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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne invites the community to join this public listening session for the Somerville Police Chief recruitment led by GovHR, the national executive staffing firm the City has selected to conduct the search.

This listening session is an early opportunity for community members to voice their goals, concerns, and expectations of both the search process and prospective candidates. Community feedback will serve as an invaluable tool as GovHR begins their extensive recruitment process.

    • Register here: bit.ly/SPDListeningSession
    • This session will be hosted in English with live interpretation in ASL, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, Nepali, Cantonese, and Mandarin. Live transcription services will also be provided.

In advance of attending the sessions, community members are encouraged to consider what experience and priorities they believe the next Somerville Police Chief should possess to help ensure the GovHR search identifies candidates with the requisite qualifications and principles to lead the Somerville Police Department. 

 

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Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures in order to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact Adrienne Pomeroy in advance at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or apomeroy@somervillema.gov
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Interpretation into any language is available upon advance request (at least 7 days advance) by contacting the SomerViva Office of Immigrant Affairs at somervillema.gov/ContactSomerViva or calling 311 at 617-666-3311.

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Add to Calendar 2023-03-09 17:30:00 2023-03-09 18:30:00 Police Chief Search Listening Session II Mayor Katjana Ballantyne invites the community to join this public listening session for the Somerville Police Chief recruitment led by GovHR, the national executive staffing firm the City has selected to conduct the search. This listening session is an early opportunity for community members to voice their goals, concerns, and expectations of both the search process and prospective candidates. Community feedback will serve as an invaluable tool as GovHR begins their extensive recruitment process. Register here: bit.ly/SPDListeningSession This session will be hosted in English with live interpretation in ASL, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian-Creole, Nepali, Cantonese, and Mandarin. Live transcription services will also be provided. In advance of attending the sessions, community members are encouraged to consider what experience and priorities they believe the next Somerville Police Chief should possess to help ensure the GovHR search identifies candidates with the requisite qualifications and principles to lead the Somerville Police Department.    Image Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures in order to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact Adrienne Pomeroy in advance at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or apomeroy@somervillema.gov.  Image Interpretation into any language is available upon advance request (at least 7 days advance) by contacting the SomerViva Office of Immigrant Affairs at somervillema.gov/ContactSomerViva or calling 311 at 617-666-3311. America/New_York public `

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