Denver may be losing some of its top-qualified police and firefighter candidates due to problems within its own civil service hiring processes, according to a performance audit published by the city Thursday.
The Denver Civil Service Commission oversees the testing of entry-level police and fire applicants to identify the best-qualified candidates to hire.
Auditors analyzed more than 2,400 candidates from the police and fire departments who applied between Jan. 1, 2022, and June 30, 2024, looking for areas in which the hiring process slowed…