i . 00 '4 OH 43 La.) tq just [pull was U) I-1 43- I--L H-5 ox . it--5 CG 1--h KO Ix) CD La.) 10 U: ts} '30 . Nate Van Duzer . . LEG Command Staff i-tiring ORD October 15, 2013 Version #1 CITY OF SEATTLE ORDINANCE couNc1LeI_LL ii') '$11673. . AN ORDINANCE relating to police department command staff hiring, amending Section 4.08.060 of the Seattle Municipal Code to allow for the appointntent of individuals from outside the department for sworn positions above the rank of captain. WHEREAS, Section 4.08.060 of the Seattle Municipal Code restricts appointments to sworn positions above the rank of police captain to captains and lieutenants in the Seattle Police Department; and WHEREAS, acting under the police chief, the police department command gtaft' (assistant chiefs and deputy chiefs) plays a critical leadership role for providing proper guidance to the department and improving public safety in the city; and WHEREAS, it is in the interest of the city to have less restrictive applicant pool to attract the largest number of qualified candidates when openings in these positions arise; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE CITY or SEATTLE as FOLLOWS: Section 1. Seattle Municipal Code 4.03.050, last amended by Ordinance 112321, is amended as follows: A 0 SMC 4.08.060 Jurisdiction A. The Public Safety Civil_Service' system includes and is limited to, and the provisions of this chapter apply only to police special recruits, police recruits, police officers, police sergeants, police lieutenants, and police captains; and tire fighter prerecruits, fire fighters, tire lieutenants, tire captains, fire battalion chiefs, and fireboat pilots, fireboat engineers, and assistant firebcat engineers. I B. Appointments and promotions to the positions: 1. Above the rank and "position of Battalion Chief in the Fire Departmenteand Form Last Revised: January I6, 2013 I . 5--d I--I I-0. kind I-A La.) v--A 2- U1 n--l\.3 U1 [0 I0 90 signed by me in open session in authentication of its passage this Nate Van Duzer LEG Command Staff Hiring ORD October 15; 2013 Version #1 shall be made by assignment from the ranks and positions of Battalion Chief or Captain Seattle Fire Department 0 A An -. nub. the sole discretion of the appointing authority. In the event of removal firorn the assigned position, the officer shall resunie the rank and position from which he or she was so assigned. 2. Above the rank and position of Police Captain in the Police Department shall be made by. Police Department, Qrovided that any officer so assigned shall, in the event of removal, have the right to resume the rank and pi osition from which he or she was so assigned; or 13. Appointment from ontside of the Police Department of a law- enforcement officer who shall serve at the sole discretion of the Chief of Police with no rights to other emnlovment in the Citv. Section 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 30 days after its approval by the Mayor, but if not approved and returned by the Mayor within ten days after prcsentation,it shall take effect as provided by Seattle Municipal Code Section 1.04.020. Passed by the City Council the day of 2013, and day of ,2o13. Form Last Revised: January I6, 2013 2 - at a. Assignment fiozn the ranks and positions of Cagtain or Lieutenant in the i-0. I--l 3 I-- F-h Ls) I-ll--I 00'-s3 I--A K0 [9 pa L1Nate Van Duzcr LEG Command Staff Hiring ORB October 15, 2013 Vcpsion #1 Approved by me--fl1is day of Filed by me this day of (Seal) Form Last Revised: January 16, 2013 . President of the City Councii 2013. Michael McGinn, Major ,2o13. Monica Martinez Simmons, City Clerk January 13, 2014 To: Public Safety, Civil Rights &'Technology Committee From: Peter I-Iarris, Central Staff Re: i Clarifying arnendment to CB. 117993 on Police Command Staff hiring I C.B. 117993 on Police Command Staff hiring, discussed in the Committee on December 4, includes this new section of SMC 4.08.060: 2. Above the rank and position of Police Captain in the Police Depamnent shall be made by: a. Assiggent from the ranks and positions of Captain or Lieutenant in the Police Department, provided' that any officer so assigned shall, in the event of removal, have the right to resume the rank and position from which he or she was so assigned; or b. Appointment from outside of the Police Depamnent of a law-enforcement officer who shall serve at the sole discretion of the Chief of Police with no rifits to other ernploggn ent in the City. I CM I-Iarrell asked for an alternative to paragraph 2.33 that would be clearer. Here is one: 13. Appointment from outside of the Police Department of a law--enforce1nent officer who shall serve at the sole discretion of the Chief of Police, but Who, in the event of removal, shall not have the right to any other position in the Police Department.