RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 704 (SB 397) 2022 Regular Session Connick
Prior law provided that the position of assistant chief of police for the city of Westwego must
be in the unclassified service, and the right of selection, appointment, supervision, and
discharge for any such position shall be vested in the chief of police of the city.
New law retains prior law and further provides that any person who is appointed from a
position in the classified service to serve as assistant chief of police shall not forfeit his
seniority accumulated to the date of his appointment, and he shall continue to accumulate
seniority during the time he holds the position of assistant chief of police.
New law further provides that if such person is demoted, or otherwise vacates the position
on the approval of the chief of police, he must be demoted to a position in the classification
he held immediately preceding his appointment as assistant chief of police. If an assistant
chief of police who is appointed from a position in the classified police service is subjected
to corrective disciplinary action, he must have the same rights as any other employee in the
municipal fire and police civil service.
Effective June 18, 2022.
(Amends R.S. 33:2569)