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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Department Item BACKGROUND Manager Date: 811ZI02 Item No.: VI. A. Agenda Section: Organizational Business . APPROVAL FOR POLICE DEPARTMENT TO PROMOTE AN INTERNAL PATROL OFFICER TO SERGEANT; APPROVAL FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HIRE AN ENTRY LEVEL PATROL OFFICER TO MAINTAIN FULL SWORN STRENGTH The Roseville Police Department is currently budgeted for seven, full time sergeants. In April 2002, one sergeant retired and to date the open sergeants position has not been filled. Coupled with the duties of a patrol officer (i.e., one sergeant made 8% of the departments DWI arrests in 2001), the sergeant is required to supervise the activities of police officers and others in the areas of patrol, crime prevention, criminal apprehension, training, planning, records, reports, identification, traffic, traffic accident investigation/prevention, public education, public relations, criminal/non-criminal investigations (both juvenile and adult). An open sergeant position on any of the departments three shifts results in a shift being without the benefit of a sergeants experience for a minimum of three days in a nine day cycle. The position of sergeant is one of the few career advancements for patrol officers that this department offers. If the department is approved to fill the already budgeted, open sergeants position, it is interesting to note that there are six Roseville patrol officers who will apply. PROPOSED ACTION Allow the police department to internally promote a patrol officer to the open, already budgeted position of sergeant. Allow the department to hire an entry level officer to fill the open patrol officer position due to an April 2002 retirement. FINANCIAL OBLIGATION None. Neither the promotion of sergeant nor the hiring of an entry level patrol officer increases the departments allocated 2002 budget. STAFF RECOMMENDATION Authorize the promotion of an internal officer to the position of sergeant; authorize the hiring of an entry level officer to fill the open patrol officer position due to an April 2002 retirement. COUNCIL ACTION REQUESTED Authorize the promotion of an internal officer to the position of sergeant: authorize the hiring of an entry level officer to fill the open patrol officer position due to an April 2002 retirement.