HOLLISTER, Calif. — A city manager has been fired and employees have been allowed to return to work after the Hollister Police Department’s officer union claimed that the city intended to lay off all civilian police personnel.
The city of Hollister laid off employees across multiple departments, including at least nine non-sworn personnel within the police department, on Oct. 14, KSBW reported. The city had denied the Hollister Police Officers Association’s claims that it intended to lay off the department’s entire non-sworn staff.