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RESOLUTION 70-98 ADDING SECTIONS 3.3 THROUGH 3:10 TO RESOLUTION NO. 64-152 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 designationi NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that a further "Career Devel- opment'' program for Police Officers assigned to uniformed patrol re- sponsibilities be established in accordance with the further pro- visions of the added sections as contained herein as follows: Section 3.3: Any member of the Police Department designated as a Senior Police Officer as of October 1, 1970 shall continue in such designation until placed in a Level I or Level II designation as described below or until such time as he shall be removed from the designation of Senior Police Officer by action of the Chief of Police; however, no further designations of Police personnel shall be made to Senior Police Officer as established by Section 3.2 of Resolution No. 58-281 as amended. Section 3.4: For the purposes of establishing criteria for the designation of special C.S.I. (Crime Scene Investigator) and/or F.T.O. (Field Training Officer), courses of training in these spe- cialties shall be the courses developed and administered by the Santa Ana Police Department or such alternative courses as desig- nated for such purpose by the Chief of Police. Section 3.5: For the purposes of establishing criteria for the designation of Senior Police Officers - Levels I and II as set out below, the definition of units (or points) shall be as follows: EDUCATIONAL UNITS One "semester" unit in an academic course of instruction approved by the Chief of Police and in an accredited college or university shall equal one education unit. One "quarter" unit or "trimester" unit achieved in an educational institution as above shall equal two-thirds of an educational unit. TRAINING UNITS Twenty (20) classroom hours or its equivalent of approved police train- ing shall equal one unit. Regular, periodic on-the-job training pro- grams 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 intro- ductory training or similar training given during a probationary period as Patrolman be credited as training units. When college credit is awarded for special training in Police work, such units of credit may be counted for either training units or edu- cation units as the officer may select. Training units may be earned by the assignment to and performance 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 as assigned to 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 Senior Police Officer or advanced pay levels for Sergeants or Lieutenants as set out in this Resolution.