You might have a possibility on Saturday morning to offer enter in what qualities you’d wish to see in Columbia’s subsequent police chief.
Town hopes to announce its new police chief this fall and has employed Public Sector Search and Consulting to handle the search course of. The California-based firm’s web site describes itself as a “premier, boutique-style, nationwide search agency centered solely on recruiting high police executives for our shoppers.”
CPD outgoing chief Geoff Jones will retire on August 1. Present Columbia Police assistant chief Matt Stephens will likely be interim chief, efficient July 31. That choice was introduced this morning.
Public Sector Search and Consulting will likely be internet hosting a group discussion board tomorrow morning from 10 till 11:30 on the ARC on West Ash. Everybody locally is invited to attend.
Meantime, Columbia metropolis supervisor De’Carlon Seewood says the method of discovering the subsequent police chief will likely be about engagement.
“We’re going to speak to group members. And never one phase of the group however all group members. We wish all voices to say right here’s what we’d like so as to have for our subsequent chief,” Seewood says.
The hiring choice for the subsequent chief is the town supervisor’s choice.
“We’re additionally going to speak to our cops, we’re going to speak to the police union. We’re going to speak to the town police management staff. We’re going to ask their opinions on what do we’d like in a chief,” Seewood says.
Mr. Seewood tells 939 the Eagle that he needs to seek out the most effective one who matches the group.
