Notification of a Complaint. a. Whenever a Statement of Charges (Appendix L.2) is executed, it will serve as written notification of the investigation. b. The chief of police, or his designee must give the employee a copy of the charges and provide a minimum of five (5) workdays to respond. Disciplinary actions affected by this requirement include written reprimands, within-grade reductions, suspensions, demotions, and dismissals. c. The department will provide the union any written statements (citizen complaints, em- ployee observations) in the possession of the department and used in connection with an adverse action taken against a bargaining unit employee. These statements will be sani- tized (name, address, phone number deleted) to protect privacy rights in accordance with the law. d. The written statements referred to in subsection 2.c above will be provided to the union when the employee receives the Statement of Charges. e. The department is under no obligation to permit the employee or union to interview the author of the statement. If the statement is used as evidence on appeal, the employee or union will have the opportunity to examine the witness. f. Records will be maintained in accordance with Article 51, Personnel Files of this Agreement.
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Notification of a Complaint. a. Whenever a Statement of Charges (Appendix L.2) is executed, it will serve as written notification of the investigation.
b. The chief of police, or his designee must give the employee a copy of the charges and provide a minimum of five (5) workdays to respond. Disciplinary actions affected by this requirement include written reprimands, within-grade reductions, suspensions, demotions, and dismissals.
c. The department will provide the union any written statements (citizen complaints, em- ployee observations) in the possession of the department and used in connection with an adverse action taken against a bargaining unit employee. These statements will be sani- tized sanitized (name, address, phone number deleted) to protect privacy rights in accordance with the law.
d. The written statements referred to in subsection 2.c above will be provided to the union when the employee receives the Statement of Charges.
e. The department is under no obligation to permit the employee or union to interview the author of the statement. If the statement is used as evidence on appeal, the employee or union will have the opportunity to examine the witness.
f. Records will be maintained in accordance with Article 51, Personnel Files of this Agreement.
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Samples: Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement, Collective Bargaining Agreement
