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GPD adds three officers, makes promotions By LISA SIMPSON STRANGEGlasgow Daily Times The three new recruits are part of Johnson’s initiative to increase diversity to the department, adding an additional female and African-American to the force’s ranks.
“We need more women in this department and more diversity. First of all, we’re going to look for character and then secondly we’re going to look for the best qualified person,” he said. “We just chose the best out of the applicants we had,” Keen said. “Obviously, there’s sifting of all the applicants whether it be through the physical, through the written test, through the interview process, whatever it may be and it came down to a final pool and out of that final pool we chose these ones and reinterviewed them and these just happened to be the top three. It worked out really well. We just tried to get the best three employees — applicants — that we could find.” After a decision was made Wednesday, two additional officers were hired as well, according to Keen. Two openings in the police academy’s August class had been reserved by the department and cadets Jarrod Steele and Jacob Elmore will be taking those spots. They will complete academy training in January. The possibility of one other additional officer is being discussed as well. A new DARE officer has not yet been named, according to Keen, following the departure of Officer Ken Thomas on June 14 to the sheriff’s office to replace retiring DARE officer, Deputy Dan Blair. 
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