The Bellefontaine Police Department, in conjunction with the Bellefontaine Civil Service Commission, will accept lateral transfers effective 2020.
This change allows current law enforcement officers who already work in policing to apply to work at the Bellefontaine agency. This eliminates the need for current law enforcement officers to take a written examination to enter the hiring process. Instead, when a date is announced, the city will accept applications for lateral transfers. Then, after the application phase ends, further steps in the hiring process will start. Those steps will still include a physical agility phase and oral board interviews. Following those steps, a list will be compiled of qualified candidates. This list will be considered an additional pool of candidates that the city may hire from aside from any list certified by the Civil Service Commission of applicants who have not yet been hired by another agency. The City then may choose to hire from either list, allowing for a broader view of potential candidates.
“The Bellefontaine Police Department is excited to open a new path of hiring quality police officers,” said Bellefontaine Police Chief Brandon Standley. “We are anxious to offer a competitive benefits package to those who may choose to apply under this new process, and provide a new home to someone who may be considering this. We understand that agencies like ours are in a very competitive job market, and will continue to attract the same candidates that other agencies are also attempting to hire at the same time. By giving current law enforcement personnel another option to consider, we believe we are in line with common practices already in place around the state. I am looking forward to seeing quality applicants take advantage of this fantastic opportunity, and working to fill vacancies that may arise in the years to come through this means and by using the certified list that is already in place.”