Madison Township is looking at abolishing civil service testing as a requirement for police-officer applicants. Township government officials noted that civil service testing has become a hindrance in ...

TEXARKANA, Ark. -- The Civil Service Test will be given Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Police Department's Union Training Center, 1701 Line Ferry Road. Applicants must be 21 and a United States citizen.

Troy Police are looking to recruit. The city’s police department announced a civil service exam has been scheduled for September. Candidates will take a written exam and a physical agility test. The ...

As community focus on police reform continues, more Somerville residents want to know how the city hires its police. Right now, the City Council is reviewing appointments to the police reserve list, a ...

The executive director of the Columbus Civil Service Commission is recommending the city cease what has been one of her agency's main functions for over a century: the filling of nonpolitical ...

The town of Brookline is moving to drop the state’s civil service exam process for its police department — changing 130 years of practice — to speed up hiring and fill open positions. As first ...

TAUNTON — The Attorney General's office has sued former Taunton Fire Chief Leman Padelford, accusing him of dodging subpoenas as the state investigates his firefighter test prep company. The state ...

When Thomas Lynch took over as Franklin police chief in 2016, the department had no female officers. Since then, Lynch has hired six of them, which he said offers a much-needed diversity to the police ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced that the application fees for all state civil service exams are waived through December 2025. “As our state continues to grapple with an ...