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Many public safety personnel in the City of Portsmouth do not understand the importance of the Civil Service Commission relating to there jobs, job security and advancement opportunities.
I have spent much time researching the rules and laws involving the City of Portsmouth Civil Service Commission. It is so important that I have decided that each meeting which is open to the public by law will be video taped and made available for all to see how the commission functions and the decisions that they make. Those decisions effect every single public safety employee in some way.
Below is the video of the May 29th, 2009 meeting. Most of the meeting is taken up with McCann and Associates explaining the statistics and appeals process for the recent public safety promotional exams given this year. At the end Chief of Police Edward G. Hargis makes a short presentation to the commission on some proposed changes in the department and the hiring process.
I am going to attempt to FOIA the McCann Associates reports presented to the Civil Service Commission about the recent promotional testing and make that available as well.
http://www.portsmouthvapolice.com/video/PCSC_052909.flvTags: City of Portsmouth, Civil Service Commission, Civil Service Commission Meeting, Portsmouth Police Chief, Promotions
