Tumwater Civil Service Commission approves three police eligibility lists

The Tumwater Civil Service Commission approved three eligibility lists for police department classifications during Thursday’s meeting: an entry-level police officer continuous list (September continuous list), a deputy police chief list and a Police Services Specialist I list. Commission Secretary Examiner Michelle Sutherland presented the lists. Sutherland said five candidates were added to the entry-level police officer list and three candidates were removed after failing the chief’s interview. For the deputy police chief process, five candidates were interviewed and three passed to the list, one of them internal to the department. For the Police Services Specialist I classification, six candidates passed and were placed on the list. Commissioners moved and seconded the motions in open session and each motion was approved by voice vote with commissioners responding “aye.” The meeting transcript records the approvals as passed; no roll-call tallies of individual yes/no votes were given. The approved eligibility lists allow the police department to fill current and forthcoming vacancies; staff said some of the lists reflect fresh candidate pools after prior lists were exhausted or promoted. No additional conditions or amendments were recorded in the meeting minutes presented to the commission.