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Duration of Shifts and Deployment of Personnel. All uniform police personnel assigned to platoons will be deployed in accordance with the Platoon Shift Schedule to either the Six (6) Platoon Rotation, the Day Shift Rotation, or the Afternoon Shift Rotation, as identified in Attachment 1. The 6 Platoon Rotation (Days, Afternoons, and Nights) will follow the rotation identified in Attachment 1 and the schedule will repeat every forty-two (42) days. The Day Shift Rotation will follow the 6-team rotation identified in Attachment 1 and the schedule will repeat every forty-two (42) days. Should the number of personnel assigned by the employer to the Day Shift Rotation change from initial deployment, then the Day Shift Rotation will follow either the 6-team rotation identified in Attachment 1, or either the 8-team or 10-team rotation identified in Attachment 2, and the schedule will repeat every fifty-six (56) days or every seventy (70) days respectively. Notwithstanding the above, the Day Shift Rotation may follow an alternate rotation by mutual agreement of the parties. The Afternoon Shift Rotation will follow the rotation identified in Attachment 1and the schedule will repeat every fifty-six (56) days. To better meet operational requirements, upon approval of the Deputy Chief of Operations, shift starting and finishing times may be adjusted by: • up to two hours for the Afternoon Shift Rotation and the Afternoon and Night shifts under the 6 Platoon Rotation; and • up to one hour for the Day shifts under the 6 Platoon Rotation; as long as the length of the adjusted shift is still in accordance with the approved schedule, and provided at least 72 hours advance notice is given. Shift Schedule: 6 Platoon Rotation (Days-Afternoons-Nights) – In addition to the eight (8) required training days each calendar year, personnel will work the following number of shifts in each 42-day rotation. Day Shift: 7 shifts of ten and one half (10.5) hours in length from 07:00hrs to 17:30hrs. Meal break of a duration of 50 minutes. Afternoon Shift: 7 shifts of ten and one half (10.5) hours in length from 12:00hrs to 22:30hrs; or 7 shifts of ten and one half (10.5) hours in length from 17:00hrs to 03:30hrs. The shift from 12:00hrs to 22:30hrs will at first be on a voluntary basis, but if the number of volunteers is insufficient, then the employer may assign no greater than one half (1/2) of the personnel assigned to the afternoon shift to commence at 12:00hrs. Meal break of a duration of 50 minutes. Night Shift: 7 shifts of ten and one half (10.5) hours in length from 21:00hrs to 07:30hrs. Meal break of a duration of 50 minutes. Training Days - as scheduled in Attachment 1 – starting and finishing times to be identified. There shall be eight (8) training days per calendar year: - Seven (7) training days of 8 hours each. - One (1) training day at 10 hours each to meet the requirements for “Use of Force” re- qualifications. - Meal breaks for Training Days are of a duration of one (1) hour. The “Use of Force” re-qualification training day (10 hours) will be scheduled by the employee, through the Professional Development Centre on one of the employee’s scheduled rest days in the sixty-day period preceding their birthday. Day Shift Rotation - In addition to the one (1) “Use of Force” re-qualification training day each calendar year, personnel will work the following number of shifts in each 42-day rotation. 24 shifts of nine and three quarters (9.75) hours in length from 06:15hrs to 16:00hrs. Meal break of a duration of 60 minutes. Training Days – all non-Use of Force re-qualification training days to be scheduled on duty – starting and finishing times to be identified. There shall be eight (8) training days per calendar year: - Seven (7) training days of 8 hours each to be scheduled on duty. - One (1) training day at 10 hours each to meet the requirements for “Use of Force” re- qualifications. - Meal breaks for Training Days are of a duration of one (1) hour. The “Use of Force” re-qualification training day (10 hours) will be scheduled by the employee, through the Professional Development Centre on one of the employee’s scheduled rest days in the sixty-day period preceding their birthday. Afternoon Shift Rotation - In addition to the eight (8) required training days each calendar year, personnel will work the following number of shifts in each 56-day rotation. 28 shifts of ten and one half (10.5) hours in length from 11:00hrs to 21:30hrs. Meal break of a duration of 50 minutes. Training Days - as scheduled in Attachment 1 – starting and finishing times to be identified. There shall be eight (8) training days per calendar year: - Seven (7) training days of 8 hours each. - One (1) training day at 10 hours each to meet the requirements for “Use of Force” re- qualifications. - Meal breaks for Training Days are of a duration of one (1) hour. The “Use of Force” re-qualification training day (10 hours) will be scheduled by the employee, through the Professional Development Centre on one of the employee’s scheduled rest days in the sixty-day period preceding their birthday. Effective January xx, 2004, on a trial basis, the employer will reduce the number of training days per calendar year as follows: - Six (6) training days of 6.5 hours each. - One (1) training day at 10 hours each to meet the requirements for “Use of Force” re- qualifications. - Meal breaks for Training Days for all shifts are of a duration of one (1) hour. - Meal breaks for the 6 Platoon Rotation and the Afternoon Shift Rotation will be reduced to 45 minutes, and meal breaks for the Day Shift Rotation shall remain at one (1) hour. For the 6 Platoon Rotation and the Afternoon Shift Rotation, where the requirements of the service do not permit the employee to take any meal break, the employee shall be credited with forty-five (45) minutes overtime and where the employee is able to take one-half of a meal break, an employee shall be credited with twenty-five (25) minutes overtime. These changes will be reviewed annually, and, at the discretion of management may revert to the training day and lunch hour provisions outlined above in Appendix “C” and Appendix “D”.