Mayor to speak to Commissioners
Mayor John Dickert will meet with the
Racine Police and Fire Commissioners to address the course of action used to
recruit and hire the next Chief of the Racine Police Department. Mayor Dickert asked the Police and Fire
Commissioners to explain the reason it has deviated from its intended process.
The
Police and Fire Commission is a completely independent body with the sole
authority to appoint a police chief, although they are appointed by the Mayor
and confirmed by the Common Council. Boards of Police and Fire Commissioners were
statutorily created to remove political influence from the hiring and firing of
police officers and firefighters.
“I believe in the process we have in place, which has worked for us in
the past” said Mayor Dickert. “It
is not my intent to interject myself into the hiring process, but to deviate
from that process sends a terrible message to these candidates or anyone
looking to begin a career in Racine.”
A
closed session meeting of the Board of Police and Fire Commissioners has been
set for Wednesday, February 22, 2012.
Please direct all questions to Mayor’s Office.
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