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PROMOTIONAL PROCEDURES. Section 1. Promotional Process For Lieutenant Position. This policy applies to all promotions to the rank of Lieutenant. General minimum requirements as of the date of application are as follows: -All applicants must meet entrance level requirements and must currently hold the rank of Sergeant. Prior to actually receiving a Lieutenant position, each otherwise qualified applicant must also meet any specific minimum qualifications for the particular position being filled, including any certifications and licenses required by the Sheriff's Office or by law, such as State Certification for Corrections and M.C.O.L.E.S. Certification for Law Enforcement and have successfully completed the promotional probation period. The following steps shall apply to the promotion process and become effective after the current (1994) promotional roster expires: 1. By November 15th of every other year, the Xxxxxx County Personnel Department will post the date of the written exam and will list the materials to be tested. All interested persons must apply for the position(s) at the County Personnel Office and complete all required application forms and submit required information. Applicants may be required to be interviewed by the Personnel Department. Failure to complete the application process as outlined shall automatically disqualify the person from consideration. 2. Applicants meeting minimum requirements shall be referred to the Sheriff for further processing. 3. The actual date of the test will be scheduled between January 10th and February 10th of each year. 4. A written examination will be required for all eligible applicants. A minimum score of 70% correct must be achieved on the written exam in order to continue with the promotional process. The written exam will count toward 50% of the points earned in the overall process. 5. Eligible applicants (those achieving a score on the written exam of 70% or above) shall be scheduled and required to appear for an Oral Board Examination. The Oral Board Exam will count toward 50% of the points earned in the overall process. The Oral Board will be selected by the Sheriff, and consists of two members appointed from within the Sheriff's Office, and two members appointed from an outside agency. All members shall hold a position equal to or above the position being applied for, and have experience or expertise in the appropriate field being applied for. 6. Following the Oral Board process, a statistical ranking will be made on a 100 point scale for those candidates who completed steps #1 and #2. The ranking will reflect the following "Band": Points on the scale shall be rounded up or down to the nearest 1/10 decimal. The final ranking sheet will be posted by March 1st and remain in effect for two years. All promotions to that particular position within that period shall be selected from the ranking sheet in the manner outlined in #7. 7. Promotions shall be made from the list that is current, at the time when the position becomes vacant. 8. The Sheriff will select individuals for promotion from the "Qualified" Band regardless of their statistical ranking within that Band. 9. In the unlikely event that no eligible candidates remain on a promotional list, that list shall immediately be considered expired and, if necessary, the entire process will be restarted. Such a list will be in effect until March 1. 10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this policy, no applicant will be considered "Qualified" nor shall they be eligible for a vacant Lieutenant position unless they meet the specific minimum qualifications for the particular position being filled, including any certifications or licenses required by the Sheriff's Office or by law for the specific Lieutenant position being filled and have successfully completed the promotional probation period. An applicant that only meets the general minimum requirements for the Lieutenant position may participate in the promotional process, and may thereafter, at his/her own cost and on his/her own time, pursue such training as is necessary and obtain such certificates and licenses as may be necessary to meet the specific position minimum qualifications. However, applicants must meet the specific position minimum qualifications for the specific Lieutenant position being filled prior to the date that the Sheriff's Office fills the vacancy to be considered eligible for consideration for that position.

PROMOTIONAL PROCEDURES. Section 1. Promotional Process For Lieutenant Position. This policy applies to all A. All promotions to the rank ranks above Firefighter 1st Class, except that of Lieutenant. General minimum requirements as of the date of application are as follows: -All applicants must meet entrance level requirements Chief and must currently hold the rank of Sergeant. Prior to actually receiving a Lieutenant positionDeputy Chief, each otherwise qualified applicant must also meet any specific minimum qualifications for the particular position being filled, including any certifications and licenses required by the Sheriff's Office or by law, such as State Certification for Corrections and M.C.O.L.E.S. Certification for Law Enforcement and have successfully completed the promotional probation period. The following steps shall apply to the promotion process and become effective after the current (1994) promotional roster expires: 1. By November 15th of every other year, the Xxxxxx County Personnel Department will post the date of the written exam and will list the materials to be tested. All interested persons must apply for the position(s) at the County Personnel Office and complete all required application forms and submit required information. Applicants may be required to be interviewed by the Personnel Department. Failure to complete the application process as outlined shall automatically disqualify the person from consideration. 2. Applicants meeting minimum requirements shall be referred to the Sheriff for further processing. 3. The actual date of the test will be scheduled between January 10th and February 10th of each year. 4. A written examination will be required for all eligible applicants. A minimum score of 70% correct must be achieved on the basis of competitive written exam in order to continue with the promotional processand/or other examination as hereafter specified. The written exam will count toward 50% of the points earned in the overall process. 5. Eligible applicants (those achieving a score on the written exam of 70% or aboveSuch examination(s) shall be scheduled given for each particular rank; and required no firefighter, other than an officer, shall be permitted to appear take an examination for an Oral Board Examination. The Oral Board Exam will count toward 50% of any union rank other than the points earned in the overall process. The Oral Board will be selected by the Sheriff, and consists of two members appointed from within the Sheriff's Office, and two members appointed from an outside agency. All members shall hold a position equal to or one immediately above the position being applied for, and have experience or expertise in the appropriate field being applied for. 6. Following the Oral Board process, a statistical ranking will be made on a 100 point scale for those candidates who completed steps #1 and #2. The ranking will reflect the following "Band": Points on the scale shall be rounded up or down to the nearest 1/10 decimal. The final ranking sheet will be posted by March 1st and remain in effect for two yearsrank which he/she holds. All promotions to that particular position within that are made in order of finish from the current promotional lists. All officers shall serve a six (6) month probationary period upon appointment. B. The Town shall maintain active Captain and Lieutenant’s promotional lists. These lists shall have matching expiration dates and be re-tested and re-established every two (2) years. No written examination for promotional purposes shall be selected from given without notice of such examination having been posted on the ranking sheet in the manner outlined in #7. 7. Promotions shall be made from the list that is current, bulletin board at the time when the position becomes vacant. 8. The Sheriff will select individuals for promotion from the "Qualified" Band regardless of their statistical ranking within that Band. 9. In the unlikely event that no eligible candidates remain on a promotional list, that list shall immediately be considered expired and, if necessary, the entire process will be restarted. Such a list will be in effect until March 1. 10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this policy, no applicant will be considered "Qualified" nor shall they be eligible for a vacant Lieutenant position unless they meet the specific minimum qualifications for the particular position being filled, including any certifications or licenses required by the Sheriff's Office or by law for the specific Lieutenant position being filled and have successfully completed the promotional probation period. An applicant that only meets the general minimum requirements for the Lieutenant position may participate in the promotional process, and may thereafter, Fire Department Headquarters at his/her own cost and on his/her own time, pursue such training as is necessary and obtain such certificates and licenses as may be necessary to meet the specific position minimum qualifications. However, applicants must meet the specific position minimum qualifications for the specific Lieutenant position being filled least sixty (60) days prior to the date that set for said examination. Such notice shall set forth the Sheriff's Office fills the vacancy source materials to be considered eligible used for consideration said examination, and any examination using materials other than the source materials specified shall be invalid and of no force and effect. The source materials to be used for all Captain and Lieutenant written examinations shall be the most current edition of the IFSTA Fire and Emergency Officer manual, the most current edition of the RI EMS Pre-hospital protocols and standing orders, the most recent edition of the Portsmouth Fire Department Standard Operating Guidelines and one management source material as determined by the Fire Chief. The individual numerical scores of all promotional testing shall not be posted but shall be made available to each candidate upon request. The posting shall be limited to the names of the candidates in the order of finish. In the event that positionextraordinary circumstances preclude timely completion of the new eligibility list, the current list will remain in effect until a new eligibility list can be established. Vacancies shall be filled from applicable eligibility lists within two (2) full tours of duty.

PROMOTIONAL PROCEDURES. Section SECTION 1. Promotional Process For Lieutenant Position. This policy applies to all promotions the purpose of appointing personnel to the rank following positions: Detective, Detective Technician, and other positions as may be created by the City at salary levels above the position of LieutenantPolice Patrol Specialist, excepting however, appointments to the positions of Police Officer and Police Patrol Specialist, the Police Chief shall implement and promulgate a promotion procedure. General minimum All personnel promoted to positions represented by the WPOA shall serve a 6-month probationary period. Continuation of an employee in that position past the 6-month probationary period shall constitute completion of said period. SECTION 2. Should the employee's performance be of a nature to require additional time to determine his/her ability to satisfactorily perform the requirements as of the date of application are as follows: -All applicants must meet entrance level requirements and must currently hold the rank of Sergeant. Prior to actually receiving a Lieutenant position, each otherwise qualified applicant must also meet any specific minimum qualifications the Chief may extend the probationary period for an additional three months. In the event said extension is necessary, in the judgment of the Chief, the employee shall be notified of the reasons for the particular position being filled, including any certifications extension and licenses required by shall have the Sheriff's Office or by law, such as State Certification for Corrections and M.C.O.L.E.S. Certification for Law Enforcement and have successfully completed the promotional probation period. The following steps shall apply right to grieve on said matters subject to the promotion process and become effective after limitations of Article VI, Section 2. If performance, in the current (1994) promotional roster expires: 1. By November 15th judgment of every other yearthe Chief, is satisfactory, the Xxxxxx County Personnel Department will post probationary period shall be deemed completed. SECTION 3. Should an employee fail to satisfactorily complete his/her probationary period as described in Section 1 and 2 above, he/she shall have the date right to return to his/her assignment held immediately prior to promotion. An employee promoted out of the bargaining unit shall have the right to return to a vacant Police Officer position if there is one. Such employee shall retain seniority accrued within the bargaining unit, but not receive seniority credit for any time worked outside of the bargaining unit. SECTION 4. All eligible applicants for a promotion will be given the opportunity to take a standard written exam and will list based upon the materials to be tested. All interested persons must apply for the position(s) at the County Personnel Office and complete all required application forms and submit required information. Applicants may be required to be interviewed by the Personnel Department. Failure to complete the application process as outlined shall automatically disqualify the person from consideration. 2. Applicants meeting minimum requirements shall be referred to the Sheriff for further processing. 3. The actual date results of the test will examination and the applicants' bargaining unit seniority, education, supervisory rating and experience/work performance, the applicants shall then be scheduled between January 10th and February 10th of each year. 4ranked. A Supervisory evaluations shall constitute 50% towards the final score, written examination will be required for all eligible applicants. A minimum score of 70% correct must be achieved on the written exam in order to continue with the promotional process. The written exam will count toward 50shall constitute 40% of the points earned final score and seniority shall constitute the remaining 10% of the total score. A list of all applicants, their raw scores on the promotional exam and their ranking will be provided to the WPOA Committee, provided that the WPOA shall hold confidential all information concerning raw scores, except for use in a related grievance. SECTION 5. When a vacancy occurs in a position, such vacancy shall be filled within sixty (60) days from a created eligibility list. The time period for filling of vacancies shall be 120 days when said vacancy is caused by death or termination prior to age 55. Eligibility lists shall be effective for a period of two years. SECTION 6. If a Police Patrol Specialist is to be removed from said assignment, the employer must have a reasonable justification for said removal. SECTION 7. Police Patrol Specialist. Vacancies in the overall process. 5position of Police Patrol Specialist will be filled following a written examination prepared by the Chief. Eligible applicants (those achieving Assignments to the position of Police Patrol Specialist will be based upon a weighted rating system giving 40% credit to the score on the written exam of 70exam, 50% or above) credit to supervisory evaluations, and 10% credit to bargaining unit seniority. Eligibility lists shall be scheduled and required to appear effective for an Oral Board Examination. The Oral Board Exam will count toward 50% a period of the points earned in the overall process. The Oral Board will be selected by the Sheriff, and consists of two members appointed from within the Sheriff's Office, and two members appointed from an outside agency. All members shall hold a position equal to or above the position being applied for, and have experience or expertise in the appropriate field being applied for. 6. Following the Oral Board process, a statistical ranking will be made on a 100 point scale for those candidates who completed steps #1 and #2. The ranking will reflect the following "Band": Points on the scale shall be rounded up or down to the nearest 1/10 decimal. The final ranking sheet will be posted by March 1st and remain in effect for two years. All promotions Assignments to Police Patrol Specialist are not a promotion, are not permanent and do not go through the Police and Fire Commission. The Community Support Officer will be assigned the designation of Police Patrol Specialist II and kept at the existing pay level for that particular individual. The Police Patrol Specialist II position within that period shall will be selected from the ranking sheet filled in the same manner outlined in #7as other Police Patrol Specialist positions. 7. Promotions shall be made from the list that is current, at the time when the position becomes vacant. 8. The Sheriff will select individuals for promotion from the "Qualified" Band regardless of their statistical ranking within that Band. 9. In the unlikely event that no eligible candidates remain on a promotional list, that list shall immediately be considered expired and, if necessary, the entire process will be restarted. Such a list will be in effect until March 1. 10. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this policy, no applicant will be considered "Qualified" nor shall they be eligible for a vacant Lieutenant position unless they meet the specific minimum qualifications for the particular position being filled, including any certifications or licenses required by the Sheriff's Office or by law for the specific Lieutenant position being filled and have successfully completed the promotional probation period. An applicant that only meets the general minimum requirements for the Lieutenant position may participate in the promotional process, and may thereafter, at his/her own cost and on his/her own time, pursue such training as is necessary and obtain such certificates and licenses as may be necessary to meet the specific position minimum qualifications. However, applicants must meet the specific position minimum qualifications for the specific Lieutenant position being filled prior to the date that the Sheriff's Office fills the vacancy to be considered eligible for consideration for that position.