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Push for outside chiefs' applications is long overdue
It is heartening to see Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk finally recognize that the state Civil Service system is indeed not the best way to select chiefs for the Police and Fire departments.
Last summer, unfortunately, Kirk had vetoed a move by City Councilor Jason Grow to remove the chiefs from Civil Service, which, among other things, requires them to be promoted from within. She said the 5-4 council majority was not strong enough to withstand a lobbying effort against it from police unions, both local and statewide.
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