Hamm

By his petition, it appears petitioner commenced his employment with the City of Santa Ana (hereinafter referred to as “City”) in 1964 under civil service rules. In December 1967, he had a classification of patrolman with the police department of the City. The record before us does not indicate whether petitioner had tenure under civil service. From his petition which incorporated civil service ordinances and his allegations requesting a hearing before the civil service board regarding the termination of his employment, it may be assumed he had some type of civil service status, although it is not specifically alleged.

The factual allegations are: Several months before December 1967, he had applied for and was accepted into the employment of the Police Department, City of Los Angeles; he was to report to that city’s academy to commence training in February 1968; on or about December 21, 1967, he received an order to report to the academy on December 31; on December 21, upon a form furnished by respondent City he resigned with the last day of work to be December 30; the reason given for the resignation was “have accepted employment with Los Angeles Police Department;” the signed…