COMMISSION RIGHTS. 5.1 The Commission shall retain the sole right and authority to operate and direct the affairs of the Police Department in all its various aspects. Among the rights retained is the Commission’s right to determine the Department’s mission and set standards and service offered to the public; to direct the working forces; to plan, direct, control and determine the operations or services to be conducted in and by the Police Department or by employees of the Department; to assign and transfer employees; to hire, promote, or demote employees and to suspend, discipline or discharge employees for just cause; to relieve employees due to lack of work or for other legitimate reasons; to make and enforce rules and regulation subject to RSA 273-A; and to change methods, equipment or facilities. Without limiting the preceding and solely as illustration, matters regarding the policies and practices of the Commission and Chief of Police as established by statute, ordinance or regulations relating to merit/incentive systems, recruitment, examination, appointment, advancement, or organization, under the conditions of political neutrality and based upon principles of merit and competence, shall not be subjects of bargaining under this Agreement. All rights which ordinarily vest in and are exercised by public employers, except as such are specifically relinquished herein, are reserved to and remain vested in the Commission.
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COMMISSION RIGHTS. 5.1 The Commission shall retain the sole right and authority to operate and direct the affairs of the Police Department in all its various aspects. Among the rights retained is the Commission’s right to determine the Department’s mission and set standards and service offered to the public; to direct the working forces; to plan, direct, control and determine the operations or services to be conducted in and by the Police Department or by employees of the Department; to assign and transfer employees; to hire, promote, or demote employees and to suspend, discipline or discharge employees for just cause; to relieve employees due to lack of work or for other legitimate reasons; to make and enforce rules and regulation subject to RSA 273-A; and to change methods, equipment or facilities. Without limiting the preceding and solely as illustration, matters regarding the policies and practices of the Commission and Chief of Police as established by statute, ordinance or regulations relating to merit/incentive systems, recruitment, examination, appointment, advancement, or organization, under the conditions of political neutrality and based upon principles of merit and competence, shall not be subjects of bargaining under this Agreement. All rights which ordinarily vest in and are exercised by public employers, except as such are specifically relinquished herein, are reserved to and remain vested in the Commission.
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