Patrol Division. Section 1a. The regular shift for members of the Patrol Division shall be comprised of five (5), eight (8) hour work days with two (2) consecutive days off. “C” Squad will be 1500- 2300 or 1600-2400 hours. “B” Squad will be 0700-1500 or 0800-1600 hours. “A” Squad will be 2300-0700 or 2400 – 0800 hours. There shall be eighteen (18) job numbers consisting of the following shifts and days off: JOB # SHIFT DAYS OFF
Patrol Division. The Patrol Division Unit schedule will be divided into Squad A and Squad B. The regular patrol work day shall be ten (10) hours and forty (40) minutes (10.67 hours), with Wednesday overlaps, with five (5) days on, four (4) days off, five (5) days on, four (4) days off, five (5) days on, and five (5) days off duty. The City may adjust the starting time for employees on the patrol schedule for any shift up to one (1) hour with prior notification to the Guild or longer if by mutual agreement. The number of positions per shift will be determined from time to time by the City. Additionally, the Department will identify mandatory training dates which shall be considered part of the regular work schedule. Notification of training dates will be provided prior to the time of the shift bid each year. Mandatory training will occur for both Squads A and B with Squad B covering patrol needs while Squad A is in training and vice versa. The training days will be a full shift (8 to 10.5 hours) at the beginning of each squad’s work week to include breaks and a lunch. The squad that is in training will not be allowed time off on training days except as provided by the Unit Lieutenant. The squad covering patrol needs will be allowed time off as staffing needs allow.
Patrol Division. Employees assigned to the patrol division who request light duty in accordance with this section, may be assigned to work light duty assignments within the patrol division or as call takers within the dispatch center and will have the same work schedule, subject to authorization from his/her physician and the availability of a light duty assignment. Officers may also be assigned administrative tasks such as, but not limited to updating warrant files, assisting with managing the outside workbook, etc. The Department will make a reasonable attempt to insure that the Officer’s days off and hours of light duty will coincide, to the extent possible, with the officers selected shift he/she selected pursuant to the “Shift Pick”. If an officer can not be assigned to his/her previously selected shift due to the lack of light duty work, the Department shall consider the officer’s individual circumstances in making a light duty assignment.
Patrol Division. A. The work schedule shall consist of fifteen (15) day work periods in which employees work eight (8) hour shifts on a schedule of five (5) consecutive days on, followed by three (3) consecutive days off, followed by five (5) consecutive days on, followed by two (2) consecutive days off. In each calendar year, employees will be required to attend eight (8) four (4) hour training sessions. These training sessions will be scheduled at least (10) calendar days in advance.
B. The daily work schedule shall be as follows: 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. 10:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m.
C. There may be up to two (2) patrol officers on each shift who may be assigned to the overlap shift at the discretion of the Chief. The hours of the overlap shifts shall be at the discretion of the Chief of Police. Assignments to the overlap shift shall be made by the Chief from amongst patrol officers on a rotating basis in accordance with the inverse order of seniority. The shift shall be first offered to patrolmen in order of highest seniority before ordering the junior patrolman to the shift. Once a patrol officer is assigned to the overlap shift the assignment shall be effective for the entire four (4) weeks schedule or remainder of the four (4) weeks schedule if the assignment is made after it has begun.
D. Probationary employees shall be assigned to a shift at the discretion of the Chief of Police. After completion of the probationary period the employee then shall bid for a shift according to seniority.
E. There shall be no swapping of shift slots on a permanent basis unless the shifts to be made available are open to bid amongst all employees within the classification on the shift where the slots are to be swapped subject to the procedures established pursuant to the terms of ARTICLE III SECTION 1E. Swapping of shifts and shift slots on a day-to-day basis shall be allowed; subject to approval of the Chief or his representative.
F. When the ranking officer or ranking officers (ranking officers are herein defined to be Sergeants and Lieutenants) regularly assigned to a shift, are absent from work for whatever reason, the most senior patrol officer who is working, subject to the provisions of ARTICLE V SECTION 8 hereof, shall be the shift commander, and shall be in charge of the shift and all other patrol officers working on the shift; however, whenever, in the reasonable opinion of the Chief of Police, the patrol officer working on the shift with the longest seniorit...
Patrol Division. The Patrol Division will consist of two teams. One team will be working while the other team is on regular time off. Five Sergeants will supervise each team. Each team will staff a 24-hour work period with three scheduled overlapping shifts as follows: 1st Shift: 0700 – 1900 with two sergeants 2nd Shift: 1500 – 0300 with one sergeant 3rd Shift: 1900 – 0700 with two sergeants The normal workday shall consist of twelve (12) consecutive hours of work (8 consecutive hours on a workday with an employee’s previously selected “4 hours Scheduled Time Off” (STO), as provided in Section 12.4.H). These consecutive hours include a paid meal period. The normal pay period shall consist of 80 hours and such additional time as may from time to time be required in the judgment of the City to serve the citizens of the City. The pay period begins at 0700 hours, every other Saturday. This schedule is based upon a 28-day calendar/14-day pay cycle pursuant to Section 207 of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Patrol Division. The regular work schedule for full-time Patrolmen and Sergeants shall be a “5/2-4/2 cycle,” meaning that such officers shall work 5 consecutive days, followed by 2 consecutive days off, followed by 4 consecutive days of work, followed by 2 consecutive days off. The cycle shall repeat itself every 13 days.
1. The three primary shifts are as follows: Overnight Shift 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. Day Shift 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Evening Shift 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.
2. The University shall have the option of utilizing a fourth shift from 7:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., which shall revert to 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. during the summer months.
3. The xxxxxxx of all shifts (i.e., the number of Patrolmen and Sergeants assigned to each shift) is at the discretion of the Chief of Police.
4. There shall be a 15-minute preparatory period prior to the beginning of each shift.
Patrol Division. Members working 12-hour schedules will attend training on their scheduled days off and shall receive eight (8) hours of compensatory time or overtime for at the rate of one and one-half (1 ½) times the employee's straight time rate of pay. Members working 8-, 9- or 10-hour schedules will attend training during their normal work hours at their normal rate of pay. Trainers will be compensated in the same manner as those members being trained. In order to accommodate the current four patrol shift structure, trainers may be required to train up to twelve (12) days each calendar year. Any adjustments to normal work schedules due to the training schedule will be made no less than thirty (30) days in advance or by mutual agreement of the Department and the affected members.
Patrol Division. (i) Members of the Patrol Division will work four (4) consecutive 10-hour or 12- hour shifts and have three (3) days off in each week. The members will have a 50- minute paid meal break and two (2) 10-minute paid "coffee" breaks during their shift.
(ii) There shall be an annual bid process for eligible members to bid for shifts subject to bidding by that member.
(a) Members who have not yet completed two years of service following successful completion of the Field Training Officer (FTO) program as of the implementation date of the shifts to be bid are ineligible to bid for shifts (“Non-Bidding Members”). Instead, the Chief shall place such officers in shifts. Members who will be unable to fill their bid position within sixty (60) days of the effective date of the bid shall not be eligible to bid, and upon their return shall be placed in a position at the discretion of the Chief.
(b) Before the bid begins, the Chief may designate a number of positions on any shift as non-biddable. The number of non-biddable shifts shall not exceed the number of Non-Bidding Members. The non-biddable shifts shall be equally distributed among the shifts. In addition, the Chief may designate positions on all shifts to be filled by FTOs or officers assigned to SWAT.
(iii) The bidding will start no later than the first (1st) Sunday in November and end within fourteen (14) days.
(iv) Members will bid in order by rank and seniority. Seniority for Sergeants shall be calculated based on length of service as a Sergeant in the City Police Department.
(v) There may be special consideration for family and educational needs.
(vi) All members of the Patrol Division may trade shift assignments for good cause and with the permission of the Division Deputy Chief.
(vii) Except in cases of emergency, any time a patrol officer is required to begin a new shift less than ten (10) hours from the end of the officer's previous shift, the officer shall be entitled to overtime compensation for those hours less than ten (10) hours.
Patrol Division. The maximum number of police officers and master police officers which may be off on floating holidays, compensatory time or vacation on any shift shall be as follows: (see Article 8 for shift descriptions): # Allowed Off
a) Day Shift: three (3) officers
b) Afternoon Shift: three (3) officers
c) Night Shift: three (3) officers
d) The Power Shift shall be considered for accounting purposes to select vacation on the Afternoon shift.
