ARTICLE 16 Wages / ARTICLE 17 Death in Family

Question 1

START
If the members of the fire fighters’ bargaining unit reach an agreement on a contract that
provides a base pay increase which is greater than an average of ______ % annually in base pay over
the term of their Agreement (which shall include the full period from expiration of their last
agreement, whether or not pay changes apply to all or any portion of prior or “retro” periods), the
members of the police officers’ bargaining unit will receive an across-the-board increase to equal
that average afforded to fire fighters. This provision shall only apply during the primary term of
this agreement, and not to any extension or “evergreen” periods.

Answer 1

2.2%

Question 2

A. Police Officer Rank Step Schedule.
Upon successful completion of______weeks, an officer becomes a Police Officer, Class 600, Step A, and shall be entitled to all pay and benefits of that class. A
Police Officer shall serve ______ year in Step A and then will be moved to Step B of the pay
schedule, upon completion of the education requirements contained in Article 33, Section

Answer 2

thirty (30)

one (1)

Question 3

A. Police Officer Rank Step Schedule.

2. Upon completion of ______ years of commissioned service, an Officer is moved from Step B
   of the pay schedule to Step C.
   Police Officers with at least ten (10) years seniority in rank and ______ accredited college
   hours or fifteen (15) years seniority in rank shall be eligible for Step D which shall be _____ % increase above a Step C.

Answer 3

five (5)

forty (40)

two percent (2%)

Question 4

A. Police Officer Rank Step Schedule.

Police Officers with at least _______ years seniority in rank and _____ accredited college
hours or _______ years seniority in rank shall be eligible for Step E which shall be two
percent (2%) increase above a Step D.

Answer 4

fifteen (15)

sixty (60)

twenty (20)

Question 5

A. Police Officer Rank Step Schedule.

Police Officers with at least twenty (20) years seniority in rank and sixty (60) accredited college
hours or twenty-five (25) years seniority in the rank shall be eligible for ________.

Answer 5

Step F which shall be
two percent (2%) above a Step E.

Question 6

Those Police Officers who have achieved Step ___,___, or ____ may be identified by an appropriate
insignia approved by the Chief to be worn on the sleeve of the uniform shirt and/or jacket.

Answer 6

D, E or F

Question 7

B. Detective Rank Step Schedule.
Detectives with at least five (5) years seniority in rank and ______ accredited college hours or
ten (10) years seniority in rank shall be eligible for Step B which shall be ________.
increase above Step A, i.e., entry level into the Detective rank.

Answer 7

forty (40)

three percent (3%)

Question 8

B. Detective Rank Step Schedule.

Detectives with at least ten (10) years’ seniority in rank and _______ accredited college hours
or _______ years seniority in rank shall be eligible for Step C that shall be _______.
increase above Step B.

Answer 8

sixty (60)

fifteen (15)

three percent (3%)

Question 9

B. Detective Rank Step Schedule.

Detectives with at least fifteen (15) years seniority in rank and sixty (60) accredited college
hours or twenty (20) years seniority in the rank shall be eligible for ______. What % also?

Answer 9

Step D that shall be two

percent (2%) above Step C.

Question 10

C. Sergeant Rank Step Schedule.
Sergeants with at least five (5) years seniority in rank and sixty (60) accredited college hours or
ten (10) years seniority in rank shall be eligible for Step B which shall be ________.
increase above Step A, i.e., entry level into the Sergeant rank.
Sergeants with at least ten (10) years seniority in rank and sixty (60) accredited college hours or
fifteen (15) years seniority in the rank shall be eligible for Step C which shall be _______ increase above Step B.

Answer 10

two percent (2%)

two percent (2%)

Question 11

D. Lieutenant Rank Step Schedule.
Lieutenants with at least five (5) years seniority in rank and sixty (60) accredited college hours or
ten (10) years seniority in rank shall be eligible for Step B which shall be _______.
increase above Step A, i.e., entry level into the Lieutenant rank.
Lieutenants with at least ten (10) years seniority in rank and sixty (60) accredited college hours
or fifteen (15) years seniority in the rank shall be eligible for Step C which shall be ________ increase above Step B.

Answer 11

two percent (2%)

two percent (2%)

Question 12

E. Captain Rank Step Schedule
Captains with at least five (5) years seniority in rank and a ________ or ten (10) years
seniority in rank shall be eligible for Step B which shall be_________ increase above Step
A, i.e., entry level into the Captain rank.
Captains with at least ten (10) years seniority in rank and a ________ or fifteen (15) years
seniority in the rank shall be eligible for Step C which shall be _______ increase above
Step B.

Answer 12

Bachelors degree

two percent (2%)

Bachelors degree

two percent (2%)

Question 13

Section 3. Shift Differential Pay.
A. All Police Officers permanently assigned to begin work after 12:00 p.m.;
including but not limited to shifts currently referred to as the Evening “B” “Dog Watch” “C” or
“D” shifts are to receive $350 per month differential pay.
B. Only Officers permanently assigned to or on Special Assignment approved through the offices of _______ to begin work after 12:00 p.m. shall receive shift differential pay. Officers on special assignment must work an applicable shift for ______
hours or more of any calendar month to be entitled to differential pay for that assignment for the
full month.
C. Officers who are permanently assigned to begin work after 12:00 p.m. and who by assignment have the discretion in their working hours must work an applicable shift for _______ hours or more of any calendar month to be entitled to differential pay for that assignment for the full month.

Answer 13

Division Commanders

eighty (80)

eighty (80)

Question 14

Section 4. Longevity Pay.
In addition to wages as set forth in the pay schedule, each Officer’s base pay shall be increased
by ________ for each _____ years of his longevity, to a maximum of _______ years,
i.e., a thirty year veteran would receive an additional eighteen percent (18%). On each Officer’s
anniversary date which is not a multiple of five, he shall receive an _______ increase
in his longevity pay per month, provided, however, that he shall no longer receive monthly
longevity pay of $4.00 per year of service, to a maximum of twenty-five (25) years as is set forth
in State law, and that the eight dollar ($8.00) interim monthly adjustments will not increase any
fifth year level.

Answer 14

three percent (3%)

five (5)

thirty (30)

eight dollar ($8.00)

Question 15

Section 5. Standby Pay.
All qualified Officers assigned to S___, K___, B____, M____ and C_____ teams shall receive One Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars
($157.00) per month standby pay during each month of active assignment.

Answer 15

S.W.A.T., K-9, Bomb, Bomb alternates, Meth Lab Certified

Detectives, and Crisis Negotiating

Question 16

All Officers assigned
to the K-9 Detail shall receive \_\_\_\_\_\_ hours of overtime compensation per workweek and an
additional \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ hours of overtime compensation per workweek for each additional animal. Such overtime compensation shall be provided for the housing and feeding of assigned canines. The parties agree that an accurate computation of hours of work caring for a
police dog is difficult or impossible to determine and that the compensation provided herein is a
fair and reasonable agreement considering all pertinent facts and circumstances. If a police dog
is retired (taken out of service by the City) the \_\_\_\_\_ shall award the police dog to the
Officer if the Officer so desires. The City shall have no further obligation for the care,
maintenance and support of the police dog.

Answer 16

three (3)

hour-and-one-half (1-1/2)

Chief of Police

Question 17

Section 7. Helicopter Assignment Pay.
All Officers who are assigned to the Helicopter Unit shall be compensated at One
Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($157.00) per month of active assignment. The City shall pay the
costs of all required training and seminars needed to maintain the Officer’s flight eligibility,
certifications and licensing. The City shall continue to provide all safety equipment, including f____, f____, and g____.

Answer 17

flight helmets, flight suits, and gloves.

Question 18

Section 8. Drug Recognition Experts.
Officers who are certified by the ________ program, and recertified periodically as required by Department policy, and who are assigned by the Chief to provide
drug recognition expertise to other members of the Department, shall receive _______ per month for each month of active assignment.

Answer 18

Sam Houston State University

One Hundred
Dollars ($100.00)

Question 19

Section 9. Volunteers in Policing.
Officers (not to exceed the rank of ______) assigned as Volunteers in Policing coordinators, up
to a maximum of _______, shall receive One Hundred Fifty-Seven Dollars ($157.00) per month
for each month of active assignment. The Chief may at his discretion cancel (or reactivate) the
Volunteers in Policing assignment pay at any station should the number of civilian volunteers
actively participating in the program drop to a number no longer justifying the Volunteers in
Policing assignment pay.

Answer 19

Sergeant

seven (7)

Question 20

D. In accordance with arbitration rulings, sick leave buy back and sick leave upon separation pay shall be calculated to include _____ as used in that calculation for an individual Officer. For purposes of Section 9 of this Article, incentives are defined as those pay additions that apply to an individual Officer. This would include but not be limited to the various assignments pays such as FTO, SWAT, helicopter, SAFFE, and VIP. Also included would be any applicable educational pay, shift differential pay, language skills pay, and certification pay.

Answer 20

all incentives

Question 21

E. Should this Agreement create any new pay categories, such categories shall be
included for overtime, pension, and leave upon separation computation unless specifically
excluded by wording within the applicable section.
F. This section does not have the effect of altering the duty to pay overtime when
required by the FLSA at 1.5 times the “regular rate of pay” as defined by federal law; the parties
recognize, however, that this agreement, portions of which predate the FLSA, has not used the
term _______ in the manner defined by the statute.

Answer 21

“regular rate of pay”

Question 22

G. The computation for the calculation of longevity pay will be base pay at the
officer’s appropriate step multiplied by the percentage increase of the Officer’s longevity
position plus
_____ for each additional year up to a maximum of 4 years.
5 Years 3%
10 Years 6%
15 Years 9%
20 Years 12%
25 Years 15%
30 Years 18%

Answer 22

$8

Question 23

The Holiday and Premium Holiday rate of pay shall be as follows: Holiday pay shall be
compensated at ______, which is the regular rate of pay (inclusive of all the subject officer’s
incentives or add-on pays) for the day worked, plus credit for the holiday, which is accrued
additional leave time; and ________on a Premium Holiday, (which is pay
for the day worked and accrued additional leave time or payment), depending on which type of
Holiday was worked. This is inclusive of all incentive pays for calculation of regular rate of pay
for this article.

Answer 23

double time

double time and one half (2.5)

Question 24

ARTICLE 17
Death in Family Leave
In the event of a death in the immediate family of an Officer, the Officer shall be
granted consecutive working days off with pay according to the following schedule:
Officers working a five-day forty hour week will be granted four (4) consecutive working days
off.
Officers working a four-day forty hour week will be granted _____ consecutive working days
off.
The immediate family shall be defined as mother, father, l_____, child, brother, sister,
h______, grandparents, spouses’ grandparents, great-grandparents, spouses’ greatgrandparents,
mother-in-law, father-in-law, grandchildren, s_____, s______ and other
members of the immediate household residing with the Officer.

Answer 24

three (3)

legal spouse

half-siblings

step-parent

step-children

Question 25

ARTICLE 17

Unless exclusive permission is received from the Chief of Police, the working days as outlined
by this Section shall be taken within ______ calendar days from the date of the death of the
family member.
Officers on _______ during the time of death of an immediate family member shall not be
entitled to the provisions of this Article.
In the case of a death of friends or relatives outside the immediate family, or if an Officer wishes
to perform service as a pallbearer, an Officer may request other types of accrued leave. The leave
must be approved in advance by the _________.

Answer 25

fourteen (14)

military leave

Officer’s supervisor