300-25 Court Attendance and Compensation

Question 1

Employees shall appear in court unless what occurs?

Answer 1

Incapacitating illness or emergency

Question 2

CSMART stands for:

Answer 2

Court System Management and Resource Technology

Question 3

When shall employees check CSMART?

Answer 3

On a regular basis

Question 4

Do employees relieved of duty or suspended have to respond to subpoenas or show up to court?

Answer 4

Yes

Question 5

What are employees prohibited from while watching a criminal trial involving an current or ex HPD employee?

Answer 5

Wearing any police identifying clothes or anything else

Question 6

What are employees prohibited from while watching a civil trial against the interests of the COH

Answer 6

Wearing any police identifying clothes or anything else

Question 7

What if you receive a non computerized subpoena?

Answer 7

Contact Liaison office to generate a computerized one

Question 8

If you scheduled a Floating Holiday burn and you attend court what shall be your options?

Answer 8

Attend court then return to shirt, attend court then burn other time, other options are case-by-case

Question 9

If you are disregarded from court due to illness can you work EJs or OT?

Answer 9

No, not for 24 houra

Question 10

What shall employees do if they have multipke subpoenas for court on same day?

Answer 10

Attend highest and disregard rest

Question 11

Can employees request to be disregarded from non municipal courts?

Answer 11

No

Question 12

What shall an employee do if they already had scheduled off and they are subpoenaed to Municipal court?

Answer 12

Contact prosecutor. Still abide unless judge disregards them

Question 13

What shall employees not subpoenaed for court but still needed to attend court or speak with DA get paid for OT?

Answer 13

Prosecutor or Judge sign “Substitute for Court Subpoena” on back of court OT slip. Contact Liaison office before and after

Question 14

When shall employees be allowed to report to court for municipal?

Answer 14

within 30 minutes of subpoena time

Question 15

After signing in to Municipal court, how often shall an officer check their cases?

Answer 15

Every hour

Question 16

How shall Exempt employees document court time?

Answer 16

Same as other employees but use Exempt Employee Comp Request Form

Question 17

After signing in, how often shall officers check their Harris County court cases?

Answer 17

Every 2 hours

Question 18

How much are suspended employees paid for court appearance?

Answer 18

Straight time, note suspension noted in details field

Question 19

How much are relieved-of-duty officers paid for court OT?

Answer 19

Regular court OT rate outside of regular shift hours of 0900 to 1700

Question 20

When shall employees be allowed to report to court for county?

Answer 20

Up to 15 minutes

Question 21

How shall employee be compensated if court appearance starts within 2 hours before their regular shift?

Answer 21

OT starts at time of appearance/arrival to start of shift

Question 22

How shall employees be compensated if court appearance carries over their regular shift hours?

Answer 22

OT starts from time of end of regular shift to being released in court

Question 23

How many hours of lag time are allowed before or after shift?

Answer 23

3

Question 24

How many hours of minimum court OT are people employees who testify via teleconference eligible for?

Answer 24

1

Question 25

Where shall on duty employees go to give testimony via teleconference?

Answer 25

State Office of Administrative Hearings

Question 26

Who shall supervisors inform if they require CMSART training?

Answer 26

Shift commander