Common use of WORK OUT OF RANK Clause in Contracts

WORK OUT OF RANK. Section 30.1. For the purpose of this section only, the Patrol Bureau and the Detective Bureau will be counted as two (2) separate bureaus. When it is deemed necessary by the Chief of Police or his designee that an upgrading is necessary, the upgraded position will be made from within the ranks of the affected Bureau (Patrol or Detective). The bargaining unit member receiving the temporary upgrade shall be paid at the appropriate rate of pay for that upgraded position. Section 30.2. A vacant Sergeant position of a patrol unit will be covered by a Sergeant. The immediately preceding duty/street Sergeant and the immediately subsequent duty/street Sergeant will be offered the first opportunity, in that order, to cover the shift or a portion of the shift in an overtime capacity. For example: If the team three Sergeant is scheduled off, the team one Sergeant has the first opportunity to cover the shift. If that Sergeant elects to decline the shift, it will be offered to the team six Sergeant. If either immediately preceding duty/street Sergeant and the immediately subsequent duty/street Sergeant elects not to provide coverage, the portion of the shift which remains unsupervised , shall be offered to the uniform administrative/specialty unit Sergeant assigned to the patrol bureau. If the administrative\specialty unit Sergeant elects not to provide coverage, the portion of the shift which remains unsupervised will then be offered to all other Sergeants assigned to the Patrol Division and then to all other Department Sergeants. This shall be done on a rotational basis. See example 1). The rotation shall begin by seniority and descend there-from. Once a Sergeant is given an opportunity to cover a portion of a shift, he will not have an opportunity until all other Sergeants within the respective Patrol Bureau have been asked rotationally (see example 2). Deputy Chiefs assigned to command the Patrol Division shall maintain a record of overtime opportunities, which shall be posted for use at all times. Sergeants may not work more than sixteen (16) hours in a twenty-four (24) hour period, except under emergency conditions acknowledged by the Chief of Police or his designee,. The Patrol Bureau Deputy Chief may, if he believes it is in the best interest of the Police Division, order a Sergeant to cover a shift. Otherwise, after all Division Sergeants have been afforded an opportunity to cover the shift, the Deputy Chief may appoint an OIC, by seniority, from a pool of working patrol officers for the portion of the shift not covered. Example 1: Team 2 Sergeant is scheduled for a vacation day. The Team 6 and Team 4 Sergeants are offered overtime first. Team 6 Sergeant elects to work half the shift but Team 4 Sergeant elects not to work. Other patrol Sergeants are then offered the open half of the shift on a rotational basis and then Police Division Sergeants are offered the overtime on a rotational basis. Example 2: Sgt #1 is asked to cover a shift. He declines and the request flows down to Sgt #6 who accepts. On the next opportunity the list starts at Sgt #7 and so on through the entire list, and then reverts back to Sgt #1. There shall be a list of Sergeants assigned to patrol by seniority and then a list of the remaining police Sergeants by seniority for these rotational overtime opportunities. Only for the purposes of training and on “training Wednesdays”, if a uniform Sergeant is already on duty and available to cover a shift, there will be no requirement to have another Sergeant assigned to cover a vacant shift.