Canine Unit. On a day for which a canine officer is scheduled to report for duty to their assigned position with the Department, the normal work day shall be a scheduled shift of nine (9) consecutive hours of work and one (1) hour of canine maintenance to be performed at the officer’s discretion during their non-scheduled hours. Each canine officer shall also perform one (1) hour of canine maintenance each day at their discretion that their canine partner is in their custody even if the officer is not scheduled to work on that day. Accordingly, when a canine officer is excused from a scheduled work day by reason of using their accumulated sick leave, vacation or comp time on a day during which they will still perform canine maintenance duties, their respective account balance shall be reduced by nine (9) hours.
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Samples: Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement, Labor Agreement