And then there were two
So after about four hours of closed session drama Thursday night, the Baldwin Park City Council had only this to report: they have narrowed down their top picks for police chief from four to two people.
Among the candidates that interviewed last night were El Monte police Lt. Ken Alva (surprise, surprise), Baldwin Park's interim Police Chief Michael Taylor, Suisun City Police Chief Ed Dadisho and an unknown applicant.
I'm pretty sure the uknown applicant was the same guy that told me earlier in the night he wasn't an applicant, and was just there to "observe." I found that kind of strange since aside from Alva, Dadisho and Taylor, this "observer" was the only other person in a full-on suit who was escorted into the closed-session meeting by Chief Executive Officer Vijay Singhal.
I asked Councilman Anthony Bejarano at the end of the night, whether or not that tall, light-haired "observer" who wore a pager on his belt was actually an applicant or not. Bejarano said he didn't know how much he could say outside of closed session.
Singhal said the city still has to conduct background checks on the two final candidates they are considering. That could take 4-6 weeks.
Just a thought: if Taylor was still in the running, would the city need to do a background check?