{"id":7120,"date":"2019-03-19T18:45:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T01:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/?p=7120"},"modified":"2019-03-19T18:45:56","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T01:45:56","slug":"police-chief-candidates-in-yakima-thursday-and-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/police-chief-candidates-in-yakima-thursday-and-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Chief Candidates in Yakima Thursday and Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five candidates for the Yakima police chief\nposition will be in Yakima this Thursday, March 21<sup>st<\/sup> and Friday,\nMarch 22<sup>nd<\/sup> to participate in a series of interviews and two \u201cMeet &amp;\nGreet\u201d sessions \u2013 one with Yakima Police Department (YPD) staff and one with\ncommunity members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The names of the five applicants in the\ninterview pool will be released on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 23 people applied for the chief\nposition.&nbsp; With the assistance of a\nsearch firm specializing in law enforcement recruitments, City Manager Cliff\nMoore narrowed the field to the applicants that have been invited to Yakima for\ninterviews.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe five candidates that have been invited\nto the first round of interviews have a broad range of law enforcement\nexperience and have served in a variety of positions throughout their careers,\u201d\nsaid Moore.&nbsp; \u201cI\u2019m confident that each is\na strong candidate and could serve well as the next Yakima police chief.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 21<sup>st<\/sup>, the five applicants\nwill be interviewed by a panel consisting of experienced law enforcement\nprofessionals, a panel made up of members of unions that represent YPD staff, a\npanel of senior City staff members, and a panel of community members.&nbsp; A City Council member will sit on the\ncommunity panel and the senior City staff panel. The candidates will also be\ninterviewed individually by Moore, who will ultimately decide who will become\nthe next Yakima police chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the afternoon on March 22<sup>nd<\/sup>,\nthe candidates will participate in a \u201cMeet &amp; Greet\u201d session with YPD\nstaff.&nbsp; That evening, another \u201cMeet &amp; Greet\u201d\nsession open to everyone in the community will take place in the south foyer of\nthe Yakima Convention Center from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the Thursday interviews and the Friday \u201cMeet &amp; Greet\u201d sessions, the field of police chief candidates will likely be further narrowed.\u00a0 Finalists, the number of which has yet to be determined, will then be further assessed by Moore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next Yakima police chief will succeed Dominic Rizzi, who held the position from spring 2012 until fall 2018.\u00a0 The Yakima police chief oversees a department that includes about 190 total employees.\u00a0 The total 2019 YPD budget is just over $30 million. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-file\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Police-Chief-Candidates-News-Release.pdf\">Police Chief Candidates &#8211; News Release<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yakimawa.gov\/media\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/6\/files\/sites\/6\/Police-Chief-Candidates-News-Release.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five candidates for the Yakima police chief position will be in Yakima this Thursday, March 21st and Friday, March 22nd to participate in a series of interviews and two \u201cMeet &amp; Greet\u201d sessions \u2013 one with Yakima Police Department (YPD) staff and one with community members. 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