Police Promotion Analysis

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Promotions are not always the easiest part of a manager’s job. Most of the time promotions are the most stressful for some agencies or departments. Promotions can cause a lot of tension in a department with some coworkers competing for the same position. In smaller communities their police department may consist of 25 to 30 employees. The promotions can be more infrequent and also more unmerited. Chiefs from a smaller police department tend to know their employees very well, which can make the promotion process biased. The promotions may be done on what is known as the “buddy system”, which is the process of promoting someone just because you like them not necessarily for their work performance. This type of promotion can happen at any police …show more content…

The purpose of their guidelines is to provide accurate and informative directions for the promotion of Uniformed Police personnel for Police Sergeant, Police Lieutenant, and Police Captain. The City of Little Rock Civil Service Commission is responsible for establishing the policy and general procedure guidelines for the promotions of police personnel in Little Rock. Their Human Resources Director is responsible for the administration of the promotion process. The director develops and implements the administrative procedures and test components to ensure compliance of the guidelines. The director is also responsible for the initiation of timely promotion activities required for all ranks. The Police Chiefs ensures the timely development of the study guides for candidates of the promotion and the distribution. The Chief also ensure the distribution of the promotion process announcements in a timely matter. The candidates in the running for the promotion must meet certain classifications to be eligible to compete in the applicable promotion process. For example if a police officer wants to be promoted to a sergeant they are required to have 5 years of service and 6 hours of English – Writing education is required. Another important part of their selection process is their points system. Eligible applicants are given points for how they score on their written exam, assessment …show more content…

I spoke with the acting Chief of Police Christ Scott on the phone and asked how their promotion procedures are handled. Acting Chief Scott explained to me their process and agreed that their process is similar to the Little Rock police department, but detailed. Once the job announcement is made available for all employees to view they must then put in their application for the job and write a letter of intent to seek the position. However, they use the points system and for a person to apply for the position or be consisted for the promotion they must first qualify by meeting a minimum point requirement of 23 points. They receive points for experience in fire/crash rescue or police, evaluations, training certifications, post secondary education, knowledge exam (police, fire, and airfield), fitness test, weapon’s score, verbal interview, and written scenario. Example of how the points are determine for the experience in fire/crash rescue or police for less than 2 years equals 0 points, 2-4 years equals 1 point, 4-6 years equals 2 points, and more than 6 years equals 3 points. The evaluation points are calculated by averaging the ratings of the last three appraisals if the officer received an unacceptable they receive 0 points, acceptable 0 points, outstanding 1 point, and exceptional 2 points. Their points for training

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