretty pessimistic.
According to Pickup, Bellows Falls isnât alone in its recruitment problems. He said while Bellows Falls has relied on âpoachingâ officers from other departments in the past, even those departments are having their own staffing problems.