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A total of 15 job applications have been received from candidates hopeful to replace former Mancos Marshal John Cox, who resigned amid of flurry of criminal charges last fall.<\/p>\n
Mancos Town Administrator Andrea Phillips has confirmed that 15 lawmen, the majority of whom are from Colorado, filed job applications for the vacant post.<\/p>\n
Charged in separate incidents for crashing into a guardrail while intoxicated, using public resources to conduct a personal investigation on a romantic rival and fabricating a speeding ticket, Cox resigned as town marshal on Nov. 16.<\/p>\n
Moving forward, the next steps in the hiring process include asking each candidate to provide fingerprints for a FBI background check, Phillips said. Candidates will then be asked to complete an online psychological evaluation along with a physical agility test and drug screening.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to narrow down the applicants to a pool of about four or five before an oral review board,\u201d Phillips said.<\/p>\n
The oral review board, made up of officials from surrounding law enforcement agencies, will evaluate candidates on various situations and scenarios, Phillips said. A series of panel investigations, one consisting of town staff and the other made up of community members, will further narrow the field of applicants to two or three.<\/p>\n
Those top finalists would then be subjected to an extensive background check conducted by an outside firm hired by the town, Phillips said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want to take our time and do this right,\u201d Phillips said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to be a competitive process.<\/p>\n
Phillips added that she hopes a job offer would be extended by mid-March, then swear in the next marshal in early April. The annual salary ranges from $58,000 to $64,000.<\/p>\n
Cox was never fully vetted when hired in Mancos as a deputy marshal in 2012. He was promoted to marshal the following year.<\/p>\n
After he resigned, an Internet search revealed that Cox received a 2009 DUI conviction while a police officer in Indiana.<\/p>\n
Cox still faces DUI charges in La Plata County after he hit a guardrail on U.S. 160 in November. He also faces six misdemeanor charges in Montezuma County from separate incidents in August and September.<\/p>\n
In addition to a new marshal, Mancos also plans to hire another deputy marshal. A total of four job applications were received for the open position, which has an annual salary of $43,000 to $48,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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