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TRAINING INCENTIVE. 18.1: Current full-time Employees who are radar and/or breathalyzer certified shall receive a 1% annual lump sum incentive bonus based on the employee’s current base annual wage (per Appendix A – Wage Scale) for acquiring and maintaining proficiency in these specialties. Such pay will be paid as part of the first pay in February. 18.2: Police officers and dispatchers who are instructors in a specialty as determined by the Administration, including but not limited to FTO, CTO, and cross-trained officers/dispatchers, shall receive a 2% incentive bonus based on the employee’s current base wage (per Appendix A – Wage Scale) for acquiring and maintaining instructional proficiency in these specialties. In no case shall certification in the specialties listed in sections 18.1 and this section result in more than 3% in incentive bonuses. 18.3: Employee’s hourly overtime rate shall be increased to receive the value of the bonus at the time the member receives his/her certification for the covered bonus specialties. 18.4: The Employer shall make training available to all seniority employees or schedule all employees for radar and/or breathalyzer training to ensure that all seniority employees shall be eligible for the 1% incentive bonus. All employees wishing training for the incentive bonus related skills, must request such training each year. 18.5: Employer agrees to accommodate employees in maintaining all of the above-stated certifications. It is the responsibility of the employee to notify the designated training officer that his/her certification will need to be re-certified. This notification must be done by January 1, of the same year of expiration.

TRAINING INCENTIVE. 18.1: Current full-time Employees who are radar and/or breathalyzer certified shall receive a 1% annual lump sum incentive bonus based on the employee’s current base annual wage (per Appendix A – Wage Scale) for acquiring and maintaining proficiency in these specialties. Such pay will be paid as part of the first pay in February. 18.2: Police officers and dispatchers who are instructors in a specialty as determined by the Administration, including but not limited to FTO, CTO, and cross-trained officers/dispatchers, shall receive a 2% incentive bonus based on the employee’s current base wage (per Appendix A – Wage Scale) for acquiring and maintaining instructional proficiency in these specialties. In no case shall certification in the specialties listed in sections 18.1 and this section result in more than 3% in incentive bonuses. In regard to employees hired on or after September 15, 2011, who do not hold trainer- instructor certifications, the Township, at its discretion, shall determine which employees shall obtain or renew the appropriate certification to become trainers- instructors, and therefore qualify for trainer-instructor incentive pay of 2 percent. Those officers that have certifications to be trainers-instructors prior to September 15, 2011, are entitled to continue to receive the incentive pay as long as those certifications are kept current. 18.3: Employee’s hourly overtime rate shall be increased to receive the value of the bonus at the time the member receives his/her certification for the covered bonus specialties. 18.4: The Employer shall make training available to all seniority employees or schedule all employees for radar and/or breathalyzer training to ensure insure that all seniority employees shall be eligible for the 1% incentive bonus. All employees employee wishing training for the incentive bonus related skills, must request such training each year. 18.5: Employer agrees to accommodate employees in maintaining all of the above-above- stated certifications. It is the responsibility of the employee to notify the designated training officer that his/her certification will need to be re-certified. This notification must be done by January 1, of the same year of expiration.