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Show A-5 The Park Record Wed/Thurs/Fri, August 11-13, 2004 CITY BEAT Summit County Democrats CITY EDITOR: Jay Hamburger 649-9014 e x t l 11 citynews@parkrecord.com Candidate Roundup Coalville Newest officers leave for West YaHey more money. These are fairly young officers with careers ahead of them," he said, adding, "It's a risk you run whenever you reach out to young officers... You're always taking that risk they'll want to go to another department with more opportunities for them." By JAY HAMBURGER Mayor Dana Williams on Of the Record staff Thursday is scheduled i o swear into Just more than a month ago, office two officers, Kris Phillips and Ricardo Franco, Jr. and Christopher Daniel Holdaway, to replace Franco Weils stood in the Park City and Wells. Council's chambers, raising their Both are veterans of the departright arms and taking their oaths of ment's reservist program. office as the city's newest police offiWilliams said in an interview that cers. he is not concerned that there are Barely a month later, each has issues within the Police Department resigned, leaving the Police that led to the rapid departures. Department within weeks of their "It had absolutely nothing to do start dates. Police Chief Lloyd with how they were treated or anyEvans reported on Monday. FILE PHOTO BY GRAYSON WEST/PARK RECORD Both were hired out of the Police Ricardo Franco, Jr., left, and Christopher Welis were sworn in thing else with being an officer here," Williams said, noting, as had Departments reserve corps. Evans as Park City police officers on July 1. Each has since resigned. Evans, that the two had previously said sought positions in West Valley City. Police Chief Lloyd Evans looks on as they took their oaths. Franco left the department on Williams said he understood why Evans said both Franco and July 12, barely two weeks after he ed his new job on Monday and the officers would seek positions Wells had applied for positions in Franco's first day as a West Valley started as a full-time officer at the elsewhere while they were reservists West Valley City and were being officer was July 19. end of June. He was offered the fullThey were both hired as Police considered by that agency when the since they were unsure when the time position in the last week in Park City Police Department would Department reservists in December, Police Department hired them. June, Evans said. hire them to become full-time offiEvans said. Evans said the department in Wells left the department on cers. West Valley City, because it is much The Police Department freSunday, about 10 weeks after he 'There is no guarantee when started as a full-time officer at the quently attempts to hire full-time larger than its Park City counterpart, officers from ils pool of reservists offers the officers more career they will be hired as full-time offiend of May, the chief said. Each is now a police officer in since those officers, are more likely opportunities, a different style of cers," Williams said, adding, "I know to be more familiar with the depart- police work and better salaries than people in reserves are trying to get in West Valley City. ment than officers hired from out- those in Park City, which Evans said as officers... They can't sit and wait The Police Department in West until there are openings in the side agencies or from the state's is between $14 and $15 per hour. Valley City reports that Wells startpolice academy. "It's a larger department. It pays department." 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