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Docusign Envelope ID: 45060F3D-C86D-4163-9351-F1564A01C80A <br />those facts related specifically to job performance, a threat to themselves <br />or the safety of others. Reasonable suspicion shall be documented on the <br />Observation of Impairment Report, the form of which is attached as <br />Attachment A and is hereinafter referred to as the "Observation of <br />Impairment Report". <br />3. A Trained Employee must notify a command staff member immediately of <br />their reasonable suspicion that a Covered Employee is under the influence <br />of drugs or alcohol and the affected Covered Employee must be removed <br />from duty and then provided with an opportunity to explain alternative <br />reasons for the physical symptoms or articulable phenomena. The <br />Covered Employee will be allowed to consult with a union representative <br />before providing any explanation about physical symptoms or articulable <br />grounds allegedly giving rise to reasonable suspicion, and to have the <br />union representative present if the union representative is reasonably <br />available. Such union consultations will not permit a Covered Employee <br />to delay or refuse the inquiry necessary to establish reasonable suspicion <br />(other than explanation from the Covered Employee) or drug testing. <br />4. A finding of reasonable suspicion must be made before a Covered <br />Employee may be directed to submit to testing. Only a command staff <br />member, or the Human Resources Director—acting upon the information <br />provided by a Trained Employee—is authorized to direct a Covered <br />Employee to submit to testing. The facts underlying the determination of <br />reasonable suspicion shall be disclosed in writing to the Covered <br />Employee at the time the Covered Employee is directed by LPFD or the <br />Human Resources Director to submit to a test. Attachment A shall be used <br />to document the determination of reasonable suspicion. <br />5. A command staff member or the Human Resources Director of Pleasanton <br />shall arrange for the testing and transport of the Covered Employee to the <br />testing site. <br />6. After the Covered Employee submits to testing, they will be prohibited from <br />returning to work during the same shift. The Covered Employee shall be <br />paid for the remainder of such shift. The Covered Employee will be <br />precluded from returning to work while LPFD waits to receive test results. <br />To the extent the Covered Employee misses a pre -scheduled shift during <br />this period, they will receive paid leave. If, after receiving test results, <br />LPFD desires to place the Covered Employee on unpaid leave for any <br />period, the Department must provide a Skelly hearing in advance of any <br />such decision. <br />7. LPFD shall provide a program of training to assist Trained Employees in <br />identifying Covered Employees who are under the influence of drugs or <br />73 <br />