Common use of Specialty and Additional Assignment Procedures Clause in Contracts

Specialty and Additional Assignment Procedures. 1. First consideration for specialty and additional assignments will be given to applicants with at least three (3) years on the department at the time of the vacancy. Lateral hires will be eligible after one (1) year with the department and three (3) years of law enforcement experience. If there are no eligible candidates with three or more years of employment with the department, applicants with less than three years may be considered. The least senior person off probation and assigned to Patrol at the time of the vacancy would be subjected to any case of an involuntary transfer, including for Sergeant specialty assignments. 2. In the event there are no applicants to fill the specialty assignment or no applicant for the specialty assignment meets the qualifications for the position, a bargaining unit employee who occupied a specialty assignment, other than a Special Operations Investigator position, and who has not met the requirements of paragraph 3 below shall be eligible to apply for and fill the vacant specialty assignment position. 3. At the end of the established rotation period for any specialty assignment (including any approved extension options), the officer vacating the specialty assignment shall be required to work in patrol for a period of one (1) year from the date he/she vacated the specialty assignment. Officers may apply for a specialty assignment during their one (1) year in Patrol, as long as the appointment start date for the specialty assignment is after the completion of one (1) year. 4. In no event shall a bargaining unit employee who has worked as a Special Operations Investigator be excused from the operation of paragraph 2 above. *The specialty pay for officers working as a TAC instructor at CJTC will remain in effect only for the duration of the contract with CJTC and conditioned upon continued reimbursement. Upon return to regular duty the officer will no longer be eligible for TAC instructor specialty pay. **Selection for the DEA Task Force Investigator position shall only be open to applicants either currently or previously assigned to the Special Operations Unit. Experience as a full- time narcotics investigator from a prior agency may be considered in lieu of Special Operations experience. Upon appointment to this position, the appointee will begin a full Rotational Assignment term, in accordance with Appendix C.

Specialty and Additional Assignment Procedures. 1. First consideration for specialty and additional assignments will be given to applicants with at least three (3) years on the department at the time of the vacancy. Lateral hires will be eligible after one (1) year with the department and three (3) years of law enforcement experience. If there are no eligible candidates with three or more years of employment with the department, applicants with less than three years may be considered. The least senior person off probation and assigned to Patrol at the time of the vacancy would be subjected to any case of an involuntary transfer, including for Sergeant specialty assignments. 2. In the event there are no applicants to fill the specialty assignment or no applicant for the specialty assignment meets the qualifications for the position, a bargaining unit employee who occupied a specialty assignment, other than a Special Operations Investigator position, and who has not met the requirements of paragraph 3 below shall be eligible to apply for and fill the vacant specialty assignment position. 3. At the end of the established rotation period for any specialty assignment (including any approved extension options), the officer vacating the specialty assignment shall be required to work in patrol for a period of one (1) year from the date he/she vacated the specialty assignment. Officers may apply for a specialty assignment during their one (1) year in Patrol, as long as the appointment start date for the specialty assignment is after the completion of one (1) year. 4. In no event shall a bargaining unit employee who has worked as a Special Operations Investigator be excused from the operation of paragraph 2 above. *The specialty pay for officers working as a TAC instructor at CJTC will remain in effect only for the duration of the contract with CJTC and conditioned upon continued reimbursement. Upon return to regular duty the officer will no longer be eligible for TAC instructor specialty pay. **Selection for the DEA Task Force Investigator position shall only be open to applicants either currently or previously assigned to the Special Operations Unit. Experience as a full- time narcotics investigator from a prior agency may be considered in lieu of Special Operations experience. Upon appointment to this position, the appointee will begin a full Rotational Assignment term, in accordance with Appendix C.