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As previously reported on KNIA/KRLS News, Lt. John Van Haaften will be retiring from the Pella Police Department on March 31, 2011. After testing that occurred on November 10th and the 17th, the list of candidates for the new Lieutenant job has been narrowed down to three. Pella Police Department Communications Supervisor Marcia Slycord tells KNIA/KRLS News that Paul Hasse, Bret Haupert and Shawn Veenstra, all of whom are current officers in Pella, were certified at the Pella City Council meeting on December 7th, a process that is necessary before being considered. Slycord says that the new Lieutenant will be chosen from this list and will begin the new position on April 1st, 2011.