Chapter 3 – Personnel, Training, and Employee Relations

33010.31.3 Adverse Comments

• GCGovernment Code 3305 provides that no comment adverse to a public safety officer’s interest shall be entered in any file used for personnel purposes without the employee’s having first read, signed, and dated the document. The Director has extended the application to all Department employees. If the employee refuses to sign, the fact is noted on the document and it is then signed by a witness (usually the supervisor presenting the memorandum) prior to it being placed in the file.

• The employee has 30 calendar days in which to file a response to any adverse comment. If a response is made, it shall be attached to the document that contains the adverse comment.