Q: Can LAPD enforce its 5-year employment contract that recruits sign upon hire?
The contract requires officers to repay the department for academy training costs if the officer leaves for another police department within one year of resigning from LAPD.
In re Acknowledgement Cases, 239 Cal. App. 4d 1498, decided August 12, 2015, is this contract still enforceable?
A:
Yes it is. Why wouldn't it be?
The training you receive in the academy is an education that makes you far more employable in any other law enforcement capacity so the employer is not required to pay you for that time.
Good luck to you.
Brad S Kane agrees with this answer
A: The In re Acknowledgement Cases, 239 Cal. App. 4d 1498 (2015) establish that the City of Los Angeles can only seek reimbursement of the Statutorily Mandated Basic "POST" Training.
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