Background/Discussion
On January 25, 2021 the City Council approved resolution 21-24 which allowed the Police Department to pay a $5,000 hiring bonus to certified officers that were hired. That same opportunity was advertised in our latest testing notification that began on August 14, 2021. In reviewing Resolution 21-24 that hiring bonus expires on September 30, 2021.
We hired 1 certified officer in the testing that took place in March 2021, and we have 2 certified officers in the current testing process. We plan to hire 4 new officers by the end of this year and if the certified officers make the Civil Service Hiring List they will be hired as part of those 4.