16.055 Promotions -- Terms and conditions.
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(1)Promotions to sergeant within the department shall be on the following terms
and conditions:
(a)The applicant must have served six
(6)years of continuous service as a
commissioned State Police officer to be eligible for promotion to sergeant;
(b)The applicant may be excluded from promotion eligibility by the
commissioner for up to thirty-six
(36)months on the basis of substantiated
misconduct, as set forth in department policy;
(c)Promotions shall be based on cumulative scores computed from
twenty-five percent (25%) on personnel performance evaluation, thirty
percent (30%) on job simulation examination, and forty-five percent (45%)
on a written examination on which the applicant achieved at least a
minimum score as determined by the commissioner in consultation with
the Kentucky State Police Promotional Review Board;
(d)The promotional list shall be valid for one
(1)year, shall consist of the
numerical scores and rankings of each applicant, and promotions shall be
made in consecutive order beginning with the highest numerical ranking
to fill an interim vacancy. When two
(2)or more applicants receive the
same numerical score, the order of placement on the list shall be
determined by seniority of service. Upon the determination of a new
numerical ranking following a new examination, all previous rankings shall
be null and void;
(e)The written examination shall be prepared and administered by an
individual designated by the commissioner. The materials and textbooks
will be selected by the commissioner and his or her staff. The
commissioner will inform all applicants at least three
(3)months prior to
the examination date of the exact material from which test questions will
be taken and the minimum score required to be eligible for placement on
the promotional list;
(f)The written test shall be administered to all applicants at the same time.
Immediately upon completion of the written test the applicant will receive
his or her numerical score. Such numerical score shall remain valid for a
period of two
(2)years following the date of examination unless the
source material upon which the test is based is changed by more than
thirty percent (30%), provided that the numerical score meets or exceeds
the minimum score set in paragraph
(e)of this subsection for the current
year's promotional list;
(g)The job simulation examination shall be evaluated by boards designated
by the commissioner consisting of the commissioner or his or her
designated appointee not lower than rank of captain, an officer from
another police agency of the rank equal to the position for which the
applicant is competing, an instructor from an accredited law enforcement
education program, a personnel director from private industry, and an
officer from the Kentucky State Police of the rank equal to the position for
which the applicant is competing;
(h)The designated job simulation examination boards will perform all
evaluations under guidelines developed and approved by the
commissioner; and
(i)Personnel evaluations shall be made by the appropriate supervisory
personnel under procedures established and approved by the
commissioner.
(2)Promotions from sergeant to lieutenant within the department shall be on the
same terms and conditions as promotions to sergeant. In addition, any
applicant for lieutenant must have completed at least one
(1)year of
continuous service in grade as sergeant.
(3)Promotions from lieutenant to captain within the department shall be on the
same terms and conditions as promotions to lieutenant. In addition, any
applicant for captain must have completed at least one
(1)year of continuous
service in grade as lieutenant.
(4)The department will develop and administer only one
(1)test for each of the
above ranks. All eligible applicants will be permitted to participate in the
promotional process to the next highest position of responsibility wherever a
vacancy exists.
(5)Officers promoted to rank of sergeant, lieutenant, or captain shall serve a
probationary period for one
(1)year of continuous service from the effective
date of their promotions, and may be reverted to their previous rank with or
without cause at any time during this period. If reverted to a previous rank, an
individual is ineligible for promotion the next time the promotional process is
offered.
(6)The provisions of KRS 16.140 to the contrary notwithstanding, all ranks above
the grade of captain are temporary and shall not be subject to the provisions
for selection and promotion as required herein. All officers in such temporary
positions shall serve at the pleasure of the commissioner and shall revert to
their previous permanent rank upon the termination of their temporary
appointment.
(7)The total number of supervisory officers of all classifications shall be limited to
a ratio not to exceed one
(1)supervisor for every five
(5)nonsupervisory
officers.
(8)No officer of the department, other than temporary positions above the rank of
captain, shall be promoted to the next highest rank without competing with
other officers as prescribed by this promotional procedure.
(9)There shall be no discrimination based on race, sex, age, national origin, color,
religion, creed, or political affiliation with respect to the department promotional
system. All personnel actions are to be based solely on merit.