1923 - Resolution - Community Policing and Civil ServiceRESOLUTION NO. 1923
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD,
WASHINGTON RELATING TO COMMUNITY
POLICING AND CIVIL SERVICE; AUTHORIZING
PARTICIPATION IN THE POLICE CORPS PROGRAM
AND SPONSORSHIP OF CANDIDATES;
AUTHORIZING THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO
APPROVE CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT TO
EMPLOYMENT UPON SATISFACTORY COMPLETION
OF THE POLICE CORPS PROGRAM.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT ORCHARD, WASHINGTON DOES
HEREBY RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. RECITALS AND FINDINGS.
(1) The United States has adopted the Police Corps Act as Title XX, (1 )Subtitle A of
the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994. 42 U.S.C. §§ 14091 et seq.
The purposes of the Police Corps Act are to:
(a) Address violent crime by increasing the number of police with advanced
education and training on community patrol; and
(b) Provide educational assistance to law enforcement personnel and to
students who possess a sincere interest in public service in the form of
law enforcement.
(2) The State of Washington is sponsoring, through the Criminal Justice Training
Commission, the Police Corps Program in the state of Washington.
(3) A description of the Police Corps Program is attached to this Resolution as
Appendix A.
(4) The City Council and Civil Service Commission of the City of Port Orchard
endorses the Pol_ice Corps Program and seeks to participate in the program through
sponsorship of qualified candidates.
(5) It is the purpose of this Resolution to authorize participation of City of Port
Orchard as a sponsoring agency for Police Corps candidates and to provide for
integration of the Police Corps Program into existing civil service and hiring programs.
SECTION 2. Police Corps Authorized. The City Council hereby authorizes the
participation in the Washington Police Corps Program, subject to the terms and conditions of the Police
Corps Program. The Mayor is authorized to enter into contracts necessary for the implementation of the
Police Corps Program and sponsorship of Police Corps candidates.
SECTION 3 Civil Service Integration.
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(1) Candidates for the Police Corps Program, sponsored by the City of Port Orchard,
shall be reviewed and approved by the Civil Service Commission and appointing authority
prior to sponsorship.
(2) Police Corps candidates shall be subject to all requirements of employment
qualification, including, but not limited to, background testing, polygraph, and other
evaluations (collectively, '1esting"). Testing may be employed both prior to sponsorship
and following completion of the program.
(3) Following approval of sponsorship by the Civil Service Commission and the
appointing authority, a candidate may be sponsored by the City of Port Orchard. Upon
successful graduation from the Police Corps, certification by the Washington Criminal
Justice Training Commission, and completion of all testing, the candidate shall be
employed as a probationary employee of the City of Port Orchard subject to 42 U.S.C. §
14096 and regulations applicable to all law enforcement officers of the City of Port
Orchard.
SECTION 4. Effective Date. This resolution shall be effective upon passage by a
majority vote of the City Council.
PASSED by the City Council of the City of Port Orchard, APPROVED by the Mayor and
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LESLIE J. WEATHERILL, MAYOR
Patricia Parks, City Clerk
U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
Office of the Police Corps and Law Enforcement Education
The Police Corps
T he Police Corps is designed to address violent crime·
by helping locaLand state.law enforcement agencies
increase the number. of officers with.advanced.education
and training assigned to community.patrol. The program,
which operates within states that have submitted an
approved state plan, is designed to motivate highly
qualified young people to serve our municipalities,
couri.ties and states as police officers and sheriffs'·
· deputies. It does this by offering Federal scholarships on
a competitive basis to college students who agree to serve
on community patrol for at least four years. Participants
who seek baccalaureate degrees· begin their work as
officers upon graduation from college. Those who pursue
graduate study complete their service in advance.
Participants become members of local and state police .
departments in geographic areas that have the greatest
need for additional officers.
The Police Corps reduces local costs of hiring and
training excellent new officers. The Federal government
pays for rigorous law enforcement training for each
Police Corps participant. In addition, the Federal
government pays the local and state agencies that hire
participants $10,000 for each of a participant's first four
years of service.
The Police Corps offers incentives for a diverse pool
of highly qualified men and women to enter policing
Students accepted into the Police Corps receive up to
$7,500 a year to cover the expenses of study toward a
baccalaureate or graduate degree. Allowable educational
expenses for full-time students include reasonable room
and board. A student may receive up to $30,000 under the
program. To be eligible for the Police Corps, a student
must attend (or be about to attend) a public or non-profit
four-year college or university. Undergraduate
participants must attend full tim!!· Students who attend
community college are eligible once they transfer to a
four-year institution. Participants may choose to study
criminal justice and law enforcement or may pursue
degrees in other fields .. Men and womencof all races and
ethnic background are eligible, regardless of family
income or resources.
• All Police Corps participants must possess the necessary
mental and physical capabilities .and.mor:al.char.acteristics
to be an effective officer, be of good character, meet the
standards of the law enforcement..agenc.y.:w.i.th:w.hicb .they
will serve, and demonstrate sincere motivation and
dedication to law enforcement andpublic service.
Students interested in the Police Corps apply to the''lead
agency" of the participating"State·in'Wlrlch'they-wish to
serve. Applications are then evaluated on a fully
competitive basis accor.di-ng.to-defined.selection.critetia.
No exceptions from the competitive selection standards
are permitted. States with Police Co!JlS_p,Q.grams are
expected to advertise the availability of scholarships to the
full range of prospective participants and to make special
efforts to encourage applications from members ·or all
racial, ethnic and gender groups ..
Police Corps participants·complete a rigorous 16 to
24 week training progr-am · ·
All Police Corps participants must satisfactorily complete
the rigorous 16 to 24 week Police Corps training program.
Paid for by the Federal government, this basic law
enforcement training is intended to teach the knowledge.
skills and attitudes essential to serve effectively on
community patrol, to develop the physical, moral and
·analytical capabilities of the participants, and to teach
self-discipline and organizational loyalty. At the
conclusion of the training, all participants must satisfy
high performance standards for physical, mental and
emotional fitness. Training may take place at regional
training centers or at a designated state facility that offers
a training program "substantially equivalent" to the Police
Corps training program. The law enforcement agencies
with which individual participants will serve provide
additional training as appropriate.
Police Corps participants serve where most needed
Police Corps participants become members of police
departments or sheriffs' offices in geographic areas that
have a great need for additional officers. Each participant
is tentatively assigned to a law enforcement agency at the
time he or she is accepted .into the Police Corps.
Prospective participants must meet all requirements (other
than age) for admission as a trainee to theagency in which
he or she· will serve. No more than 10 percent of a state's .
participants may be assigned to the state police. ·
The Police Corps brings more officers into
community patrol
Police Corps participants must be placed on community
patrol and ordinarily must serve all four years on
community patroL The program encourages states to
design their plans so that, where practical, participants can
be assigned to areas of great need that are near their
homes ....
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Police departments receive cash assistance
Law enforcement agencies that employ Police Corps
participants .receive $10,000 per participant for each year
of required service, or $40,000 for each participant who
fulfills the four-year service obligation. By statute,
however, no agency may receive this payment for any year
in which the average size of its force (excluding Police
Corps participants) has declined by more than 2 percent
since January l, 1993, or in which it has laid off officers.
Participants have the same rights and responsibilities
as other officers of the same rank and tenure
Police Corps participants have all of the rights and
responsibilities of-and are subject to all rules and
regulations that apply to-other members of the law
enforcement agencies with which they serve. They must
be compensated at the same rate of pay and receive the
same benefits as other officers of the same rank and
tenure.
State lead agencies work in cooperation with local
agencies and organizations
Each state's lead agency is expected to consult and
coordinate with local law enforcement officials and
representatives of police and sheriff labor and
management organizations, as well as other appropriate
state and local agencies.
The Police Corps will create a pool of informed
citizens who understand the challenges of policing
Police Corps participants may, but need not, remain in
policing after they serve for four years. Many no doubt
will choose policing as their career; others may return to
civilian life and pursue other professions. Officers who
return to civilian life will become a vital resource-they
will represent a reservoir of informed citizens who
understand "from the inside" the challenges of modem
policing and the many demands that officers must satisfy.
All educational assistance is contingent
Ifa Police Corps participant does not satisfactorjly
complete his or her education, training and ser:vice
obligations, he or she must repay all scholarships and
reimbursements received through ,the progr:am.,..plus
interest.
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Scholarships are avaiJa·bJe to 'dependenfchlldren <if
officers killed in the line of duty
In participating states, the Police Corps offers college
scholarships to dependent children of ~aw-enforeement
officers killed in the line of duty. An eligible student may
receive up to $30,000 to co.ver.the.educational .expenses
associated with attending any accredited institution of
higher education. Dependentchildren incur no service or
repayment obligation. The application process for eligible
dependent children is non-competitive.
THE POLICE CORPS
' LAW C0.\l'-(!..~1TY Jl.'STlCE
For more information· ·1
I States interested in participating in the Police Corps may I
j obtain guidelines for state_plans and related information .
[ from the ·office of the Pollee Corps and Law Enforcemen.
1 Education, U.S. Department of Justice, 8!0 Seventh St.
i NW, Washington DC 20531.
1· Individuals and Jaw enforcement agencies interested in
' ' participating in the Police Corps should contact the I appropriate state lead agency. information on
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participating states and agency contacts is available
through the U.S. Department of Justice Response Center
[ at 1-800-421-6770 or the Office of the Police Corps at the
1 address given above. Information also is available on the i web at http://www.ojp.usdojlopclee.
Revised 7/99