Necessary Absence and Funeral Leave. Xxxx leave shall be deemed to include necessary absence on account of illness or nonservice-connected injury of the officer or his/her exposure to a contagious disease; the serious illness, death, funeral or marriage of a member of his/her immediate family; or other emergencies which, in the opinion of the Chief of Police, justify the absence of the Officer. In the case of immediate family, it shall include father, mother, children, spouse, brother, sister, grandmother, grandfather, aunts, uncles, fathers and mothers in law, brothers and sisters in law. Also, one day of sick leave shall be allowed for sons and daughters in law. Three (3) calendar days will be allowed for funeral leave for members of immediate family as defined in current sick leave policy, except that in the case of spouse, child, sibling, parent or parent—in—law five (5) calendar days are allowed. Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and days off are to be counted in the determination of number of days off as provided by this Section. Said days off will not be charged against accumulated sick leave and will begin on the day the officer is notified of the relative's death or on the date of the relative's funeral and counting back to the date of notice so that the officer is permitted the three or five days allowed, which shall include days off, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. In all cases, at least one of the days allowed must include the day of the funeral and shall include as many of the allowed days as possible preceding the funeral day. In those cases where the date of notice and/or the date of the funeral provide fewer than the three or five days leave allowed, then the leave shall continue beyond the date of the funeral. It shall be prima facie that the officer received notice on the date of the relative's death, and the officer may be required to produce a death certificate in those instances where there may be a dispute as when notice was received by the officer. Each Officer with less than forty (40) days of accrued, unused sick leave will be allowed to use up to three (3) personal days per calendar year chargeable to accrued, unused sick leave, subject to the approval of the Chief of Police. Each Officer with forty (40) days or more of accrued, unused sick leave will be allowed to use up to five (5) personal days per calendar year chargeable to accrued, unused sick leave, subject to the approval of the Chief of Police.
