Item 11 - Revised Memorandum of Understanding with the Santa Ana Police Association

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5.12 Compensation for Canine Officers for Off-Duty Activities Police Officers who are routinely and consistently assigned as a Canine Officer will be paid five percent(5%) of base pay. This pay shall be considered compensation for the care and feeding of the dog off-duty and is for the thirty(30) minutes of time each day for such purpose. The City and the Association understand and agree that this additional compensation is intended to compensate canine officers for all off duty hours spent caring, grooming, feeding and otherwise maintaining their canine unit, in compliance with the FLSA. The parties acknowledge that the FLSA, which governs the entitlement to compensation for canine duties, entitles the parties to agree to a reasonable number work hours for the performance of off duty canine duties. The work hours (thirty(30) minutes per day) derived at in this agreement were determined after an actual inquiry of the officers assigned in the canine assignment as addressed by Leever v. City of Carson City, 360 F.3d 1014 (91h Cir. 2004). It is the intent of the parties through the provisions of this section to fully comply with the requirements of the FLSA. In addition,both parties believe that this section of the MOU does comply with the requirements of the FLSA. 5.13 Standby Pay The Police Chief at their discretion and based on the department's need may assign sworn officers to standby status for non-workdays or other days as determined by the Police Chief. Officers thus assigned will be compensated at the rate of two (2)hours of straight time per day of standby duty. Officers assigned to standby status on non-workdays will not lose their standby pay when called to duty, if they have been on call for at least six (6) hours when called. If officers on standby status are called to duty after having been on call for less than six(6)hours,they will be paid for their response to work, but not for their standby status. Employees on standby status shall provide the department with a telephone number at which they can be reached. The employee must be able to return to the department within the amount of time they would be able to return if traveling from home. An employee on standby/on-call shall remain fit for duty. Employees on standby are also subject to the requirements of the Department Procedure # 6003, which sets forth the guidelines for standby status. 5.14 Compensation for Briefing ime Employees in the class of Correctional Officer 1, Correctional Officer 11 or Correctional Supervisor, who are continuously and regularly assigned to either the 207(k) 7/12.5 Corrections Work Schedule, or the 4/10.5 Corrections Administration Work Schedule, shall be paid three percent (3%) of base pay. This assignment pay is compensation for the additional thirty(30) minutes work or briefing time each day. 5.15 Non-Sworn Investigatory Non-sworn employees identified by the Police Department, who are routinely and consistently assigned as a Police Investigative Specialist, Background Investigator, and Collision Investigator, 18