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RESOLUTION I~0. 75-2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUlqCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA AlqA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 72-104 BY ELIMINATII~G THE CLASS OF POLICE LIEUTENANT FR~M THE CAREER DEVELOPMEIqT PROGRAM WHEREAS, on November 3, 1958, the City Council passed amd adopted Resolution No. 58-281 revising and re-establishing the Basic Compensation Plan for employees of the City of Santa Aha; and WHEHEAS, 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 WHEREAS, on September 1, 1972, the City Council passed and adopted Resolution 72-104 which consolidated and clarified several provisions of said program and set forth certain limitations upon the future coverage of the program; and WHEREAS, it is now desired to further consolidate and clarify the several sub sections of Resolution No. 58-281 relating to the Police Career Development Program by eliminating obsolete provisions and renumbering the remaining provisions; NOW, THERE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Resolution shall be known as the Police Career Development Program Resolution, and such program shall be based upon the infor- mation hereinafter set forth in amended sections of Resolution ~o. 58-281: SECTION 3.2: 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 specialties shall be the courses developed and administered by the Santa Ama Police Department or such alternative courses as designated for such purpose by the Police Chief. SECTION 3.3: For the purposes of establishing criteria for the Career Develop- ment 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. Trainin8 Units. 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 performance of Police duties other than uniformed, field patrol, with one full and con- tinuous 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 Develop- ment Program designations as set out in this Resolution.