Legal Counsel re Special Investigations Unit. (2004) (a) The Board agrees that, through the office of the Chief of Police, legal counsel(s) shall be provided at the Board’s expense to any on-duty officers acting in good faith in the performance of their police duties who may be directly or indirectly involved in an incident investigated by the Special Investigations Unit under the provisions of Part VII of the Police Services Act. (b) An officer to whom the Board is providing legal counsel shall be covered for a period of seventy-two hours or until the Special Investigations Unit designates subject and witness officers, whichever occurs first, to a maximum of $2,000 per officer or $2,000 for a group of officers per incident as stated in article 22.8(c). (c) A list of lawyers will be selected upon mutual agreement between the Board and the Association Executive. The Board reserves the right, through the Chief of Police or designate, where there is more than one member involved in a given investigation to provide one counsel for all, unless that counsel considers there to be a conflict of interest in acting for more than one officer, in which case individual counsel may be granted by the Board at its sole discretion. (d) The provisions of articles 22.8(a), 22.8(b), and 22.8(c) shall not apply unless officers have fulfilled their duty to complete reports and to respond to the Chief or designate regarding the incident in question or to complete such other duties or assignments as may be required by the exigencies of the service.
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Legal Counsel re Special Investigations Unit. (2004)
(a) The Board agrees that, through the office of the Chief of Police, legal counsel(s) shall be provided at the Board’s expense to any on-duty officers acting in good faith in the performance of their police duties who may be directly or indirectly involved in an incident investigated by the Special Investigations Unit (SIU) under the provisions of Part VII of the Police Services Act.
(b) An officer Officers to whom the Board is providing legal counsel pursuant to article 22.8(a) shall be covered for to a period combined maximum of seventy-two hours or until $5,000 per incident. Such legal counsel shall be available from the Special Investigations Unit designates subject and witness officerstime that the SIU is notified until:
(1) charges are laid by the SIU;
(2) the SIU Director has rendered a decision in the matter; or
(3) six months from the date of SIU notification of the incident, whichever occurs first, to a maximum of $2,000 per officer or $2,000 for a group of officers per incident as stated in article 22.8(c. (2015).
(c) A list of lawyers will be selected upon mutual agreement between the Board and the Association Executive. The Board reserves the right, through the Chief of Police or designate, where there is more than one member involved in a given investigation to provide one counsel for all, unless that counsel considers there to be a conflict of interest in acting for more than one officer, in which case individual counsel may be granted by the Board at its sole discretion.
(d) The provisions of articles 22.8(a), 22.8(b), and 22.8(c) shall not apply unless officers have fulfilled their duty to complete reports and to respond to the Chief or designate regarding the incident in question or to complete such other duties or assignments as may be required by the exigencies of the service.
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