UPDATE to "Dick's Picks"
After Tuesday's Commission meeting I asked Commissioner Wood as well as the Mayor if they could release the names of the members of the Ad Hoc Police Chief Advisory committee. Both said they could not tell me, followed with "they didn't know." However Commissioner Wood said that the information would fall under the Commission's "Executive Session privilege." She also stated that they have not met together yet and weren't fully organized. I guess she missed this article from the Pittsburg Morning Sun, as well as the meeting that it pertained to...
Fort Scott searching for new police chief
By JESSICA TIMS Morning Sun Staff Writer
FORT SCOTT - The City of Fort Scott is moving ahead with its search for a new police chief.
At Tuesday night's regular meeting, City Manager Richard Nienstedt told the commission a list of 25 applicants has been cut down to 10.
The final 10 was decided upon by Nienstedt, the city's human resource director and a group of five or six community members. Nienstedt said those citizens were asked to look for the applicants they felt would fit best in the Fort Scott Community by being a people person, proactive and small town oriented.
The votes cast by members of that group were tallied and the finally 10 were chosen.
Nienstedt said he started making contact with the final 10 this week, asking if they were still interested in the job. He also asked those candidates to submit the answers to three questions in memorandum form to the city. The questions were:
* Why do you want to be the chief of police in a small Kansas community?
* What do you do see as your most important challenges in managing a small police department?
* How will you address the challenges identified in question two?
Those questions must be answered in no more than two pages.
"What that does is give me an idea where their thinking is," Nienstedt said. "It gives me an idea of their writing skills and communication skills, at least in a written sense."
Those applications are due in City Hall by Oct. 1. After reviewing those answers, the city will narrow the field down further.
Nienstedt then expects to develop a selection that will interview the candidates some time in mid-October.
According to Nienstedt because the city was looking for a finance director and police chief at the same time, and had a good interim chief, the police chief search took a back seat to the finance director. Now that the new director of finance has been on the job for two weeks, Nienstedt has been able to make strides with the police chief search.
Former police chief Jay Reyes left his position on June 8. Fire Chief Jeff Davis took over the job as interim police chief, in addition to his duties with the fire department.
Nienstedt said he could not comment as to whether or not Davis was up for the position.
"We do have people inside the department that made the cut to this level," Nienstedt said at the meeting.
Nienstedt said if the officers that make it to the interview phase give permission, the city will release those names after they have been interviewed.
Fort Scott searching for new police chief
By JESSICA TIMS Morning Sun Staff Writer
FORT SCOTT - The City of Fort Scott is moving ahead with its search for a new police chief.
At Tuesday night's regular meeting, City Manager Richard Nienstedt told the commission a list of 25 applicants has been cut down to 10.
The final 10 was decided upon by Nienstedt, the city's human resource director and a group of five or six community members. Nienstedt said those citizens were asked to look for the applicants they felt would fit best in the Fort Scott Community by being a people person, proactive and small town oriented.
The votes cast by members of that group were tallied and the finally 10 were chosen.
Nienstedt said he started making contact with the final 10 this week, asking if they were still interested in the job. He also asked those candidates to submit the answers to three questions in memorandum form to the city. The questions were:
* Why do you want to be the chief of police in a small Kansas community?
* What do you do see as your most important challenges in managing a small police department?
* How will you address the challenges identified in question two?
Those questions must be answered in no more than two pages.
"What that does is give me an idea where their thinking is," Nienstedt said. "It gives me an idea of their writing skills and communication skills, at least in a written sense."
Those applications are due in City Hall by Oct. 1. After reviewing those answers, the city will narrow the field down further.
Nienstedt then expects to develop a selection that will interview the candidates some time in mid-October.
According to Nienstedt because the city was looking for a finance director and police chief at the same time, and had a good interim chief, the police chief search took a back seat to the finance director. Now that the new director of finance has been on the job for two weeks, Nienstedt has been able to make strides with the police chief search.
Former police chief Jay Reyes left his position on June 8. Fire Chief Jeff Davis took over the job as interim police chief, in addition to his duties with the fire department.
Nienstedt said he could not comment as to whether or not Davis was up for the position.
"We do have people inside the department that made the cut to this level," Nienstedt said at the meeting.
Nienstedt said if the officers that make it to the interview phase give permission, the city will release those names after they have been interviewed.
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