Agency’s former director accused Mayor Mike Johnston, other leaders of pressuring her to lower standards for police and firefighters.
The city agency tasked with vetting people applying to be Denver police officers and firefighters has named a new executive director after the agency’s appointed boardwill welcome Gracie Perez on Aug. 26, according to an internal announcement sent to the commission’s staff and other stakeholders earlier this month. That emailed announcement was shared with The Denver Post on Thursday.
Perez will take over as executive director almost a full three months after the board of commissioners fired previous director Neicy Murray on May 28. Murray’s dismissal was announced hours after she held a news conference on the City and County Building steps during which she accused Mayor Mike Johnston and other unnamed city officials of pressuring her agency to lower standards for new applicants to pump up the size of recruiting classes for the city’s public safety departments.
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