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Civil Service Commission
Special Meeting Agenda
April 28, 2025 — 4:15 p.m.
City Council Chambers, 540 Water St., Port Townsend, WA
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I. Call to Order/Roll Call
II. Public Comment (3 minutes per person)
III. Old Business - None
IV. New Business
A. Lateral Applicant Eligibility Criteria
B. Academy -Certified Officer Hiring Eligibility List
C. Lateral Police Officer Hiring Eligibility List
D. Entry Level Police Officer Hiring Eligibility List
V. Next Regular Meeting: May 8, 2025
VI. Adjourn
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CIVIL SERVICE
COMMISSION
DATE: April 22, 2025
TO: Civil Service Commission
FROM: Cynthia Shaffer, Chief Examiner
RE: Application Requirements for Lateral Applicants
To qualify as a Lateral applicant, an individual must meet the following minimum
requirements:
• have graduated from a basic law enforcement training as accepted by the Washington State
Criminal Justice Training Commission;
• have successfully completed field training and passed probation as a fulltime, active, sworn
municipal, county, or state law enforcement officer;
• have not been separated from law enforcement for more than 60 months at the time of hire; and
• be able to perform all essential functions
The intention with the lateral hiring category is to hire candidates who have successfully
passed probation with another agency where they performed similar work. The Police
Chief and Chief Examiner recommend changing the language to clarify that prior
experience with a federal or tribal agency may be acceptable, as long as the basic law
enforcement training certification meets Washington State Criminal Justice Training
Commission (CJTC) standards. When the City receives an application from a potential
lateral who graduated from an academy other than CJTC, the City works with the
applicant and CJTC to confirm whether the individual will be eligible for enrollment in the
Equivalency Academy. The Chief Examiner proposes the criteria read as follows:
• have graduated from a basic law enforcement training as accepted by the Washington State
Criminal Justice Training Commission;
• have successfully completed field training and passed probation as a fulltime, active, sworn
municipal, county, state, federal, or tribal law enforcement officer;
• have not been separated from law enforcement for more than 60 months at the time of hire; and
• be able to perform all essential functions
Motion: Update the application qualifications for Lateral Police Officer applicants as
shown above.