Witowski will serve as acting supervisor on the day shift.
LUDLOW - The Board of Selectmen Tuesday on a 5-to-0 vote approved the appointment of patrolman Mark Witowski to the position of provisional sergeant in the Police Department.
Acting Police Chief Paul Madera told selectmen he wants Witowski to serve as acting supervisor on the day shift.
Sgt. Louis Tulik has been splitting his time between serving as supervisor on the day shift and supervisor in the detective bureau, Madera said.
“I need a sergeant in the detective bureau full time,” Madera said.
He said Tulik is doing a good job, but there is enough work so that he needs two separate supervisors.
Witowski, who has served the department as a full-time police officer for 27 years, said he does not plan to apply for the permanent sergeant position.
Selectmen have called for a Civil Service list. The next Civil Service exam for sergeant will be held in October. An appointment from that list could possibly be made in January, Madera said.
“He has the respect of his fellow police officers. He is more than qualified," Madera said about Witowski.
Selectman Brian Mannix, a retired sergeant with the Police Department, said that if no Ludlow candidate passes the Civil Service sergeant’s exam, he would favor hiring from a statewide Civil Service list.
Madera said he would prefer to hire from the Ludlow list.
“Just talking about this will get people’s attention,” Madera said.
Witowski said the Police Department is undergoing a smooth transition since former Police Chief James McGowan retired.
“We work together. We get along pretty good,” he said.