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  • Police chief candidate faces a three-person selection panel during a formal interview.
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    Choosing a police chief should be more than a resume and an interview

    A sergeant candidate may have to meet minimum qualifications, take a written exam, sit through a structured interview, complete an assessment, compete against other candidates, and live with a scoring system somebody can point to afterward. Then the chief’s job opens, and sometimes the process gets looser. A city may review resumes, conduct a few…

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  • Police chief candidate in a business suit facing a hiring board during an interview in city council chambers.
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    How much should a city know before it hands someone a chief’s badge?

    If I were helping a city hire its next police chief, I wouldn’t be comfortable making a recommendation based on a résumé, a good interview, and three references the candidate picked himself. I’d want to know quite a bit more about the person who was about to take charge of the department. A police chief…

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