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Civil Service Board denies grievance over Dallas police lieutenant eligibility list dates
Summary
A group of three Dallas police sergeants challenged an updated promotional eligibility list they said was assigned an incorrect expiration date. After a full evidentiary hearing, the Civil Service Board found the department did not misinterpret or violate the cited rule and voted against the grievance.
The Dallas Civil Service Board on Tuesday rejected a grievance from three Dallas Police Department sergeants who argued that an updated promotional eligibility list for lieutenant was assigned an incorrect expiration date and therefore shortened their eligibility window.
The grievance, filed by attorneys for sergeants Cecil Chambers, Princess Diggins and Ricky Scott, centered on the application of Civil Service Board rules that govern promotional eligibility lists. Counsel for the grievants argued the list posted April 29, 2024, should have retained a later expiration date (Oct. 29, 2025) rather than the Oct. 12, 2025 date published with the list, because the April 29 posting amended an earlier April 12 list rather than…
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