Common use of Off-Duty Detail Scheduling Clause in Contracts

Off-Duty Detail Scheduling. 1. All off duty details should be scheduled by the designee of the Chief of Police. A member receiving a request for an off-duty detail should forward it to the member designated to schedule the off-duty detail. 2. Off-duty details of an urgent nature (less than a twenty-four hour notice) will be sent out electronically using the list of employees that have requested to be notified and the detail will be assigned on a first call basis. 3. Off-duty details with more than a twenty-four hour notice should be posted as soon as practical in the report room with notice of the date and time the detail will be assigned. a. Interested, eligible employees may sign up for the detail during the time period listed. b. The detail will be assigned by the lowest number of accumulated off-duty detail hours. If there is a tie in the number of hours worked, the member with the highest departmental seniority should be awarded the detail. c. It is the responsibility of each individual employee who signed up to check and ascertain who was assigned the detail and to be there at the assigned date and time. d. It is the responsibility of the assigned employee to obtain a replacement if, after assigned, the scheduled member cannot be at the detail (priority will be given to other employees who have signed up for the same detail and time). e. It is the responsibility of the assigned employee to notify the off duty scheduling designee, of the change, or the original employee will be charged with the time. f. If no replacement member can be found, the original assigned employee will work the detail. If extreme circumstances exist, exemption may be made by the on duty supervisor. g. If none of the above is effective in filling a given off-duty detail, the scheduling member may, with the approval of the Chief of Police, fill the detail with officers of surrounding communities.