Scheduling Vacation Leave. All vacation requests for the coming calendar year shall be submitted in writing to the Chief of Police between November 1st and November 30th of the current year. When the requested vacation periods of two (2) or more employees working the same shift conflict and not all such requests can be reasonably granted, employees shall be granted their preferred vacation period in order of department seniority. When department seniority is equal, the employees’ ranking on the original list from which they were hired will be used to break the tie. Vacation requests shall not be denied nor scheduled vacations canceled unless operational needs require it.
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