Village of Plainfield Board of Police Commissioners met Sept. 17.
Here is the minutes provided by the board:
Commissioner Greg Chapman called the meeting of the Board of Police Commissioners to order at 6:00pm. In attendance were Commissioner Chapman, Commissioner Gardner, Chief Konopek and Kim McKinney. Chief Konopek stepped out of the meeting and rejoined at 6:11pm. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic this meeting was done via Zoom. The public was allowed and encouraged to email all comments or questions they would like addressed to CommissionAdministrative Assistant Kim McKinney by 3:00 p.m. on September 17,2020. No questions or comments were received.
Public Forum: Citizen's Comments-None.
The minutes of the August 13, 2020 meeting were read, and Commissioner Chapman moved the minutes to be approved, Commissioner Gardner seconded the motion. All in favor.
Correspondence- None
Old Business- The Board would like to begin the process of finalizing a testing company to handle both Entry Level and Promotional testing. Commissioner Gardner would like to take the lead in comparing companies. Commissioner Chapman agrees. All in favor.
Commissioner Chapman takes a moment to inform the Board he would like the Board to consider updating the current Rules and Regulations. Some of these changes may include Entry Level Officer educational requirements.
Chief Konopek makes the request to change the evaluation process of the Sergeant Promotional Exam. This portion of the exam the candidate would now be rated by a group of current supervisors. Commissioner Chapman will consult with the Boards council and confirm this is within the flexibility of the current 20% Departmental Merit & Efficiency.
New Business- Commissioner Chapman would like to focus on future Recruitment Strategies and Techniques. The Board would like to put forth extra effort to ensure that when testing we are advertising the testing process to a wide and diverse range of people. Over the next couple of meetings, the Board will discuss the Budget for advertising our testing process along with new and creative ways to advertise testing.
Executive Session-None
There being no further business or discussion, Commissioner Chapman moved the meeting be adjourned at 6:51 pm.
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