Buy-Back Policing. Participation in the Department's Buy-Back is voluntary. An employee who works buy back shall be paid cash compensation for all hours worked therein at one and one-half (1 ½) times the employee’s regular hourly rate or, if working under the contract between Hennepin County and the Department for the detox van or a contract between the Department and an officially recognized community organization under the Neighborhood Revitalization Program, the rate specified in such contract. For purposes of this unique overtime practice, Buy-Back Policing shall mean community crime prevention, special investigative, and other law enforcement activities normally within the scope of the authority conferred upon the Department by the City Charter. Additional activities may be added only upon the express written agreement of the Parties. Buy-back opportunities shall be available to all employees in the ranks of Police Officer, Sergeant and Lieutenant on a non-discriminatory, consistent basis. Each precinct shall maintain a system of posting buy-back opportunities that includes a description of the duties and the available dates and times so that any interested and eligible employee can sign-up for such duties. The employer shall designate a precinct affiliation for non-precinct employees who desire to work buy-back assignments. Buy-back assignments shall be available, subject to reasonable restrictions to ensure fairness to all eligible employees, on a “first- come, first-served” basis among the employees working at or affiliated with the posting precinct. If the buy-back assignments cannot be filled from within the precinct, the employer may fill such assignments by providing an equal opportunity for volunteers from outside the precinct.
Buy-Back Policing. Participation in the MPRB or Minneapolis Police Department’s Buy-Back Policing is voluntary. An employee who works buy back shall be paid cash compensation for all hours worked therein at one and one-half (1 ½) times the employee’s regular hourly rate.
