Canine Demonstrations Sample Clauses

Canine Demonstrations. The Municipality shall have the exclusive right to determine whether an APD employee shall participate in a canine demonstration. If APD decides that an employee will participate in a canine demonstration, and if the demonstration occurs outside normal shift hours, the selection of the employee(s) to conduct the assignment shall be subject to the normal overtime assignments provisions in the collective bargaining agreement. Without regard to the previous paragraph, if a canine handler is asked to perform a canine demonstration for the organization that purchased the canine, the handler may perform the demonstration without regard to the normal seniority/assignment process. If a canine handler is honored in an awards ceremony and is asked to perform a canine demonstration as part of that ceremony, the handler will be allowed to work the demonstration without regard to the normal seniority/assignment process. If a canine handler is asked to perform a canine demonstration for school functions or youth activities in which the canine handler’s child, family or friends are directly involved, the handler may be allowed to do so without regard to the normal seniority/assignment process. If a canine demonstration occurs during an employee’s normal shift hours, no additional compensation shall be paid to the employee beyond the employee’s normal compensation. If a canine demonstration occurs outside an employee’s normal shift hours, the employee shall be compensated at the overtime rate on an hour-for-hour basis for the time spent in the demonstration. The employee shall have the right to determine whether to receive the overtime compensation in the form of cash or compensatory time off.