At Monday night's Human Resources Committee meeting, it was announced that current Lima Police Chief, James Baker, will plan to retire on July 7th.
LIMA, OH (WLIO) -Â The City of Lima's Human Resources Director talked to council members about the upcoming process of selecting Lima's next Chief of Police.
At Monday night's Human Resources Committee meeting, it was announced that current Lima Police Chief, James Baker, will plan to retire on July 7th. According to Lima Human Resources Director Della Bradford, there are two Majors with the Lima Police Department eligible to take the Police Chief promotional exam. If one or both of the Majors decide not to run for Police Chief, the City of Lima will provide Lieutenants the chance to take the exam. Following Monday night's committee meeting, we talked with Bradford about the next steps of this process.
Bradford says Mayor Sharetta Smith will appoint one of LPD's current Majors as Acting Chief of Police once Chief Baker retires.
"The next step is going to be civil service director Deb Vobbe, will get with the OACP, which is the Ohio Association for Testing for our Lima Police Department. They will put together an assessment, and so probably starting in May of 2025, the candidates will start the assessment process and be ready for testing come August," says Della Bradford, Human Resource Director, City of Lima.
Bradford says Mayor Sharetta Smith will appoint one of LPD's current Majors as Acting Chief of Police once Chief Baker retires. The Acting Chief of Police will serve the role until a permanent Chief is selected from the examination.
The Acting Chief of Police will serve the role until a permanent Chief is selected from the examination.
