The Boston City Council advanced an emergency order and will hold a hearing focused on ways to reform the city’s hiring practices in light of a slew of municipal employee arrests on violence-related charges and questionable background checks.

The three councilors who introduced the order Wednesday mentioned the shocking revelations that a Level 3 sex offender had been working in the family-friendly parks department for most of this past year and the city employee whose violent encounter with a state trooper was caught on video had a lengthy rap sheet with an assault to murder conviction, as proof that hiring reforms are needed at City Hall.

“I’m filing this emergency hearing order today calling for immediate reforms to the City of Boston’s hiring and employee review processes,” Councilor

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