Statement Of Agreement

Question 1

The statement of agreement is entered into between the Mayor for the city of LR, and the Arkansas Fraternal of Police

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The purpose of this Statement of Agreement is to achieve and maintain harmonious relations between the City of LR and the FOP; to provide for equitable and peaceful processes and procedures for the resolution of differences; to maintain a spirit of cooperation and a willingness to work together to best serve this community; and to establish proper standards of wages, hours, and other conditions of employment.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A regular employee shall be an employee who has not yet completed two years of service from his date of employment.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What is a probationary employee?

Answer 4

A probationary employee shall be an employee who has not yet completed two years of service from his date of employment, and shall be known as a Probationary Police Officer.

Question 5

What is a regular employee?

Answer 5

A regular employee shall be an employee who has successfully completed two years of service from his date of employment.

Question 6

Upon giving ___ written notice, except when times precludes, representatives of the FOP will be granted, by the Chief of Police, time off with pay to conduct FOP.

Answer 6

Five days

Question 7

The time off will not exceed 1000 hours per year, so long as it does not interfere with operations of the department.

Answer 7

True

Question 8

The provisions of this statement of agreement shall be applied equally to all employees without regard to:

Answer 8

Sex, race, national origin, religion, age, a physical or mental disability.

Question 9

The FOP or any employee may file a grievance, as hereinafter defined, within ____ of said occurrence or awareness and shall be afforded the full protection of this Statement of Agreement.

Answer 9

30 days

Question 10

The FOP President, or his designee, may report an impending grievance to the Chief of Police in an effort to forestall its occurrence.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

Define a grievance.

Answer 11

A grievance shall be defined as any controversy or dispute between the City and the FOP or any employee concerning the interpretation, enforcement, or application of any provision of this Statement of Agreement.

Question 12

An employee shall, with or without the FOP, first discuss a grievance with the employee’s immediate supervisor in an attempt to reach a satisfactory solution.

Answer 12

True

Question 13

The employee may choose to submit the grievance ___ or __ _____.

Answer 13

Orally; in writing

Question 14

The supervisor’s response to the employee and the Fop representative shall be with ____ calendar days and shall be in the same manner as the grievances received.

Answer 14

Five

Question 15

If the grievance is not settled by the provisions of step one, it shall be submitted in writing on the appropriate form within ____ calendar days from the receipt of the supervisor’s response, or lack there of, in Step 1 to the FOP grievance committee, as provided for in the FOP bylaws.

Answer 15

Five

Question 16

Within ___ calendar days, the ___ ____ committee shall determine, in their discretion and judgment, whether or not a grievance exists as defined in Section 3 above.

Answer 16

10; FOP grievance committee

Question 17

If the fop grievance committee finds a grievance does exist, the committee, committee and employee shall forward the grievance, within five calendar days, to the ____ for settlement.

Answer 17

Chief of Police

Question 18

Step 3. A copy of the grievance shall be sent to the _____ _____ _____.

Answer 18

City Chief People Officer

Question 19

Step 4. The Chief of Police shall submit his answer, in writing, to the employee involved, and the FOP grievance committee and the city chief people officer, within ___ ____ ____.

Answer 19

Ten calendar days

Question 20

Step 4. If the grievance has not been settled at this step, it shall be sent to the Mayor within seven calendar days for settlement .

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The Mayor or designee shall submit an answer to the Chief of Police, the employee involved, and the FOP grievance committee within seven calendar days.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

On occasions, where matters of citywide policies are concerned, the _____ or his designee may be invited to participate.

Answer 22

Mayor

Question 23

After the conclusion of a Meet and Confer Session, the FOP shall cause to be published a record of the items discussed, the progress on these and other items of interest, as well as any agreement on items or any other news and will present the finished report for the review of the ____ ____.

Answer 23

Chief of Police

Question 24

The report must be an accurate account of the Meet and Confer session and will be signed by the _____ of Police, the ____ ______, and the ________ of the Meet and Confer Committee.

Answer 24

Chief of Police, FOP president, and the Chairman of the meet and confer committee

Question 25

What is seniority?

Answer 25

Is defined as a continuous service as a sworn officer with the LR police department within each job classification (rank)

Question 26

Seniority shall be lost upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

Answer 26

Discharge
Resignation
Retirement
Unexcused failure to return to work upon expiration of a leave of absence
And
When an employee has been laid off for a period of more than 18 months.

Question 27

Employees who have completed 1 one year of employment as a sworn police department employee shall accrue the equivalent of ___ ___ (based on eight hour day) annually, with a maximum allowable accumulation of 1600 one thousand six hundred sick leave hours.

Answer 27

20 days

Question 28

Upon separation of employment from a sworn position, employees shall be compensated in cash at the basis rate of hourly pay for any unused sick leave up to _____ hours in the event of retirement or death.

Answer 28

720

Question 29

For the purposes of this Article, retirement shall be defined as completion of _____ years of service with the LR Police department.

Answer 29

20 years

Question 30

The employee must notify a supervisor within his Division of any illness from the first day of absence, unless instructed otherwise by the supervisor.

Answer 30

True

Question 31

During an extended illness, the employee must inform his supervisor every ____ _____ of the status such extended illness as long as the employee is physically able to do so. This time may be lengthened by the supervisor.

Answer 31

2 weeks

Question 32

Employees who require more than a 3 day absence may be required to provide the Department with a physician’s statement indicating length of disability and dates of treatment.

Answer 32

True

Question 33

Any employee absent from work more than _____ working days in excess of the normal and usual convalescence time established by the Professional Activity Study may be required to see the City’s physician for an evaluation and a release to work.

Answer 33

10 working days

Question 34

The professional activity study is a report by the Commission on Professional and Hospital Activities which shows average length of stay statistics by diagnosis and operation.

Answer 34

True

Question 35

Sick leave shall be limited to ______ per year, and shall be deducted from the employee’s accumulated ___ ____.

Answer 35

40 hours; Sick Leave