Three months ago Mayor Joe Ganim appointed Rebeca Garcia as the first female to lead the Police Department after AJ Perez resigned following his federal
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Category: Civil Service
Meet Eric Amado, Personnel And Labor Relations Director
Eric Amado is doing double duty these days as Bridgeport’s personnel director and chief of labor relations. He has been a city employee since September
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“Lame-Duck” Appointment Ordinance On City Council Agenda
Historically one of the shortest meetings of the year, the City Council will meet Monday on the eve of election day to refer a number
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Newton Urges Merit System Hiring During Lame-Duck Mayoral Period
Shortly after he was elected mayor in 1933, Socialist Jasper McLevy implemented a campaign promise to limit the spoils system of hiring municipal employees. Basically
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Is It An Employment List?–The Machinations Of Selecting A New Police Chief Swirls With Controversy
Does the Civil Service Commission and City Attorney’s Office consider the testing results to select a chief in 2018 an active “employment list?” If so,
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UPDATE: City Charter’s Conflicting Language On Police Chief Vacancy Raises Questions
The city’s national search for a police chief in 2018–now engulfed in a federal imbroglio–produced three finalists from which the mayor appointed a top cop,
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Bucci Presses Case To Reverse Chief Garcia Appointment
From Dan Tepfer, CT Post: The lawyer for four top city police officials, seeking to overturn the appointment of Rebeca Garcia as assistant police chief, said
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As Feds Probe Perez For Insider Help With Top Cop Test, City Defends Search Procedures
Was the November 2018 selection of chief of police compromised because AJ Perez had an unfair testing advantage over other candidates? That is in part
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