Pittsburgh City Council

Private vendor’s contract may be extended for city police promotions.

Written by Amy Whipple

City council is planning to take up a measure to extend a contract with a private company to provide police lieutenant and sergeant selection services for next year.

This year seven officers have been promoted to sergeant, and two sergeants were promoted to lieutenant.

The measure would pay $74,000 to Industrial/Organizational Solutions, which provides written and oral examinations to police officers who are eligible for promotion to lieutenant and sergeant. During the process, the company brings outside officers of the same ranks or higher to assess candidates.

The company has handled the police promotions process for the city since 2015.

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