Euclid Civil Service Commission removes candidates, approves police promotion exam rules and certifies updated list

Euclid, Ohio — The Euclid Civil Service Commission voted July 1 to remove multiple candidates from the Euclid Police Department certified eligibility list, approved revised procedures for the department’s sergeant and lieutenant promotion examinations and certified a new eligibility list effective 07/01/2025.

The changes to the promotion process were presented by Captain Hauser, who said tests and assessments are being adjusted at the request of Clancy and Associates, the contractor administering the exams. "We were asked by Clancy and Associates to add some language... that no electronic devices, specifically potentially able to record, be allowed on the testing or assessment sites," Captain Hauser said. He also summarized added language on dress: "per the civil service commission business attire not uniforms." The commission approved the revised "super motion" for the 2025 sergeant promotion examination and a separate super motion for the lieutenant promotion examination.

Why it matters: The procedural changes affect who advances from the written exam to assessment centers, how ties are broken, and what candidates may wear and bring to testing sites — all of which can affect which candidates are eligible for promotion.

Details of the promotion rules and ties: For the sergeant promotion process, Captain Hauser said the written exam will advance the top 18 candidates to the assessment stage (the department had advanced 15 in a prior cycle). To address possible ties that would push the list past 18, the commission adopted the department’s past tie-breaking practice: carry ties through until the final available slot and, if necessary, break the tie by hire date or by the time the candidate registered for the promotional process. Hauser said the written exam date was rescheduled because of a contractor conflict: "the written exam we had talked about being on the ninth... there's a schedule conflict with Clancy and Associates, so we've switched it to the day after the tenth." For the lieutenant assessment, Hauser said there are 11 potential candidates and two assessment days, with 12 total assessment slots, so tie-breaking was not expected to be required.

Removals from the police eligibility list: The commission removed two groups of candidates from the police department list. The first group—removed at the candidates’ requests—included candidate numbers 16, 17, 19 and 9 (identified in the meeting as Mercedes Mosley, Matthew Pickens, Devnath Calachurn and Dylan Miroj). The commission approved a separate motion to remove, for cause, candidate numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12, 20 and 23 (Duane Parish; Caitlin Unitich; Zahid Khan; Philip Gordon; Lincoln Luzar; Scott Brubaker; Sincere Atkinson; and Nick Oskowski). The chair announced those removals as effective 07/01/2025 and referenced the prior certified list dated 05/20/2025.

Votes and record: Commissioners moved and seconded the motions and approved them by voice vote; the meeting record shows the commission chair called "Aye" and the motions carried. The approved sergeant and lieutenant super motions were entered into the meeting record, and an announcement summarizing examination details and reference materials was distributed for the commission’s information.

Certification: Following the removals, Commission Robinson moved and the commission voted to certify the Euclid Police Department eligibility list as updated on 07/01/2025. The chair said the new list reflects the removals approved that day and will be made part of the record.

Context and next steps: Captain Hauser told the commission the announcement that accompanies the promotion notices reiterates the super motion language and lists reference materials for candidates; the mayor provided that announcement to commissioners and the chair said it would be part of the record. The commission adjourned after certifying the list.