Policy Text
University of California, San Francisco
Police Department General Orders
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3.29 Selection: Probationary Periods
3.29.2 Length of Probation (Revised: 3/21/17)
A. All sworn personnel will successfully complete twelve full months on probationary status
following completion of entry -level classroom training or certification of training
completion. Sworn employees promoted to a higher classification within the bargaining
unit shall serve a probationary period of six full months. The probationary period fo r
Public Safety Dispatchers and Assistant Public Safety Dispatchers i s twelve full months
(CX). A ll newly hired AFSCME and CUE non -sworn personnel will complete a six
month probationary period in any position for which they have not demonstrated full
profi ciency. All non -bargaining unit or non -represented personnel will successfully
complete a probationary period of six full months unless otherwise noted or determined.
B. All sworn personnel must successfully complete the FTO Program, as mandated by
POST , before being granted career status. This requirement may be waived by the Chief
of Police , with concurrence by POST , for command staff that ha ve previously completed
an approved field training p rogram.