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REPORT <br /> <br /> To the Honorable Mayor and City Council <br /> From the City Manager <br /> August 12, 2002 <br /> <br /> Subject <br /> Hiring of Lateral Police Officer above entry level <br /> <br /> kecommendation <br /> The City Council approve the hiring of Police Officer Daniel Schillaci at Step 5 rather than entry level. <br /> <br /> Background <br /> It is difficult to recruit qualified police officer applicants throughout the Bay Area. Virtually all law <br /> enforcement agencies in San Mateo County are short staffed and competing with one another for <br /> quality candidates. Lateral applicants with positive work histories are particularly desirable in that they <br /> have graduated from the police academy, have field experience, and can be released as solo police <br /> officers approximately six months earlier than entry level candidates. Lateral officers typically have no <br /> difficult completing probation further enhancing their value to an organization. The police department <br /> is aggressively recruiting these candidates and has previously asked the City Council to approve hiring <br /> lateral officers at fifth step rather than at the entry level salary rate. <br /> <br /> Third step is the highest appointment level mentioned in the existing Memorandum of Understanding <br /> between the City and the Police Officers Association (Section 7.1.5). Due to the competitive market, <br /> the Police Chief is requesting the City Council to exercise its authority under the Redwood City Code <br /> Article 111, Section 23.31(E) - Salary and Wage Plan. The Code permits the City Council to appoint <br /> police officers at the fourth step if the appointee for the position of police officer has a minimum of <br /> three (3) years of paid full-time law enforcement experience and the fifth step if the candidate has a <br /> minimum of four (4) years experience. <br /> <br />Daniel Schillaci was an officer with the San Carlos Police Department for approximately seven years <br />and has spent the last year and a half with the Department of Justice as a sworn officer. <br /> <br />Alternative <br />Appointment above entry level is one of several incentives created to attract lateral candidates. City <br />Council could deny the step increase request. <br /> <br />Fiscal Impact <br />Officers hired at Step 1 make $5,279 monthly, Step 5 is currently $6,417. Benefits do not vary <br />between steps. The total fiscal impact is $1,138 per month. Funds in the Fiscal .Year 2002-2003 <br />police department budget are sufficient to hire the officer at this salary level. <br /> <br />S~ott Warner Ronald Matuszak Ed Everett <br />Captain Deputy Police Chief City Manager <br /> <br /> <br />