Lateral Transfer Program For Police Officer

Qualifying experience for lateral consideration; Full credit:

• State/County/Municipal/Tribal sworn law enforcement (full arrest powers/certified by a state commission/board of professional standards). The population and call load in which the years of service to be considered, must be comparable in size to the Dodge City Police Dept. or larger.
• Federal law enforcement will be evaluated based on the specific agency and assignment. Sworn (arrest powers) law enforcement service, including but not limited to: FBI, DHS, ATF, DEA, US Marshal, and ICE, will qualify as full credit years of service as well as qualified lateral detective years of service.
• US Military Police (MP), and Criminal Investigations Division (CID) will qualify as full credit years of service. CID will qualify as well as lateral detective years of service.
  
  • Full credit years of service = 1 to 1 credit. For each year of qualifying law enforcement experience the lateral transfer would go one step up on the current pay scale.

Qualifying experience for lateral consideration; Partial credit:

• Sworn law enforcement years of service including but not limited to: US Border Patrol, FBI Police, will be given partial years of service credit.
  
  • Partial years of service credit = (.5) year credit for each one (1) year of service.

Prior military, corrections, and security years of service will not be considered for lateral credit.

Sworn law enforcement officers who come from an agency that is smaller and/or has less of a call load will be evaluated and placed in the pay scale by city administration.

The hiring process will remain the same for police officer lateral transfers: a written test, oral board, background investigation, psychological test, medical physical, and CVSA.

A newly hired lateral transfer will complete a stream-lined field training to familiarize the employee with the Dodge City Police Department policies and subject to the needs and experience unique to each employee.

Lateral Transfer Program For Detective

Lateral detective transfers must meet the same requirements as the lateral police officer, and:

• Have at least five years of experience as a Police Officer, or equivalent as defined above, with at least one (1) year of service as a detective/agent/investigator.

The hiring process will be the same as police officer lateral transfers to include; review and vetting of eligible experience as detective/agent/investigator in the application, oral board, and background phases.

The lateral detective process would be open for qualifying lateral detectives anytime a detective vacancy occurs and there are no incumbent applicants on an existing eligibility list. The process will be closed to lateral transfers once internal testing begins marked by the deadline set for the letters of intent to test, through the testing period, and until the date the new eligibility list takes effect. If after in house testing there are still positions vacant for detective, it will be open for lateral transfers.

A newly hired lateral detective transfer will complete a stream-lined field training to familiarize the employee with the Dodge City Police Department policies and subject to the unique circumstances of each transfer’s needs and experience. After completion of field training the lateral detective will be assigned to a vacant detective position.