Common use of Patrol Vehicles Clause in Contracts

Patrol Vehicles. If the Highway Patrol chooses to assign departmental vehicles to any patrol personnel for use in performing their duties, then it shall assign a patrol motor vehicle to each sergeant in field and plain clothes jobs. The use of divisional vehicles is for official business purposes only and not for pleasure or personal use. No employee will lose the opportunity to drive a motor vehicle to and from his/her residence if that restriction is imposed in conjunction with another form of discipline imposed under Article 19; or as the result of the marital status of the employee. No employee who is married to another employee of the Employer shall be denied the right to drive a patrol motor vehicle to and from his/her residence when one or the other spouse involved has been transferred or is assigned to another patrol car. Radar units shall be modified as soon as practicable so that an employee may place the radar antennae outside of the vehicle.