Contract - 3

Question 1

At the time of the death of a member of an employee’s immediate family as defined in Article 18.2, the Employer may authorize the employee paid time off of up to

Answer 1

5 days

Question 2

An employee may be granted paid time off to attend the funeral of a JSO employee as authorized by the appropriate

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Assistant Chief or higher level official.

Question 3

An employee, who requires additional time to attend to family matters, or for the death of relatives not included in this definition, may request to use

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other accrued leave for bereavement purposes

Question 4

Immediate Family defined:

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spouse
children (step and children’s spouses)
parents (step and parents in law)
brothers/sisters (half siblings and brothers and sisters in law)
aunts/uncles
grandparents
grandchildren
other family that permanently reside with employee
*special consideration can be given to any other person who has had a close, long-standing, personal relationship with the employee, where such a person acted similar to, and/or stood in the place of, a mother, father, brother, sister, or grandparent of the employee.

Question 5

Leaves of absence granted as a matter of right under the provisions of section 20.2 may not exceed

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240 working hours in any one fiscal year

Question 6

Administrative leaves of absence for additional or longer periods of time (more than 240 hours) for assignment to duty functions of a military character shall be

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without pay

Question 7

Employees may request adjustment of their schedules for a military weekend drill by written request to their

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supervisors

Question 8

Military weekend drill requests shall be submitted at least ___________ prior to drill date. The employee can request a review by who?

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fourteen (14) days

Division Chief

Question 9

The work period for Police Officers covered by this Agreement shall be a period of ____ consecutive days which may begin on any day of the week and the regular work schedule during that period shall consist of ___ hours.

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28, 160

Question 10

Police Officers covered by this Agreement shall be compensated at time and one-half for all hours worked in excess of

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171 hours in a work period

Question 11

_______ shall be paid for all hours worked in excess of sixteen (16) hours in any twenty-four (24) hour period.

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Double time

Question 12

Premium payments are considered the following: 6

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Holidays
Call-Back
Stand-By Pay
Depositions or Court-Time
Hearing Board or Internal Investigations
Pager Stand-By

Question 13

Police Officers may accrue up to ___ hours of compensatory time.

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480

Question 14

Call Back Pay: An employee who has left his/her normal place of work for his/her residence and is called back for overtime work, he/she shall receive a minimum of

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two and one-half (2-1/2) hours at time and one-half (1-1/2) their regular rate.

Question 15

Off Duty Call with Assigned Vehicle: when an officer assigned a vehicle on a permanent basis is off-duty and is required to handle a call by adesignated supervisor said employee shall be paid

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at the regular rate of pay.

Question 16

The Employer has the right to require any employee to undergo a medical or psychological examination by an assigned doctor when?

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at any time to ascertain whether or not the employee is physically and mentally capable of performing the duties required of the employee’s classification.

Question 17

An employee who fails the physical ability test will be given a grace period of ________ during which he/she may retake the test.

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30 calendar days

Question 18

3 things that happen if the test is not passed within 30 days?

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Forfeiture of Annual Step Raise
Forfeiture of Take Home Car
Forfeiture of Police Related Secondary Employment

Question 19

Employees injured shall be examined every __ calendar days by a medical doctor(s) selected by the Employer.

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28

Question 20

Return To Duty Disagreement:________ shall select a duly qualified medical doctor who shall resolve the medical disagreement

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The employer

Question 21

In resolving the medical disagreement between the employee’s doctor and the Employer’s doctor, the judgment, discretion and decision of the doctor selected to resolve such medical disagreement shall be

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final and not subject to arbitration.

Question 22

If such injured-in-line-of-duty leave continues through the _____ week following the pay period in which such injury occurred, the employee’s supplemental pay shall be _______.

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24th, terminated

Question 23

The Sheriff or his/her designee, in its sole discretion, which discretion cannot be changed or modified by an arbitrator, may provide a defined extension to the twenty-four (24) week period, not to exceed

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twenty (20) days for each extension

Question 24

Covered personal property does not include:

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telephones, pagers or electronic devices

Question 25

Jewelry is not covered personalproperty except

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watches

Question 26

Covered personal property: Payments under this provision shall not exceed ____ except that repair or replacement of watches will be limited to ____.

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$300, $100

Question 27

When Employer property is damaged, destroyed, or lost as a result of an employee’s negligence, carelessness, or failure to take reasonable steps tosecure the property, the employee shall pay the cost of repair or replacement, up to a maximum of

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$400

Question 28

Employees who are required to wear business attire during duty hours shall be entitled to a clothing allowance of

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$100 quarterly, provided the employee has workedor was on paid leave at least ten (10) days in each month of the quarter.

Question 29

Employees in the Organized Crime Section who are required by the Employer to wear non-uniform type of clothing during duty hours shall be entitled to a clothing allowance of

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$100 quarterly, provided the employee has workedor was on paid leave at least ten (10) days in each month of the quarter.

Question 30

Officers who cannot successfully pass the physical ability examination after being afforded a reasonable opportunity to do so are subject to

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termination

Question 31

In recognition of officers passing the physical ability test, those officers shall receive: 3 things

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Timely step raises,
Consideration for promotion, and
The thanks of the Administration and the Community

Question 32

An officer who fails an annual physical ability test shall be given how long to pass?

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One calendar year from the date of the failure

Question 33

If fail test:During that calendar year, the officer will remain on duty but will be required to participate in an on-duty training and/or conditioning program how often?

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at least twice monthly

Question 34

The JSO shall make available a combined number of positions for up to ___ of the total sworn police ranks which will be designated as __________ positions for all of those officers who either qualify for accommodation , or who qualify for permanent accommodations as a result of on-the-job injuries.

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1.5%,

Permanent Light Duty

Question 35

A maximum of ___ supervisory positions will be included within the total Permanent Light Duty positions.

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3

Question 36

________ occurs when the number of qualifying officers exceeds the number of available Permanent Light Duty positions.

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“Bumping”

Question 37

Bumping: When all positions described in Paragraph (3)(A) are filled by qualifying officers, and another officer becomes qualified, the officer with the highest years of service shall no longer be entitled to the position and shall be accommodated by being provided the opportunity to

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retire or resign.

Question 38

In any suit, legal action or proceeding, wherein an employee covered by this Agreement is sued as an individual, for damages, compensatory and/or punitive, which arises from their official duties,

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the Employer hereby agrees that it will provide legal counsel for said employee

Question 39

Employees shall furnish written notification of their intent to file suit against a third party in any court of law, if the suit arises out of the employee’s official duties. Notice shall be provided to the ______ not less than ____ days before the actual filing date.

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Undersheriff, 5