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The Westland Police Department is establishing a New Hire Eligibility List from which the names of qualified candidates for police officers are selected for the interview process. The process of adding names to the eligibility list has already begun and will continue through February. "That list is supposed to be good for two years," says Brian Miller, Deputy Chief of Police for the city of Westland. "Once the list is established, any openings that happen while that list is still good, will be made directly off that list." The city of Westland is budgeted for 81 officers and there are cur...