ARTICLE 38 Miscellaneous Provisions Flashcards
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Section 2. Service-Connected Death.
In the event of an Officer’s death in the course and scope of employment, over and above the
City’s life insurance/accidental insurance benefit, the City shall pay funeral expenses of _____payable within ____days to the Officer’s beneficiary as designated in the City’s life insurance program and provide at no cost the Officer’s badge and service handgun to that
beneficiary if otherwise legal.
$10,000
10 calendar
Section 3. Special Assignments.
A. Except as provided elsewhere in this Agreement, the City shall have a right to place Officers on special assignment. Officers placed on special assignment on an involuntary basis shall work the assignment for a maximum of _______days. At the end of the
_____day period, the ______may extend the term, based on _____. Officers whose assignment exceeds the _______day period shall relinquish their seniority and relief days from the original, permanent assigned unit. Officers who object to the continuation of the special assignment after the ______ day period shall be returned to their assigned unit. Officers returning to an original unit from a special assignment that exceeded the _____day limit must re-bid on relief days,
based on the next available opening (no six (6)-month waiting period unless the special
assignment goes beyond _______days, in which case the officer will be required to wait the six (6) months).
sixty (60) calendar
sixty (60) calendar
Chief of Police
extenuating circumstances
original sixty (60) calendar
sixty (60) calendar
sixty (60) calendar
one hundred and eighty (180) calendar
Section 3. Special Assignments
B. Officers placed on special assignment on a voluntary basis may work the assignment for a maximum of _____days. Officers whose assignment exceeds the original ______day period shall relinquish their seniority and relief days from their original, permanent assigned unit. Officers returning to their original unit from a special assignment that exceeded ______days must re-bid on relief days, based on the next available opening.
one hundred and eighty (180) calendar
one hundred and eighty (180) calendar
one hundred and eighty 180) calendar
Section 5. Exception to Open Records Act (Officer File Photo).
Contained within each Officer’s permanent personnel file shall be a photograph(s) as defined by
H.B. No. 474, Article 2.12 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. The same shall not be released to
the public or the press where the same would _______ of the officer unless:
A. The Officer is under ___ or _____by an offense by information; or
B. The Officer is a party in a _____ or ______; or
C. The photograph is introduced as _______in a judicial proceeding.
endanger the life or the physical safety
A) indictment or charged
B) Civil Service hearing or a case in arbitration
C) evidence
Section 7. Family Assistance Officer.
The _____shall appoint a Family Assistance Officer. The Family Assistance Officer will be relieved of regular duty on a case-by-case basis in order to assist the families of officers who ____ or _____while on active duty, or suffer a ______in making appropriate arrangements and completing necessary paperwork.
Chief
die or are seriously injured
catastrophic illness
Section 8. Reimbursement for Lost, Damaged, or Stolen Items.
The Chief shall have discretion to reimburse any Officer, the replacement value (up to a maximum _____), for any personal item lost, damaged, or stolen (including clothing) as a result of on-duty employment. The Chief shall also have the discretion to reimburse any Officer
the replacement value, equivalent to the specifications for a ______personal rifle or shotgun as determined by the_____ or ______, for a personal rifle or shotgun lost, damaged, or stolen as a result of onduty employment. The Chief’s decision in this regard shall be final and is not subject to grievance and/or arbitration.
of $250.00
Department approved
Firearms Proficiency Control Officer or Training Academy
Commander’s designee
Section 9. Physical Fitness.
The City and the Association are committed to a healthy, physically fit and well-trained police department. In demonstrating this commitment, Officers who participate and meet standards as established in a police academy sponsored wellness program or who score the standards set out in this section during annual in-service training shall be awarded the administrative leave
incentives outlined herein. During _____of each year preceding the starting date of each yearly in-service training, the Chief and the President of the Association shall appoint _____members each (____ total) to a
_____. It will be the sole responsibility of this panel to set point values, time limits, and the necessary requirements for the wellness program and for achieving incentives for the next year’s in-service. The Chief and Association shall provide written notice of their
appointees to the physical fitness panel at least ______days before the panel is scheduled to meet. Through the use of both the most current Physical Fitness Standard number scale criteria, and the previous year testing results, the panel will set standards which best create a performance curve of the Department and provide incentives based on performance according
to _____ and _____groupings. The panel shall reach an agreement on all items relating to point values, time limits, or necessary requirements, and all recommendations shall be forwarded to the ____. The _____can veto any recommendation and return the recommendation to the panel for re-examination. The _______shall act as the non-voting moderator
and will be responsible to ensure the panel meets at the required stated time.
October three (3) six physical fitness panel thirty (30) calendar sex and age Chief Chief Training Academy Commander
Section 9. Physical Fitness.
A. Academy Sponsored Wellness Program.
Officers may elect to participate in a personalized wellness program individually designed for
the Officer by the fitness panel. Officers participating in personalized programs will have administrative leave incentives set by fitness panel. Personalized incentives will be awarded in accordance with personalized goals and objectives met by the individual officer involved. The
Chief or designee will approve all panel approved individual wellness programs and award
incentives of ____ to _____hours in accordance with this Agreement and the success of the individual Officer in achievement of the designed goals and objectives which will be measured by the fitness test.
eight (8) to forty (40)
Section 9. Physical Fitness.
B. In-Service Physical Standards.
A PT staff member will monitor each Officer’s sit-ups, push-ups, vertical jump, mile and one-half
run, _____ and _____. The sit-ups, push-ups, weight control and vertical jump will be monitored on a one-on-one basis.
dummy drag and stationary or bicycle ride
Section 9. Physical Fitness.
C. Incentives.
Officers who successfully complete any combination of exercises and who score within the predesignated
total point range will receive the corresponding physical fitness incentive of sixteen ____ to_____administrative leave hours. Officers who participate in the physical fitness program for _______during inservice
and who do not receive an incentive shall receive _____administrative leave for their participating in the program. For purposes of this section the physical fitness panel shall define participation for each year.
Officers may select five of the six events (which may include but shall not be limited to, ________) in which to participate in to achieve their goal. Weight loss is not an event but will be counted towards the Officers overall score. No points will be subtracted for not participating in
any individual event. Officers on light duty, that have a documented injury will need to provide the ________
with a copy of their ______in order to reschedule a make-up with the PT staff. Officers who cannot participate in the physical fitness portion of their scheduled in-service due to a documented injury will have _______days from the date they return to full duty in order to complete this portion of their in-service and qualify for the administrative leave hours.
Officers who attend their scheduled in-service but miss participating in the physical fitness portion due to Departmental business or other emergency, but not a documented injury, have ________days from their scheduled in-service date to reschedule a make-up with the PT staff. The award of administrative leave or lack thereof shall not be the grounds for a grievance.
Decision by Academy staff as to the actual individual completion times or individual completion
of exercise requirements shall be final. This leave shall be awarded the ______pay period of the
_____in which the Officer earned the administrative leave hours and the Officer has 365 calendar days from the date posted to the individual Officer’s leave bank to use it.
(16) to forty (40)
three consecutive years
one-day
sit ups, push ups, vertical jump, mile and one half run and/or walk, stationary or bicycle ride, and sprint,
wall, drag
Academy PT staff
172-form
sixty (60) calendar
thirty (30) calendar
second
following quarter
Section 12. Reopener.
The parties acknowledge that an outside consultant is performing a police organizational and operational review to evaluate and make recommendations to the ____ and _____concerning Police Department management, operations, policies, procedures and best
practices. The City shall be entitled to initiate a reopener during this agreement as to any recommendations by _____, and the Association shall have the obligation to meet at reasonable times and places, and to negotiate in good faith toward the possible objective of contract
modifications to achieve the recommended improvements to Departmental operations for a
minimum period of ______days. The Association agrees that it will work in good faith with the City to review the consultant’s recommendations approved by the City including those which are subject to contractual modification. Neither party shall be obligated beyond the provisions set forth in Chapter 174 concerning the duty to bargain in good faith.
City Manager and the City Council
Matrix
sixty (60)
