Somerville Final Memo — File 24-1170

The City of Somerville contracted with GovHR in December 2023 to conduct a search for their next chief of police. This was an extension of an earlier contract which did not produce a candidate for chief and the process was placed into an agreed upon pending status. The extended process began with an application period, starting the week of January 9th and ending March 1st. The applicants’ state, job title, and years of LE experience are listed below: Somerville, MA - Chief of Police State Latest Job Title 1 MA Regional Security Manager-Did not make papercut-Fed service would need police academy 2 OR NA-Did not make papercut, no resume submitted 3 UT Supervisory Security Specialist-26 years Military police experience-would need police academy 4 MA Chief-25 years-Offered COP positions and accepted 5 MA High Sheriff-7 years-did not make the papercut 6 NY Manager, Security Operations-Did not make papercut-No recent LE experience 7 ME Chief Deputy-28 years-30 sworn officers-Not a fit 8 NY Sergeant: Burglary / Robbery Apprehension Module (BRAM)-27 years-No command experience 9 MA Commanding Officer, Detective Lt, Criminal Investigations Division-28 years-not a fit 10 MA Police Lieutenant-26 years-not a fit 11 MA Lieutenant-31 years-not a fit 12 OK Chief of Police-34 years included Military experience-department of 2 officers 13 OH Assistant Police Chief-35 years-Finalist-withdrew 14 TX Chief of Police-25 years-not selected by PCSC 15 CT Chief of Police-35 years-Finalist 16 NY Chief Emergency Officer & Compliance / Director of School Safety-30 years-not selected by PCSC 17 NY Assistant Deputy Mayor for Public Safety-24 years-not select by PCSC 18 ME Law Enforcement Consultant-34 years-2 years in leadership role 19 CA Chief of Police-32 years-not selected by PCSV 20 NH Lead Investigative Security Agent - Global Security Office-No recent LE experience-2010 21 MA Lead, Global Security & Surveillance-Did not make papercut-No recent LE experience 22 MA Director of Transit Security-35 years-Finalist 23 KY Chief of Police-Did not make papercut-10 officer department 24 CT Teacher-Did not make papercut 25 MA Transportation Security Inspector-Did not make papercut 26 MA Lieutenant-30 years-did not make the papercut-not a fit 27 IL Commander-42 years-out of LE for over 5 years The first round of evaluations was conducted by Senior Vice President Jon M Fehlman of GovHR. Candidates were removed from the process based upon the agreed upon criteria listed in the position announcement and detailed brochure.

Twelve (12) applicants were interviewed by Jon M Fehlman. Eight (8) candidates were presented to the Police Chief Search Committee (PCSC). The PCSC selected four (4) candidates to interview on April 25th. All four (4) candidates were selected to move forward to in-person interviews. Prior to in-person interviews one (1) candidate withdrew. One (1) candidate was interviewed on May 7th while the other two candidates were interviewed on May 9th. The interviews were with the PCSC facilitated by HR Director Anne Gill and a second interview during the day with Mayor Ballantyne and her staff. One (1) candidate was selected for a second interview with Mayor Ballantyne.