CC RESOLUTION 5095 RESOLUTION NO. 5095
A RESOLUTION APPROVING A POLICE OFFICER RECRUITMENT
INCENTIVE PROGRAM
The City Council of the City of EI Segundo does resolve as follows:
SECTION 1: The City Council finds and declares as follows:
1. The City of EI Segundo, like many other cities, is experiencing a diminished pool
of well-qualified candidates to fill police officer vacancies;
2. Currently, the City offers a cash incentive of $3,000 to lateral police officers, paid
in two payments, $1,500 at time of hire and $1,500 at successful completion of
probation, while current ESPD officers who recruit a lateral entry police officer
receive $1,500 in two equal payments; and
3. The City Council desires to establish a new recruitment incentive program, as
outlined below, to attract more qualified candidates to fill police officer vacancies.
SECTION 2: Approval. The City Council approves the Recruitment Incentive Program,
through and including the later of September 30, 2020, or until such time that the Police
Departments salary savings are exhausted, as follows:
1. Lateral Police Officer Hiring Incentive: The Lateral Officer incentive will be
$25,000 awarded to successful candidates, paid at the time of hire. To qualify for
the cash incentives, the lateral applicant, must:
a. Be currently employed as a peace officer within a California law
enforcement agency; and
b. Possess a CA POST BASIC Certificate.
2. Police Academy Graduates and Pre-Service: Academy Graduates and Pre-
Service Applicant incentive will be $10,000 awarded to successful candidates, paid
at the time of hire.
3. Entry Level Applicant Incentive: Entry level applicants will receive an incentive
of $5,000 when the applicant graduates from a Police Academy.
4. Moving Expense Reimbursement: Lateral entry police officers, entry-level and
pre-service candidates relocating from locales outside Los Angeles, Orange,
Riverside, and San Bernardino Counties are eligible for reimbursement of moving
expenses at the time of hire, up to a maximum of $5,000 as a result of the
relocation for employment with the City.
5. Police Cadet Tuition Reimbursement: Police Cadets will receive school tuition
reimbursement up to $1,750 per year effective at completion of the employee's
two-year hire anniversary date, while still employed with the City.
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SECTION 3: Effective date of new program. The new program will take effect upon the
City Council's approval of this Resolution.
SECTION 4: Authority. The City Manager or his designee is authorized to take any
actions necessary to effectuate this Resolution.
SECTION 5: Construction. This Resolution must be broadly construed in order to achieve
the purposes stated in this Resolution. It is the City Council's intent that the provisions of
this Ordinance be interpreted or implemented by the City and others in a manner that
facilitates the purposes set forth in this Resolution.
SECTION 5: Severability. If any part of this Resolution or its application is deemed invalid
by a court of competent jurisdiction, the City Council intends that such invalidity will not
affect the effectiveness of the remaining provisions or applications and, to this end, the
provisions of this Ordinance are severable.
SECTION 6: The City Clerk is directed to certify the adoption of this Resolution, record
this Resolution in the book of the City's original resolutions, and make a minute of this
adoption of the Resolution in the City Council's records and the minutes of this meeting.
SECTION 7: This Resolution will become effective immediately and will remain effective
unless repealed or superseded.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED RESOLUTION No. 5095 this 25th day of June,
2018.
Drew 134- W ayor
ATTEST:
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TracY Wer, CitY Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Mark Hensley, kt _ ttorney
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CERTIFICATION
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS
CITY OF EL SEGUNDO )
I, Tracy Weaver, City Clerk of the City of EI Segundo, California, do hereby certify that
the whole number of members of the City Council of said City is five; that the foregoing
Resolution No. 5095 was duly passed, approved and adopted by said City Council at a
regular meeting held on the 25th day of June, 2018, approved and signed by the Mayor,
and attested to by the City Clerk, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Boyles, Mayor Pro Tem Pirsztuk, Council Member Pimentel, and
Council Member Nicol
NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Brann
ABSTAIN: None
WITNESS MY HAND THE OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this V o day of August,
2018.
Tr y Weaver, City Clerk
of the City of EI Segundo,
California