How does one advance within the LAPD?
One may advance within the Los Angeles Police Department through either promotion or assignment to a higher paygrade. Assignment to a higher paygrade is assignment to a position carrying greater responsibility or requiring greater expertise, without change in Civil Service class. Reassignment from Police Officer I to Police Officer II is automatic upon satisfactory completion of 18 months of service. However, reassignment from a Police Officer II to a Police Officer III is an illustration of an “assignment to a higher paygrade”. This is done from lists of qualified officers established by the Police Department as the result of Police Department internal selection procedures. Promotion from Police Officer may be either to Police Detective or to Police Sergeant. Candidates seeking to promote to Police Detective or Sergeant must pass a Civil Service examination and be placed on an eligible list for promotion. The successive rungs in the promotional ladder are Police Lieutenant, Police Cap
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