09-14-81 Civil Service Commission Meeting minutes

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Civil Service Meeting September 14, 1981 ~• Page 15 Hudgens: Are they challenging the promotional exam? Trainer: The three Captains that were eligible for the test did not pass the test and they promoted the Lieutenant to Asst. Chief. The Lieutenant passed the exam. Hudgens: I was talking to Fritz Lanham in Baytown. Baytown has been Civil Service for some time. He was telling me that they had given a promotional exam for Sergeant and nobody passed it. Trainer: The statements of the three Captains---they thought they had made their point to the City by taking the action they took. I just couldn't figure out what the hell they were trying to say. I think they were trying to gracefully crawfish out of a problem they had gotten themselves into. Freeman: Mrs. Davis and I contacted the Director of Civil Service in Galveston and he said it got to be a game as to who was going to file the next lawsuit on a promotional exam, so it is quite a problem. Trainer: The--ah--kind of testing we have to establish---have you worked up some recommendations for us in terms of the type of test to adopt? Hudgens: Well, the format is pretty well set by the Act. Trainer: Right. Hudgens: It must--everybody must have the test. It has to be graded so its either multiple choice or true and false. books that the tests will be taken from have not be-n adop the hand-outs that Mary gave you. She started to get some literature in the profession. There's two things that can get someone, say, from up at Sam Houston --ah-- be something that can The questions or the ted. That was one of information or current be done; ah--we could Davis: That's what Pasadena does; they use a consulting firm out of Houston. Hudgens: ---or we could go to the Institute. Trainer: Department of Criminology. Hudgens: Yeah, ah--matter of fact, one of the Chairmen of the Department---he's one of the Chairmen within the Division within the department up there---is a fellow by the name of Weylon Pelcher, who is an Attorney and has been at the University now since, I guess, about 1970--69--70, somewhere in there. He is a past--ah--Director of Public Safety for the City of Corpus Christi; he was a legal advisor to the Police Department in Chicago; a very knowledgable person. We could contact Weylon and maybe he'll give us some assistance in drafting some type of promotional exam or get current literature to take the test from. Trainer: Has any--have any of you all seen anybody else's test? ,• Freeman: No sir.