–Police Department Recruiting Incentives Sample Clauses

–Police Department Recruiting Incentives. ‌ The following provisions apply to the Recruiting Incentive Program and applies to all members of the Kent Police Department. The purpose of these monetary incentives is to assist in the recruitment and hiring of entry level and experienced police and corrections officers (i.e. lateral officers) into the Department. Police Administration shall continually examine the effectiveness of these incentive programs. The incentive program may be terminated or altered at the sole discretion of the Police Chief, and such termination or alteration is considered a management right. Furthermore, the below shall not set a precedent with regard to the amount, qualifications, and structure of payout of this incentive, which is within the Police Chief’s management right to determine. This incentive program is for the sole purpose of attracting recruits to the Kent Police Department, and shall not be utilized as a basis for seeking additional salary for its members. A. Officer Referral Incentive • The Recruiting Incentive is $1,000 for an entry level corrections or police officer, and $2,000 for a qualified lateral corrections or police officer, less all applicable payroll taxes and deductions. • To qualify department personnel for the Recruiting Incentive, the corrections or police officer candidate referred must be successful in the Civil Service hiring process and must have received and accepted a final offer of employment. A conditional offer of employment does not qualify the referring employee for the Recruiting Incentive. • The following department personnel are not eligible to receive the Recruiting Incentive: Any department employees who recruit a candidate from a Department sanctioned event (i.e., job fair or PST testing event). Additionally, any department employee who qualifies for a recruiting incentive will not conduct any portion of the background process for the candidate referred. • Upon receipt of a completed and timely personnel change request form, the effective date of which will be the date of hire for the recruited officer, the Recruiting Incentive will be processed for payment on the next regular pay date. If the change request is received after the payroll processing cut-off date, the Recruiting Incentive will be processed for payment on the next following pay date. Recruitment of current City of Kent Corrections Officers into the Corrections Officer-to- Police Officer program are excluded from this Recruiting Incentive B. Lateral Corrections Offic...