Hi Joel,

Our job classification requires that the Police Captain oversee a major division of the police department. The number has increased in the last decade (from, say, 5 to 7) as the city of Spokane has moved toward a precinct model, but it is constrained by the oversight requirement. (And budgets. Always budgets.)

Bryan

City of Spokane Civil Service Commission

Sometimes a police department will have an organizational chart that shows the job title of each position that will filled by a captain. Sometimes not.

In any case, how is it determined how many captain positions a PD will fill?

Thx.

Joel