CC RESOLUTION 3686•
RESOLUTION NO. 3686
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL
SEGUNDO PROVIDING FOR CHANGES TO THE
PERSONNEL RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING
LATERAL ENTRY FOR POLICE OFFICER CLASSIFICATIONS
WHEREAS, Section 45001 of the California Government Code allows for the establishment of a civil
service system by the legislative body of a city; and
WHEREAS, the City of El Segundo has adopted an ordinance establishing a Civil Service System; and
WHEREAS, personnel rules and policies necessary to implement this Ordinance have been developed
and adopted by the City Council and from time to time been modified; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to modify the personnel rules and regulations regarding lateral entry
recruitments for police officers; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has determined that public interest, convenience, and necessity require
such amendment.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of El Segundo as follows;
SECTION 1. Section 4.3.1. of the City of El Segundo's Personnel Rules and Regulations shall be
modified as follows:
114.3.1 Lateral Entry
The position of police officer may be filled by either an individual from an open competitive or lateral
entry list. A person employed as a peace officer by the State of California or any other state, county,
city, or agency thereof, for a minimum of one year, who holds a Basic Certificate issued by the
Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, or who can qualify for such certificate, may
transfer to the El Segundo Police Department. Candidates will be required to pass a written entrance
and one or more of the following:
a. Oral
b. Demonstration
C. Any evaluation of education, experiences, or skills, or any test of manual skills or
physical fitness which fairly evaluates the relative capacities of the applicant.
Lateral entry applicants must pass all other requirements of the position of police officer,
including but not limited to successful completion of psychometric evaluation, polygraph,
background check, interview with the Chief of Police and physical examination.
Lateral entry appointments shall be made by the appointing authority from eligible candidates
who have successfully completed all steps of the entry evaluation. If there is both an open
competitive and lateral entry list for police officers, either the lateral entry or the open
competitive list may be certified to the appointing authority."
SECTION Z Such Personnel Rule shall become effective on May T. 1991 and may be amended
thereafter upon approval of the City Council.
SECTION 3. All prior resolutions and parts of resolutions in conflict with this resolution are hereby
rescinded.
SECTION 4. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this resolution; shall enter the
same in the book of original resolutions of said city; and shall make a minute of the passage and adoption
thereof in the records of the proceedings of the City Council of said city, in the minutes of the meeting at which
the same is passed and adopted.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 1991.
Mayor of the f El Segundo,
California
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Ronald L. Hart, City Clerk of the City of El Segundo, California, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY that the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that
the foregoing resolution, being Resolution No. 3686 was duly passed and adopted by the
said City Council, approved and signed by the Mayor of said City, and attested by the City
Clerk of said City, all at a regular meeting of the said Council held on the 7th day of May,
1991 and that the same was so passed and adopted by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Jacobson, Mayor ProTem Dannen, and Councilmembers West,
Wise, and Clutter
NOES: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this 17th day
of June, 1991.
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RONALD L. HART
City Clerk of the
City of El Segundo, California
(SEAL)