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be granted only if officer deployment is above minimum staffing. The <br />policy of the department has been, and will continue to be, that <br />compensatory time off requested during a City -designated holiday will be <br />treated as any other time off request and will be granted in order of seniority <br />as long as minimum staffing levels are met. The replacement policy in 8.4 <br />DA below will not apply to compensatory time off requests submitted for <br />consideration during monthly scheduling meetings. <br />4. Although it is always preferable for the officer to find a qualified <br />replacement when requesting the use of compensatory time off, if provided <br />sufficient notice of a request for time off, the department will work with <br />employees to find a qualified replacement. Sufficient notice and reasonable <br />period will be defined as follows: <br />a. Seventy-two (72) hours' notice for one (1) day or less of time off <br />requested. <br />b. Five (5) calendar days' notice for more than one (1) workday.up to <br />one (1) workweek. <br />C. Fourteen (14) calendar days' notice for more than one (1) week <br />compensatory time off request. <br />If an employee has provided sufficient notice of a compensatory time off <br />request, the department will work with the employee to find a qualified <br />replacement in the following manner: <br />a. The watch commander will maintain a calendar of time off that has <br />been requested in accordance with the guidelines listed above. <br />Qualified employees will be allowed to volunteer to work these <br />shifts. In the future, the department may develop, at its own <br />discretion, an automated schedule that will contain this information. <br />b. If an employee volunteers and signs up to work for another <br />employee who has requested compensatory time off, that <br />volunteering employee will be held responsible for working that full <br />shift without further reminder. Employees who do not show up to <br />work, or retract their offer to replace another officer, may be subject <br />to disciplinary action and may not be permitted to volunteer to work <br />in this manner in the future. <br />6. The watch commander shall send out an e-mail message to all officers <br />requesting a volunteer to cover the shift by switching days off or working <br />on overtime. <br />When a compensatory time off request is made in a manner that does not <br />comply with this policy, and granting that request would unduly disrupt the <br />30 <br />25C-34 <br />