Common use of Canine Unit Clause in Contracts

Canine Unit. The Canine Unit will operate on the following three week rotating schedule with Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday as fixed days off. Week 1 1900 - 0500 Week 2 1900 - 0500 Week 3 0800 - 1800 In compensation for time expended for the required regular care and maintenance of the Police dog, the Canine Handler will, during Week 3 of the above rotation, receive ten hour of Approved Time Off in compensation for such maintenance. This allowance will be non-cumulative. Where the Canine Handler schedules leave during Week 3, or any part thereof, he or she will be compensated with ten hours of Approved Time to be taken during the week that the period of leave falls in. When the Canine Handler has a week of scheduled leave that falls within Week 3, he or she will be required to take 30 hours of Annual Leave and an additional 10 hours of Authorized Time Off to complete a 40 hour week. This week of leave will be considered as a complete week of Annual Leave for court purposes. The establishment of a Canine Unit shall not in any way affect the staffing of patrol vehicles as defined in the collective agreement. The Canine Handler will be outfitted as a Containment Team Member with regards to operational equipment with the exception that the Canine Handler will be entitled to a double boot allowance annually. The Canine Handler will be supplied with a Police Service vehicle to transport the Police dog for the duration of their assignment to the Canine Unit. The Canine Handler shall be given one extra locker in order to store equipment needed for the care and maintenance of the Police dog. The Police dog shall remain the property of the Police Service. All expenses associated with the care and maintenance of the Police dog shall be paid by the Police Service. When necessary during any absence from their place of residence, expenses incurred to board the Police dog at an approved kennel shall be paid by the Police Service. An allowance in the amount of Seven Hundred and Fifty dollars ($750.00) will be paid annually in lieu of any other compensation for the time spent with the Police dog that is extraneous to the Canine Handler’s regular working schedule. Such amount will be paid on the pay day immediately prior to December 1st of each year. A member assuming the duties of Canine Handler in a given year shall receive a prorated amount, in that year, proportional to the number of days assigned.

Canine Unit. The Canine Unit will operate on the following three week rotating schedule with Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday as fixed days off. Week 1 1900 - 0500 Week 2 1900 - 0500 Week 3 0800 - 1800 In compensation for time expended for the required regular care and maintenance of the Police dog, the Canine Handler will, during Week 3 of the above rotation, receive ten hour of Approved Time Off in compensation for such maintenance. This allowance will be non-cumulative. Where the Canine Handler schedules leave during Week 3, or any part thereof, he or she will be compensated with ten hours of Approved Time to be taken during the week that the period of leave falls in. When the Canine Handler has a week of scheduled leave that falls within Week 3, he or she will be required to take 30 hours of Annual Leave and an additional 10 hours of Authorized Time Off to complete a 40 hour week. This week of leave will be considered as a complete week of Annual Leave for court purposes. The establishment of a Canine Unit shall not in any way affect the staffing of patrol vehicles as defined in the collective agreement. The Canine Handler will be outfitted as a Containment Team Member with regards to operational equipment with the exception that the Canine Handler will be entitled to a double boot allowance annually. The Canine Handler will be supplied with a Police Service vehicle to transport the Police dog for the duration of their assignment to the Canine Unit. The Canine Handler shall be given one extra locker in order to store equipment needed for the care and maintenance of the Police dog. The Police dog shall remain the property of the Police Service. All expenses associated with the care and maintenance of the Police dog shall be paid by the Police Service. When necessary during any absence from their place of residence, expenses incurred to board the Police dog at an approved kennel shall be paid by the Police Service. An allowance in the amount of Seven Hundred and Fifty dollars ($750.00) will be paid annually in lieu of any other compensation for the time spent with the Police dog that is extraneous to the Canine Handler’s 's regular working schedule. Such amount will be paid on the pay day immediately prior to December 1st of each year. A member assuming the duties of Canine Handler in a given year shall receive a prorated amount, in that year, proportional to the number of days assigned. Members who are required to work overtime shall be paid time and a half for all such overtime on the basis of a forty hour week. The overtime rate schedule attached hereto will be effective as of January A member, who is called out for overtime duty, shall be entitled to receive four (4) hours pay for the first hour (or part thereof) of overtime and one and one half times his regular salary for all time worked subsequent to the first hour.