10-15-81 Civil Service Commisson Meeting minutes

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• • Civil Service Hearing 10/15/81 O Page 6 Trainer: (to Davis) Thank you. The Ordinance that was passed by the City on 9/16/81? Does that Ordinance provide that three Sergeants would be assigned to the duties of follow-up investigation and one assigned permanently to Juvenile Investigation, or that the three Sergeants would be assigned to CID? Freeman: It does not separate them out, no, it authorizes eight Sergeants. Trainer: The Ordinance, ah, do you have a copy of the Ordinance? (to Davis) Ah, mark that as number four. Ordinance number 1285. And in terms of classifications, the Ordinance allows for sixteen Patrolmen, eight Sergeants, and three Lieutenants. Ah, Officers, you stated in your letter that, ah, three, ah, there would be eight Sergeants in the department, three of which will be assigned to the Criminal Investigation Division, ah, you were not speaking of the Ordinance in that statement, you were just ---go ahead. Neely: May I answer? Trainer: Surely. Neely: What we're going by is the organizational chart of the Police Association---- the Police Department. Trainee O.K. Neely: There is a --the Ordinance calls for eight Sergeants, but in the organizational chart, it's three Sergeants assigned to CID actively. • Trainer: O.K. Fine. Thank you. Chief, do you want to talk to us about the current organization of the Police Department in respect to three Sergeants; three of the eight Sergeants being permanently assigned to ah, the CID Division? Freeman: Yes sir. Any three of the eight can be assigned by my office to act as criminal investigators. Ah, as these three Sergeants were created in the Ordinance that was passed, Ordinance number 1285 that was passed on the 16th of September. Trainer: Am I given to understand that of the eight Sergeants, when there are eight Sergeants in the Police Department, that you intend to do some sort of cycling or ah, rotation of duties in various departments with the Sergeants' classification? Freeman: I have no plans necessarily to rotate the duties but would be possible, yes sir. Ah, I could do that. Trainer: If you did that, then the three Sergenats or Sergeants assigned in CID could be in charge of the Patrol section? Freeman: It's possible, yes sir. Trainer: O.K. What were you all's classifications each in terms of Police prior to your promotions to acting Sergeant? Butchee: Our classifications prior to the acting Sergeants were Detectives. Trainer: Detective. O.K. All three of you? Butchee: That's correct.