Word: chafin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gorski resigned under pressure form the dissatisfied police; after a one year search the administration hired Saul L. Chafin betting that a change in the leadership would make the changes in the department more palatable. The odds seem to have played in its favor. Though Chafin has made questionable decisions in firing three men since he became number one, he has also taken pains to replace them so as to avoid any charges of intentional reductions in the force...
...Chafin has taken up many of the Howland report recommendations in the last year. He has encouraged job advancement through a new open competitive process involving a written and oral test. One sergeant has already been promoted and Chafin intends to fill that vacancy this November. In addition, he has sent officers and supervisors to training schools in the metropolitan area for instruction in fingerprinting, criminal investigation, supervisory skills and arson--a move he claims has helped to increase the officer's sense of job security. The union now regrets its push for promotions since sergeants and lieutenants are salaried...
...biannual physical stress test, which the police felt increased insecurity over their jobs (if an officer didn't pass the test he was removed from the force). "I think it did something for the morale of the police department and the morale of the people in the health services," Chafin says. Responding to union complaints of three years ago, the department has also improved the quality of the equipment officers use. Chafin claims the new emergency equipment and a new fleet of police cruisers with alley lights and better radios, have bettered the police image and, consequently, morale...
...Saul L. Chafin, the chief of University police, said yesterday the police are investigating whether the incident is related to a number of other complaints about stolen property in Weld...
...Chafin yesterday encouraged summer school students to "be aware" of their surroundings and to report questionable activities to the police located in the basement of Grays Hall. He added the students should walk in groups or pairs at night along the lighted pathways where emergency phones are located-including outside Holworthy, Matthews and Thayer Halls...