Quincy City to advertise and consider retired chief for interim police leadership

Chair Joan Landau outlined a process to fill an interim police leadership role while the city pursues a permanent hire. She said the first step will be advertising — the transcript names "Convergent Plus" as the firm to assist — followed by testing, interviews with public involvement, and council review of candidates. "It's pretty common amount of my community that they would hire a retired police chief or deputy chief, to come in on an interim basis," Landau said.

Landau described the plan as a short-term staffing arrangement while a full-time recruitment proceeds; she said a board will administer the process and expected to begin rolling out dates in the coming weeks. No formal appointment or vote was recorded in this session.

The commission did not provide a written timeline or contract terms in the meeting. The plan described in the meeting indicates steps for advertisement and public engagement in the candidate selection process.