300-25 Court Attendance and Compensation Flashcards
Employees shall appear in court unless what occurs?
Incapacitating illness or emergency
CSMART stands for:
Court System Management and Resource Technology
When shall employees check CSMART?
On a regular basis
Do employees relieved of duty or suspended have to respond to subpoenas or show up to court?
Yes
What are employees prohibited from while watching a criminal trial involving an current or ex HPD employee?
Wearing any police identifying clothes or anything else
What are employees prohibited from while watching a civil trial against the interests of the COH
Wearing any police identifying clothes or anything else
What if you receive a non computerized subpoena?
Contact Liaison office to generate a computerized one
If you scheduled a Floating Holiday burn and you attend court what shall be your options?
Attend court then return to shirt, attend court then burn other time, other options are case-by-case
If you are disregarded from court due to illness can you work EJs or OT?
No, not for 24 houra
What shall employees do if they have multipke subpoenas for court on same day?
Attend highest and disregard rest
Can employees request to be disregarded from non municipal courts?
No
What shall an employee do if they already had scheduled off and they are subpoenaed to Municipal court?
Contact prosecutor. Still abide unless judge disregards them
What shall employees not subpoenaed for court but still needed to attend court or speak with DA get paid for OT?
Prosecutor or Judge sign “Substitute for Court Subpoena” on back of court OT slip. Contact Liaison office before and after
When shall employees be allowed to report to court for municipal?
within 30 minutes of subpoena time
After signing in to Municipal court, how often shall an officer check their cases?
Every hour
How shall Exempt employees document court time?
Same as other employees but use Exempt Employee Comp Request Form
After signing in, how often shall officers check their Harris County court cases?
Every 2 hours
How much are suspended employees paid for court appearance?
Straight time, note suspension noted in details field
How much are relieved-of-duty officers paid for court OT?
Regular court OT rate outside of regular shift hours of 0900 to 1700
When shall employees be allowed to report to court for county?
Up to 15 minutes
How shall employee be compensated if court appearance starts within 2 hours before their regular shift?
OT starts at time of appearance/arrival to start of shift
How shall employees be compensated if court appearance carries over their regular shift hours?
OT starts from time of end of regular shift to being released in court
How many hours of lag time are allowed before or after shift?
3
How many hours of minimum court OT are people employees who testify via teleconference eligible for?
1
Where shall on duty employees go to give testimony via teleconference?
State Office of Administrative Hearings
Who shall supervisors inform if they require CMSART training?
Shift commander
