Common use of Relief from Duty Clause in Contracts

Relief from Duty. In aggravated circumstances, such as when an unit member's conduct immediately or directly threatens safety, the Director of Law Enforcement or Director of Human Resources may immediately relieve the unit member of duty with pay until the matter is resolved (or until placed on immediate suspension without pay pursuant to Board Resolution), pending further evaluation. In other cases, unit members may be relieved from duty or reassigned as necessary for public safety or the efficient operation of the department, pending completion of an evaluation. Any readily accessible or department provided weapons or other department property may be seized by the supervisor and where appropriate, the unit member ordered not to exercise peace officer or other official powers. Nothing in this policy is intended to prevent or limit a supervisor from taking any emergency action reasonably necessary to protect life or property. Any unit member relieved of duty under this policy is subject to the same protections as set forth by the District's disciplinary procedures and applicable law. Order for the Evaluation. The Director of Law Enforcement or Director of Human Resources may determine, in the exercise of his or her discretion and with or without additional investigation that a fitness for duty evaluation is or is not warranted. If an examination is warranted, it should be scheduled for the earliest opportunity. The unit member should receive a written order for the evaluation. Such order should include a brief description of the reasons for the evaluation. It should also specify the date, time and place of the evaluation; the name of the psychologist and or medical doctor conducting the evaluation; a directive to cooperate with the requests of the psychologist, medical doctor and or staff, and completely and honestly answer any questions posed by the psychologist, medical doctor, or staff; and notice that the evaluation is being conducted for use by the department. The notice shall also state that the evaluation is confidential between the unit member and the evaluator to the extent required by the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (Civil Code Section 56 et seq.), which allows the evaluator to release limited information to the department as specified below.