114.01 Secondary Employment

Question 1

What is secondary employment?

Answer 1

Secondary employment, as used in this section, is defined as any work, including self-employment, preformed by any officer apart from official assigned duties and required duty times.

Question 2

Can secondary employment be denied?

Answer 2

Secondary employment police work can be denied or limited in hours at any time by the Chief of Police or an officer’s commander.

Question 3

Who is in charge of off-duty assignments and/or secondary employment police work?

Answer 3

The Chief of Police has complete charge of all off-duty assignments and/or secondary employment police work. The Chief may delegate this authority as necessary.

Question 4

Secondary employment requiring police authority is the definition of what?

Answer 4

Police Work

Question 5

Secondary employment not involving the use of police authority is the definition of?

Answer 5

Non police work

Question 6

Who may work secondary employment police work at establishments where the sell of liquor is the primary source of business?

Answer 6

Only officers who have successfully completed probation.

Question 7

Supervisors and command officers are prohibited from working any secondary employment that is scheduled by a subordinate officer in their chain of command.

Answer 7

FYI

Question 8

Officer must complete what training prior to being permitted to work in any liquor license establishment or at any location where alcohol is being served for onsite consumption? How often should this training be completed?

Answer 8

Officer must complete the liquor license establishment training.
Training needs to be completed ones very three years or as directed by the Chief of Police.

Question 9

When is secondary police work not permitted?

Answer 9

Officer off duty to personal or line of duty injury, extended military leave, leave of absence, suspension, and or on unlimited duty status.

Question 10

Officers on FMLA for non personal illness or injury must request permission from whom to work secondary employment?

Answer 10

The Chief of Police

Question 11

No officer will be permitted to work as private security, a private investigator, or for a private investigation firm without what?

Answer 11

Without prior written approval from the Chief of Police

Question 12

The total of on duty hours and off duty secondary employment hours, including department authorized overtime assignments, must not exceed what in a calendar week Sunday thru Saturday?

Answer 12

64 hours

Question 13

Officers will not be allowed to work more that how many hours in a 24 hour period? This calculation commences at the start of the first shift worked, regardless if the first shift is the off duty job or the officers regular duty assignment.

Answer 13

16 hours

Question 14

Can officers split shifts and or flex their shifts to accommodate a secondary employment schedule?

Answer 14

Officers will not

Question 15

The use of police equipment in the performance of secondary employment police work must be approved by whom?

Answer 15

The Chief of Police or (designee).

Question 16

Failure to obtain secondary employment approval in the Telestaff by a supervisor in the officer’s chain of command prior to the officer working the job may result in the suspension of secondary employment privileges are?

Answer 16

1. 1st offense in a 12 month period: 60 days
2. 2nd offense in a 12 month period: 120 days
3. 3rd offense in 12 month period: 360 days
4. Subsequent violations will be dealt with by more severe sanctions.

Question 17

Officers working in a construction area for secondary employment police work are required to wear what?

Answer 17

A department authorized helmet

Question 18

Officers working traffic direction or control for secondary employment police work must wear what?

Answer 18

The basic eight point style uniform cap and department authorized reflective vest.

Question 19

Can officers work any secondary employment police work with a Denver Sheriff deputy?

Answer 19

Officers are prohibited

Question 20

Officers must allow a minimum of what time between the end of his or her regular on duty shift and the start of his or her secondary employment shift?

Answer 20

15 minutes

Question 21

Are officers allowed to perform secondary employment police work outside of the City and County of Denver without written permission from the Chief of Police?

Answer 21

Officers are not allowed

Question 22

Can officers who are responsible for scheduling other off duty officers for secondary employment work discriminate in the hiring of the officer?

Answer 22

They will not

Question 23

Can officers provide any on duty service for apartment complex off duty employment as part of their secondary employment agreement?

Answer 23

Officer may not

Question 24

If the officer is on call for the housing complex on the same date as his or her scheduled shift, he or she will enter what in the note field?

Answer 24

the on call times

Question 25

In the event an officer is called out, they will make an entry within what time frame of the call out on the Tele staff non-department paid off duty roster for the affected date and times?

Answer 25

24 hours

Question 26

In the event an officer exceeds the limit of off duty hours allowed for that week as a result of time spent on call-out actions related to their employment at a housing complex, the officer will explain the circumstances in a what and through who?

Answer 26

DPD 200 and the chain of command to his or her commander.

Question 27

An officer desiring secondary employment non police work, including self employment, will submit what through the chain of command.

Answer 27

Application for Non-Police secondary employment (DPD 149A).

Question 28

In case of recurring secondary employment non police work, this request must be renewed annually for the upcoming year during when, unless the conditions of the employment change, in which case a new request must be submitted?

Answer 28

during the first 15 days of December

Question 29

Contracts for paid uniformed secondary employment include a fee to address what?

Answer 29

the cost of body worn camera utilization.

Question 30

Do contracts for volunteer uniformed secondary employment include a fee for body worn camera utilization?

Answer 30

no

Question 31

The secondary employment contract must be renewed by when of each year for the upcoming year, or whenever the original signer changes? What is the grace period?

Answer 31

By December 15th

Grace period December 16th thru the 31st

Question 32

All off duty jobs must be approved by a supervisor in the officer’s chain of command before when?

Answer 32

The job is worked

Question 33

If the actual hours worked for an off duty job differ from the scheduled hours, the actual hours need to adjusted in Telestaff. Officers will need to contact their supervisors within what time frame to edit the time in Telestaff?

Answer 33

Within 48-hours