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38 <br />a. Officers and Sergeants will sign up based on seniority. Under the TBHS, each <br />employee will be required to move to a different team at least once every fifth cycle. <br />Employees who fail to meet this requirement may be administratively assigned to a <br />team by the Police Chief. <br />b. The Police Chief reserves the right to temporarily change work assignments, start <br />and end times and scheduled days off to accommodate training, injuries, workload, <br />emergencies, personnel-related actions (including accommodating employees <br />placed on Performance Improvement Plans), etc. If such a change is necessary, <br />every effort will be made to seek employees who volunteer to make the change. <br />Otherwise, the Department will implement changes to impact employees in “reverse <br />seniority” order. <br />c. To ensure adequate canine coverage, a Canine Officer is required to work on Team <br />5 (Schedule B - Night Watch). The remaining two Canine Officers may select from <br />Teams 1, 2 and 3 (Schedule A - Day, Night, and Morning Watch, respectively). <br />However, each Team may have only one Canine Officer serving at a time. <br />d. Staffing of Patrol Teams has priority over collateral assignment training <br />opportunities (i.e., SWAT, CNT, K-9, etc.). However, the Department will strive to <br />accommodate organizational training requirements when feasible. <br />e. Should the need arise for a Field Training Officer (FTO) on one of the six Teams, <br />the Police Chief shall implement a temporary reassignment to meet the <br />Department’s training needs. <br />f. An employee’s schedule may be suspended and replaced by a “5/8” work schedule <br />to accommodate formalized training courses, military leave, modified duty, etc. <br />occurring in any portion of one or more pay periods. <br />g. The following Sections of Exhibit C of the MOU (Seniority Shift Sign Up Program) <br />are not applicable under the terms of this Side Letter: <br /> Process - Sections 2, 3 and 5 <br /> Special Consideration – Section 1 <br /> <br />10. EVALUATION SCHEDULE MODIFICATIONS <br />The Department and the Association may mutually agree to modify the regular patrol <br />work schedules of employees in represented classifications by mutual agreement. Any <br />changes must be memorialized in a written agreement to be signed by the Chief of <br />Police or the Chief’s designee, and the Association President. <br /> <br />a. The Department will include the PPOA in an evaluation of the TBHS after each cycle <br />through the January 2015 cycle. The purpose of the evaluation is to identify operational <br />concerns and assess the overall effectiveness of the schedule. The assessment should <br />minimally include: adequate staffing levels, productivity, response times, budgetary <br />impacts, fatigue, and morale. <br />b. The Department will meet with the PPOA to address unforeseen operational issues that <br />may occur as a result of this agreement. <br /> <br />11. TERMINATION OF TEAM BASED HYBRID SCHEDULE <br />a. If the TBHS does not meet the needs of either the Department or the PPOA, the <br />Police Chief shall order a return to the existing 4/10 schedule as previously <br />identified in MOU Section 28.3, and provide 45 days of advance notice prior to the <br />start of a shift cycle to allow for seniority shift sign-up. <br />Page 208 of 248