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Shift pick preference shall be conducted during November 1 through December 31 of each calendar year. During this pick, a permanent employee assigned to routine patrol duties within the Uniformed Patrol Division may indicate preference for shift and district assignment. Such shift assignment shall be based upon the employee's preference and departmental seniority.
Section 2. Sergeants may indicate preference for shift assignment once each calendar year. Such shift and district assignment shall be based upon the employee's preference and seniority in rank. Sergeants’ and Field Training Officers’ shift and district assignments shall be completed and posted no later than seven (7) days prior to Uniform Patrol Division’s shift and district pick as provided in Section 1 of this Article.
Section 3. Field Training Officers (FTO’s) and employees in any other squad or functional unit or any special assignment within the Police Department which regularly operates on more than one (1) shift may, once each calendar year, indicate their preference for shift assignments within that squad or functional unit or any special assignments based upon their preferences and departmental seniority among members assigned to the unit.
Section 4. The annual selection of shift and/or district assignment as outlined in this Article shall not apply to probationary Police Officers or probationary Sergeants.
Section 5. In the event that two (2) employees have equivalent departmental seniority, seniority within the division shall be the determining factor for employees assigned to routine patrol duties, and seniority within the squad or functional unit shall be the determining factor for all other employees. When everything is equal then the entry level final Civil Service score will be the determining factor.
Section 6. In recognition of the City's right to determine the mission of the Police Department, the Union agrees that it is the City's sole right to determine the number of personnel allocated to any particular shift, district, or assignment, and to alter the composition of any shifts, districts, or assignments when it is in the Police Department's best interest to do so.
Section 7. A permanent vacancy involving routine patrol duties within a patrol district and shift shall be filled only if deemed necessary by the City. When the vacancy is to be permanently filled from another patrol shift, the City shall determine from what district and shift the reassignment will be made. Upon that determination, any permanent employee within that district and shift will be allowed to bid and such reassignment shall be based on departmental seniority. In the event no permanent employee bids for such reassignment, the City may reassign the least senior permanent employee to fill the vacancy.
Section 8. When the Department determines that a vacancy exists in a specialty unit, the Department shall post for seven (7) calendar days such vacancy and interested employees shall have the right to submit an assignment request to the appropriate Division Commander designated on the notice, with a copy being simultaneously filed with the employee's immediate supervisor. The Department shall have the sole right to determine the selection. The employees not selected waive any and all rights to appeal the selection made by the Department except where a violation of Article 4, Non-Discrimination, and/or Article 6, Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Programs, is alleged.
Section 9. Any employee transferred or reassigned shall have no right to exercise shift and/or district preference until the next annual selection process, except the Department shall attempt to accommodate shift and/or district preference of such transferred or reassigned employee. |
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