Police & Law Enforcement Personnel Management

Contents

• Pay and Benefits
• Code of Ethics
• Recruitment
• Assessment Centers
• Lateral Transfer  
• Training
• Special Police Personnel Issues
• Volunteer Programs
• MRSC Related Pages
  • Personnel
  • Civil Service

Pay and Benefits

• Police and Detectives - Occupational Outlook, BLS, Department of Labor
• Police Overtime: An Examination of Key Issues ( 60 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, National Institute of Justice Research in Brief, May 1998.
• Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program ( 50 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bureau of Justice Assistance Fact Sheet, May 2001
• Public Safety Officers' Benefits Program: Response to the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks ( 83 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bureau of Justice Assistance Fact Sheet, FS 000277 September 2001
• Public Safety Officers' Educational Assistance Program ( 35 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bureau of Justice Assistance Fact Sheet, July 2001

Code of Ethics

• Principles for Promoting Police Integrity: Examples of Promising Police Policy and Practices, U.S. Department of Justice, January 2001
• Law Enforcement Code of Conduct - International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Law Enforcement Code of Ethics - International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Law Enforcement Oath of Honor - International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Ethics Training in Law Enforcement - International Association of Chiefs of Police
• Police Integrity: Public Service With Honor, National Criminal Justice Reference Service, National Institute of Justice publication 163811, 1997
• Measurement of Police Integrity, ( 150 KB) National Institute of Justice, Research in Brief, NIJ 181465 May 2000

Recruitment

• Law Enforcement Executives - Sheriff, Police Chief, Marshal
  • Chief of Police or Marshal Eligibility Requirements - RCW 35.21.333
  • County Sheriff Qualifications - RCW 36.28.025
  • Background Investigations for Chief of Police and Marshal - RCW 35.21.334
• Psychological Examination and Polygraph Test Required - RCW 43.101.080 (19)
• Analyzing Concerns among Police Administrators: Recruitment and Retention of Police Officers
  in North Carolina, by Douglas L. Yearwood, Director, North Carolina Criminal Justice Analysis Center, and Stephanie Freeman, Training Specialist, North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Division, Raleigh, North Carolina, Police Chief Magazine, March 2004 
• Recruitment & Retention of Qualified Police Personnel: A Best Practices Guide ( 352.8 KB), International Association of Chiefs of Police, Big Ideas for Smaller Police Departments
• Recruiting & Retaining Women: A Self-Assessment Guide for Law Enforcement ( 217 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, Bureau of Justice Assistance Bulletin, NCJ 188157, 2001

Lateral Transfer 

Lateral entry or transfer is similar to a qualification standard that applicants for certain police department positions must meet in order to be eligible to apply for the position. The candidates must already have a certain level of experience and be employed or have been employed by a police department within the past twelve months.  

RCW 35.13.360 - .400 requires and establishes procedures and conditions for the lateral transfer of qualified county sheriff's employees who, by reason of annexation or city incorporation, are laid off due to sheriff's department cutbacks. These statutory rules apply to all cities, including code cities.

• Longview Police - Lateral Police Officer Recruitment 
• Puyallup Police Department - Supplemental Questionnaire Lateral Police Officer (Experienced) ( 25 KB)
• City of Vancouver Civil Service Commission  - Application Lateral Entry Police Officer CS 02-005 ( 178 KB)

Assessment Centers

• WASPC Assessment Centers
• IACP Assessment Centers

Special Limited Commissions

• Federal Way Municipal Code Chapter 2, Article IV Section 2-139 - Limited Commission Officers
• Longview Municipal Code Section 2.42.045 - Community Service Officers
• Vancouver Municipal Code Section 2.20.030 - Special Police Officers

Training

• RCW 43.101.200  - Law Enforcement Personnel -- Basic Law Enforcement Training Required -- Commission to Provide
• Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission
  • Basic Law Enforcement Academy
  • Washington Peace Officer Certification, prepared by Doug Blair, Peace Officer Certification Manger
    Washington Criminal Justice Training Commission
• Western Regional Institute for Community Oriented Public Safety (WRICOPS)
• Model Law Enforcement Training Procedures Guide - Local Government Institute Publication Summary
• IACP Training and Education

Special Police Personnel Issues and Programs

• Avoiding the High Cost of Turnover - Workshop presentation from 2006 COPS Conference, "Community Policing: Leading the Way to a Safer Nation". The workshop explored the real costs of losing a police officer and how to successfully communicate to political leaders the need to replace officers as well as the need to focus on officer retention.
• Early Warning Systems: Responding to the Problem Police Officer ( 80.3 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, National Institute of Justice Research in Brief, NCJ 188565 July 2001
• Domestic Violence Involving Law Enforcement Officers
  • Ch 18 Laws of 2004 (SSB 6161)
  • Domestic Violence Involving Law Enforcement Officials, Attorney General  (includes model policy and handbook)
• Job Related Stress
  • Developing a Law Enforcement Stress Program for Officers and Their Families ( 1.54 MB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, National Institute of Justice, Issues and Practices, NCJ Report 163175, 1997
  • On-the-Job Stress in Policing--Reducing It, Preventing It ( 1011 KB), National Criminal Justice Reference Service, National Institute of Justice Journal, NCJ 180079, January 2000
• Chaplaincy Programs
  • International Conference of Police Chaplains
  • Law Enforcement Chaplaincy in Sonoma County, David R. Powell, Senior Chaplain and Executive Director, Law Enforcement Chaplaincy Service, Sonoma County, California, and Michael A. Dunbaugh, Chief of Police, Santa Rosa, California, Police Chief, November 2003 
  • Pierce County Jail Chaplaincy
  • Tacoma Fire Department Tacoma-Pierce County Chaplaincy

Volunteer Programs

• Law Enforcement Volunteerism:Leveraging Resources to Enhance Public Safety, by Nancy Kolb, Deputy Project Director, Volunteers in Police Service, International Association of Chiefs of Police, Alexandria, Virginia, Police Chief, June 2005 
• Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS)
• Kenmore Police Volunteers
• Kent  Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS) 
• Lakewood  Police Volunteer Opportunities
• Lynnwood VIPS
• Mount Vernon Citizens On Proactive Patrol (COPP)
• King County Sheriff Volunteer Opportunities 
• Renton Police Department Volunteer Program
• Whatcom County Sheriff Volunteering with WCSO
• Woodland Police Department  Want to Volunteer? 

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