06-24-13 Regular Meeting of La Porte City Council

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Article VI Promotion to the Ranks of Sergeant and Lieutenant 1) With the exception of the below provisions, promotions to the rank of Sergeant and Lieutenant shall be in accordance with applicable Civil Service Law as established in Texas Local Government Code Chapter 143. Each promotional candidate from the police department who receives a grade of at least 70 points on a promotional examination will be considered as having passed the examination. 2) Seniority points will only be added to the promotional candidate's score if the applicant scores 70 or more points on the written examination. Candidates eligible to receive seniority points will have 1 seniority point added to their test score for every full year they have served in their current classification (grade), up to a maximum of 10 seniority points. For example, Sergeants who take, and pass, the Lieutenant promotional exam will only receive seniority points for each full year they have served as a sergeant. Cut off for seniority point calculations will be the date of the candidate's written examination. 3) In order to be eligible to take the Sergeant's test, officers and/or detectives must have served with the La Porte Police Department at least four (4) continuous years as a commissioned peace officer preceding the date of such promotional examination. 4) In addition to any seniority points a promotional candidate is eligible to receive, promotional candidates who successfully pass a Sergeant or Lieutenant promotional examination and who have participated in the La Porte Police Department's Leadership Mentoring Program for at least six (6) full months prior to the date of the promotional examination, shall have an additional 2.5 points added to their written exam score. 5) Police Officers promoted to Sergeant and Lieutenant must serve a probationary period within the new classification. The probationary period 14