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Union urges 'passed-over' feedback process after lieutenant selections; commission asks HR to review San Jose model
Summary
After several officers were not selected from a lieutenant list, the POA urged the commission to pursue a feedback process that allows passed-over officers to meet with the chief (a practice described from San Jose—s "Mead Arb" rule). Commissioners asked the chief and city HR to examine the model.
Union representatives told the Police Commission on Jan. 9 that several qualified officers were "passed over" on a lieutenant certification list and asked the commission and department to adopt a formal feedback process.
POA leaders said about 11 officers had been bypassed and requested a mechanism that would allow those officers, on request, to meet with the chief to receive…
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