Police Internship Program a) In a joint effort to promote diversity the City and Association agree that the Austin Police Department may create and implement a Police Internship Program for individuals who are interested in becoming Austin Police Officers. Anyone hired into or volunteers to participate in the Police Internship Program must pass the same screening and testing procedures as applicants for the position of Police Cadet, either at the beginning, or at the end of their participation in the Program, and/or at the time they become eligible for placement on an eligibility list, at the discretion of the Chief. The duration of the Police Internship Program will be at least the equivalent of a college semester.
b) Any intern who successfully completes the Police Internship Program shall be placed at the top of the current or next eligibility list for hire as a Police Cadet. Up to thirty-eight percent (38%) of each Police Academy class may consist of interns who successfully completed the Police Internship Program. Placement on eligibility lists under this section shall include any intern who completes an otherwise eligible internship program, even if it was begun prior to the effective date of this Agreement. If they are not eligible due to age, they will be placed at the top of the first eligibility list for which they are eligible and for which they remain otherwise eligible. If an intern remains enrolled as a full-time student, they shall be able to defer being placed on an eligibility list until completion of their then current course of enrollment.
c) The City may offer the same or similar Police Internship Program to any accredited college or university, or any high school.
d) The City of Austin Youth and Family Services Office shall implement a pilot Police Internship Program at a college or university, including but not limited to, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx University, or a high school, including but not limited to, Xxxxxx High School or Xxxxx High School, if one has not been created by the effective date of this Agreement.
Police Internship Program. 9 The Department may create and implement a Police Internship Program for individuals who 10 are interested in becoming Austin Police officers. Anyone hired into the Internship Program 11 must pass the same screening and testing procedures as applicants for the position of Police 12 Cadet, either at the beginning or at the end of their participation in the Program. The duration of 13 the Police Internship Program will be at least the equivalent of a college semester. Any intern 14 who successfully completes the Police Internship Program shall be placed at the top of the 15 current or next eligibility list for hire as a Police Cadet. Up to thirty-eight percent (38%) of each 16 Police Academy class may consist of interns who successfully completed the Police Internship 17 Program. 18
