Policy Text
Policy
803Fremont Police Department
Communication Trainee Evaluation
803.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of this policy is to establish a formal evaluation system that identifies behaviors
necessary to the functioning of a Police Communication Dispatcher, sets standards of
Progressing Satisfactorily Needs Improvement and Competent performance, and documents
trainee performance while in the Communication Training Program. This policy identifies the duties
and responsibilities of all involved employees, including Trainees, Communication Trainers (CTO),
and Communication Dispatch Supervisors.
803.2 EVALUATION OF COMMUNICATION TRAINEES
(a)The Evaluation Report, completed by the trainer at the end of each week, provides
the essential documentation to ensure that progress is being made by the trainee.
Observations made by the trainer are entered on the evaluation utilizing Progressing
Satisfactorily, Needs Improvement and Competent.
(b)A trainee will be rated based on what he/she is expected to learn, from week to week,
according to the training manual. If the trainee does not learn a week's assignment, in
any given category, he/she will be marked Needs Improvement. If the trainee meets
or exceeds the week's assignment, he/she will be marked Progressing Satisfactorily
or Competent. The last evaluation a trainee gets, while in training, will be an opinion
on the trainer's part as to how the trainee compares with a non-trainee probationary
dispatcher.
(c)The trainer shall have the option of making any additional comments he/she believes
would aid in the evaluation of the trainee. Weekly the trainer will review the evaluation
with the trainee. All evaluations will be signed electronically in Leaps by the trainer
and trainee.
(d)Specific comments are required when the trainer checks the NRT (Non-Response to
Training) column, of the evaluation form. The column is used to reflect performance
deficiencies which continue to occur during remedial training.
(e)Each of the 28 categories must be addressed within the evaluation period and marked
with one of the three rating standards. This will help the trainee know where he/she
stands at any given time in any given category.
(f)The definitions in Appendix 803 represent standards considered to be job-related to
the dispatch function. The task of evaluating and rating a trainee's performance should
be based on these definitions. These definitions, as outlined on the evaluation form,
serve as a means of program standardization and continuity.
Refer to APPENDIX 803 for Evaluation Forms and Definitions.
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