(DOWNLOAD) "Spickard v. Civil Service Commission of City and County of Denver" by Colorado Supreme Court " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Spickard v. Civil Service Commission of City and County of Denver
- Author : Colorado Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 14, 1972
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 71 KB
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Although the disputed examination was comprised of four parts, appellants complain about only one portion of the test. Specifically, 10% of each candidates score was based upon a merit rating assigned to him by a merit board of command officers. This board arrived at its rating for each of the candidates by assimilating information from four sources: The candidates personal file; the station file, which would contain commendations received by the officer; the Internal Affairs Bureau files, containing citizen complaints; and finally, a rating made by sergeants in the force as to the "promotional potential" of the candidates they knew. Appellants contend that neither the sergeants nor the merit board were given adequate instructions as to how to arrive at a merit score, and that as a result their ratings were arbitrary and capricious, resulting in low scores which deprived them of their promotions. Although we do not pass on the question of whether these candidates should in fact have been promoted, we do agree that the test did not comply with the spirit and purpose of the charter and the injunction should have issued.