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Hoffmann proposal would affect civil service tests at WMPD
Rep. Frank Hoffmann is sponsoring legislation to lengthen the amount of time the results of a civil service exam are effective. His bill would only affect West Monroe Police Department employees.
Hoffmann will ask the Legislature to consider his bill during the regular legislative session. The regular session begins in late April.
Currently, the results of a civil service exam a police department employee takes are effective for 18 months after a civil service exam is taken. Police department employees must pass a civil service exam to be eligible for promotion.
"If no job comes open, which means somebody in a position above them doesn't get promoted or retire or move on for whatever reason, then, if 18 months expires, they have to retake the test," said Hoffmann, R-West Monroe.
Hoffmann's proposed legislation would lengthen that time from 18 months to 48 months.
"We didn't want to make it infinite because there is some basis for this test, and things do change with technology and they need to stay up to date," Hoffmann said. "But, 18 months doesn't seem like a reasonable amount of time."
Hoffmann wants to see how the proposed change affects the West Monroe Police Department before considering making the change state-wide.
"For a lawyer, if they take the bar exam and then go off and do something different, when they come back, four, six or 10 years later, they don't have to retake the bar exam again," Hoffmann explained. "Teachers take the Praxis exam and once they take it, if they don't start off immediately, but wait and have a family and then go off to work 10 years later, that Praxis exam is still effective.
"Well, for people in civil service, that's not the case. We think 48 months is more reasonable. I think other areas would be interested in it, but we want to see how it works first."
West Monroe Mayor Dave Norris and West Monroe Police Chief Christopher Elg both agreed to back Hoffmann's proposal.
"They have no problem with it and we think it will be a good thing for everybody concerned," Hoffmann said. |
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