Policy Text
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GENERAL ORDER
TITLE ACCREDITATION
Job Announcements and Publicity CALEA 31.3.1
PROPONENT UNIT PRIOR REVISIONS:
Personnel Services Division
06/19/17,
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I. PURPOSE: This Order provides information regarding the Department’s job announcement
procedures.
II. POLICY: To ensure that job announcements contain pertinent information regarding the
duties and requirements for the position to be filled, the Gainesville Police Department shall
forward position vacancy information to the City of Gainesville Human Resources Division.
III. PROCEDURE:
A. Job Announcements:
1. Liaison: The Personnel Unit shall supply the City of Gainesville Human
Resources Department with a list of vacant positions within the
Department.
2. Information: The Personnel Unit will ensure the job announcement for the
existing vacancy contains the following: [CALEA 31.3.1]
i. A description of the duties, responsibilities, requisite skills, educational
level, and any other relevant minimum qualifications. [CALEA 31.3.1.a]
ii. Job announcements for entry-level vacancies shall be advertised in at
least one of the following methods: [CALEA 31.3.1.b]
a. Electronic (computer, fax, etc.)
b. Other media
3. The Department (or City) must advertise as an equal opportunity
employer on all employment applications and recruitment advertisements.
[CALEA 31.3.1.c]
4. Official application filing deadlines shall be advertised. [CALEA
31.3.1.d]
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organizations and/or key leaders in the community. [CALEA 31.3.2]
B. Contact with Applicants: The Department shall maintain contact with applicants
from initial application to final employment disposition. [CALEA 31.3.3]
Any omission or deficiency that is, after review, interpreted as an attempt by the
applicant to withhold information will be grounds for rejection (Examples would be, but
are not limited to, omission of information related to an arrest, driving record, work
record, school or military history.
__________________________
By Order of
Signed Original on File in the
Accreditation Unit
__________________________
Lonnie Scott Sr.
Acting Chief of Police
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