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Chief Wolf Offer Praise For 5 Hazelwood Promoted Officers
BY JEANETTE EBERLIN-RIZZELLO
Five Hazelwood police officers were promoted in rank and given honors and praise from the chief and city council members at a public meeting last week. The spectators also got a thumbnail sketch of the effect of these promotions on public safety.
Police Chief Carl R. Wolf proudly introduced sergeants C. Ray White, Kenneth Jewson, Ronald Livingston, Michael Brady and Mark McKeon, who had been promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
“The men and women of the Hazelwood Police Department are some of the best in the business and these officers are just one example of the quality of employees serving the citizens of Hazelwood,” said Chief Wolf.
Speaking on behalf of the city council, Mayor T. R. Carr said, “Being promoted to lieutenant is a recognition of their hard work, motivation and their record of quality service to the citizens of Hazelwood. This is a well-deserved promotion for each of them.”
Wolf explained the significance that these promotions will have on the operations of the police department.
“The Hazelwood Police Department takes pride in being committed to Proactive Neighborhood Problem Solving. The promotion of these officers is to further the department’s efforts toward problem solving.
“The department operates five neighborhood patrol shifts; at the last budget the city council approved to promote five officers to become lieutenants to be shift commanders.
Each shift will now have a shift commander, a shift supervisor and five patrol officers.
“The department is initiating a new program called ‘Compstat’ which stands for computer statistics. Each lieutenant will report at monthly meetings on what is happening in the patrol sector of which they are responsible. They will be responsible and accountable for what happens in their sector.”
After the meeting, in an interview, Chief Wolf proudly described the extensive background of these officers. “Each officer has served with the Hazelwood Police Department since the 1980’s, except Ray White who has served with the department since 1979.
“Gaining the rank of lieutenant is not easy to do. These promotions were based on written examination over current policing procedures and department policies and guidelines, an oral examination conducted by police officials from outside the department, three years of performance evaluations, experience, peer evaluations and the chief’s evaluation.”
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