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HomeMy WebLinkAbout72-104RESOLUTION 72-10~AMENDING SECTIONS 3.2 THROUGH 3.10 TO RESOLUTION NO. 58-281 WHEREAS, on November 3, 1958, the City Council passed and adopted Resolution No. 58-281 revising and re-establishing the Basic Compensation Plan for employees of the City of Santa Ana; and WHEREAS, on October 19, 1964, the City Council passed and adopted Resolution No. 64-152 establishing a special salary rate for the designation of Senior Police Officer and establishing the criteria for such designation; and WHEREAS, on October 5, 1970, the City Council passed and adopted Resolution No. 70-98 which expanded the "Career Development Program' with emphasis on the enhancement of assignment to uniformed patrol responsibilities, and set forth additional special salary designations and the criteria therefor; and Wq{EREAS, as a result of recent "meet and confer" sessions a Memorandum of Understanding was developed in which agreement was reached between the City and the Santa Ana Police Benevolent Association regarding further expansion of the Police Career Development Program; and WHEREAS, it is now an efficient practice to consolidate and clarify the several provisions related to the Police Career Development Program; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Resolution shall be known as the Police Career Development Program Resolution, and such program shall be based upon the information hereinafter set forth in amended sections of Resolution No. 58-281: SECTION 3.2: Any member of the Police Department designated as a Senior Police Officer as of October 1, 1970 shall continue in such designation until such time as he shall be removed therefrom by action of the Police Chief. No further designations of Police personnel shall be made to Senior Police Officer as established by Resolution No. 64-152 amending Resolution No. 58-281. SECTION 3.3: For the purposes of establishing criteria for the designa- tion of special C.S.I. (Crime Scene Investigator) and/or F.T.O. (Field Training Officer), courses of training in these specialties shall be the courses developed and administered by the Santa Ana Police Department or such alternative courses as designated for such purpose by the Police Chief. SECTION 3.4: For the purposes of establishing criteria for the Career Development Program designations as set out below, the definition of units (or points) shall be as follows: a. Educational Units. One "semester" unit in an academic course of instruction apProved by the Police Chief and in an accredited college or university shall equal one educational unit. One "quarter" unit achieved in an educational institution as above shall equal two-thirds of an educational unit. "Trimester" units or other standards of measurement used as a basis in awarding scholastic credits will be accorded the same evaluation and weight as provided by the respective accredited college or university. b. Training U~its. Twenty (20) classroom hours or its equivalent of approved police training shall equal one unit. Regular, periodic on-the-job training programs shall not be considered as fulfilling this requirement. Neither shall the special training set out for C.S.I. or F.T.O. officers be given credit for the award of training units, nor shall basic introductory training or similar training given during a probationary period as Patrolman be credited as training units. (1) When college credit is awarded for special training in Police work, such units of credit may be counted for either training units or education units as the officer may select. (2) Training units may be earned by the assignment to and per- formance of Police duties other than uniformed, field patrol, with one full and continuous month of such assignment equal to one training unit. Credit for experience in assignments other than patrol work shall not be given, unless at least three continuous months of such assignment have been completed. Not more than six (6) units of training through assignment to non- patrol duties may be earned in any one year and not more than fifteen (15) such training units by assignment shall be used in meeting the criteria for Career Development Program designations as set out in this Resolution. SECTION 3.5: Any sworn, uniformed Police Officer who attains the follow- ing educational and experience requirements and the approvals as set out below shall be paid at the same step, but at a salary range set two and one-half (2½) per cent above the basic Patrolman range and step to which he would be otherwise entitled. The criteria for such designation shall be as follows: a. Completion of two (2) years of experience as a sworn Police Officer in the Santa Aha Police Department. b. Completion of at least thirty (30) educational or training units. c. Assignment to uniformed field patrol duty. d. Qualification as C.S.I. or F.T.O. by having completed the special training courses for Crime Scene Investigators, Field Training Officers and/or Advanced Officers School as set out in Section 3.3 above. e. Approval of the Police Chief. The number of such designations as C.S.I. or F.T.O. Patrol Officers shall be no larger than the requirements of the Department as determined by the Police Chief. SECTION 3.6: Any sworn, uniformed Police Officer who fulfills the require- ments established in this section shall be designated as a Senior Police Officer I and shall be paid at the same step, but at a salary range set seven and one-half (7½) per cent above the basic Patrolman range and step to which he would be otherwise entitled. The criteria for such designation shall be as follows: a. Completion of five (5) years of municipal Police experience and attainment of the "E" step of the appropriate base salary range for Patrolman. b. Completion (acquisition) of at least sixty (60) educational or training units. c. Assignment to uniformed, field patrol duty. d. Approval of the Police Chief. SECTION 3.7: Any sworn, uniformed Police Officer who fulfills the requirements established in this section shall be designated as a Senior Police Officer II and shall be paid at the same step but at a salary range set twelve and one-half (12½) per cent above the basic Patrolman range and step to which he would be otherwise entitled. The criteria for such designation shall be as follows: a. Completion of seven (7) years of municipal Police experience and attainment of the "E" step of the base salary range for Patrolman. b. Completion (acq6isition) of at least ninety (90) educational or training units or hold an Associate of Arts academic degree from an accredited college with an additional fifteen (15) or more educational or training units. c. Assignment to uniformed, field patrol duty. d. Approval of the Police Chief. SECTION 3.8: Any sworn, uniformed Police Officer who fulfills the requirements established in this section shall be designated as a Senior Police Officer III and shall be paid at the same step but a salary range set fifteen (15) per cent above the basic Patrolman range and step to which he would be otherwise entitled. The criteria for such designation shall be as follows: a. Completion of nine (9) years of municipal Police experience and attainment of the "E" step of the salary range for Patrolman. b. Completion (acquisition) of at least one hundred twenty (120) educational or training units, or hold an Associate of Arts Academic degree from an accredited college with an additional sixty (60) or more educational or training units. c. Assignment to uniformed, field patrol duty. d. Approval of the Police Chief. SECTION 3.9: Any officer holding the rank of Police Sergeant in the Santa Aha Police Department, regardless of duty assignment, who meets the following requirements shall be designated as a Senior Police Sergeant I and shall be paid at the same step but at a salary range set seven and one-half (7½) per cent above the basic Sergeant range and step to which he would be otherwise entitled. The criteria for such designation shall be as follows: a. Completion of six (6) years of municipal police experience. b. Completion (acquisition) of at least sixty (60) educational or training units. c. Approval of the Police Chief. A Police Sergeant with twenty (20) or more years of service with the Santa Ana Police Department as of October 1, 1970, may be appointed to Senior Police Sergeant I, as set out in this section, by special designation by the Police Chief. SECTION 3.10: Any officer holding the rank of Police Sergeant in the Santa Ana Police Department, regardless of duty assignment, who meets the following requirements shall be designated as a Senior Police Sergeant II and shall be paid at the same step but at a salary range set ten (10) per cent above the basic Sergeant range and step to which he would be otherwise entitled. Th~ cr~teri~ for such designation shall be as follows: a. Completion of eight (8) years of municipal police experience and attainment of "E" step in the basic Police Sergeant salary range. b. Completion (acquisition) of at least ninety (90) educational or training points, or hold an Associate of Arts academic degree from an accredited college with an additional thirty (30) or more educational or training units. c. Approval of the Police Chief. SECTION 3.11: Any Officer holding the rank of Police Lieutenant in the Santa Ana Police Department, regardless of duty assignment, who meets the following requirements shall be paid at the same step, but at a salary range set five (5) per cent above the basic Lieutenant range and step to which he would be otherwise entitled. The criteria for such advanced pay status shall be as follows: a. Completion of six (6) years of municipal police experience. b. Completion (acquisition) of at least sixty (60) educational or training units. c. Approval of the Police Chief. A Police Lieutenant with twenty (20) or more years of service with the Santa Ana Police Department as of October 1, 1970 may be considered for advanced pay status, as set out in this section, by special designation made by the Police Chief. SECTION 3.12: Effective September 1, 1972, no additional designations to the advance pay status for Police Lieutenant, as set forth in Section 3.11 above, shall be made. Any Lieutenant so designated on said date shall continue in such designation until such time as he shall be removed by action of the Police Chief. SECTION 3.13: The following items are intended to clearly establish certain procedures and to avoid possible misconceptions related to special pay provisions as set forth in Sections 3.2 through 3.12 above: a. An individual authorized an increase in pay as a result of any provision of the Police Career Development Program cannot also receive any additional special pay increase set forth in the footnotes to Section 3 of this Resolution. The only exception to this rule is the one per cent incentive allowance for sworn officers who have demonstrated a conversational Spanish language fluency. b. Salary step determination upon promotion (such as Patrolman to Sergeant) remains related to the base salary range. Advancement in the new base salary range shall continue to be to the lowest salary step which allows a five (5) per cent increase. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That this Resolution shall take effect as of the first day of September 1972. PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Santa Ana at its regular meeting held on the 2n~ day of Octobe~ 1972. ATTEST: CLERK OF THE COUNCIL STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE )SS CITY OF SANTA ANA ) MAYOR STATE OF CALIFORNIA) COUNTY OF ORANGE ~ CITY OF SANTA ANA ) ss I, FLORENCE I. MALONE, do hereby certify that I am the Clerk of the Council of the City of Santa Aha; that the fore- going Resolution was introduced to said Council at its regular meeting held on the 2nd day of October , 1972, and was at said meeting passed and adopted by the follow- ing vote, to wit; AYES, COUNCILMEN: NOES, COUNCILMEN: Herrin~Evans:~rkel~Patterson, Villa,Yamamoto~Griset None ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: None CLERK OF THE COUNCIL APPROVED AS TO FORM: A. WITHERS,