AGENDA DATE: 10/4/2017
TITLE:
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Police Department Career Development Program Revision
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SUBJECT/PROPOSAL/REQUEST:
Request approval of a Police/HR-recommended change to the Police Department's Career Development Program to provide greater pay equity among officers going forward and to retroactively compensate officers impacted by this revision.
ITEM TYPE: Consent Action Item
STAFF CONTACT(S): Walker, Lantz, Gerome, Robb, Jenkins
PRESENTER (S): Gregory A. Jenkins, Dana Robb
LEGAL REVIEW: Not Required
REVIEWED BY: Douglas C. Walker
BACKGROUND:
The Albemarle County Police Department (ACPD) has traditionally utilized a Skills Proficiency Program (SPP), which placed an emphasis on specialized technical trainings and task-specific proficiencies, to support raises and career enhancement opportunities. In August 2015, the ACPD transitioned to a Career Development Program (CDP), described in Attachment A. The CDP provides for a more comprehensive evaluation of an officer's development and focuses on not only an officer's technical skills, but also leadership development, and community-oriented policing. The new CDP focuses on career enhancements that build upon the ACPD's Geographic Policing initiative, a strategic priority of the Board of Supervisors.
During this 2015 transition, all Senior and Master Police Officers that were previously in the SPP were "grandfathered" into the CDP for three years with the stipulation that they would be required to meet the new requirements of the CDP by the end of the third year. At the time that these Senior and Master Police Officers made this transition, they did not receive the same pay adjustment that new officers entering the CDP would typically receive.
Under the SPP, officers received a 6% increase based on their entry-level hourly rate (the pay grade minimum) and new officers entering the CDP received a 5% increase based on their current individual hourly rate. For the majority of the "grandfa...
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