ALR

The Omaha Police Union and the City of Omaha jointly agree that payment for telephonic ALR hearings that occur during off duty hours shall be paid as two hours of straight time or at one and one-half times the number of hours for actual time, whichever is greater. If there are two telephonic hearings in one day within the same two-hour block of time, the employee shall be compensated as if they attended only one hearing. If there are two telephonic hearings scheduled on the same day but not within the same two hours, the employee will be compensated for each hearing separately.

The agreement does not alter Article 19 payment for hearings wherein the employee is in attendance in court or the Personnel Board.

Signed June 2004

Card system

WHEREAS, the current labor agreement was signed between the City of Omaha and the Omaha Police Union Local 101 and subsequently became effective on May 13, 2004, and

WHEREAS, historically the only sworn police employees to work on a ‘card system’ was the Uniform Patrol; and

WHEREAS, police administration decided in 2004 to change the normal work schedule for certain CIB employees to the ‘card system’ to bring better operational efficiency; and

WHEREAS, the City and the Union agree the language in Article 20 Section 7 may cause confusion as to the meaning of the parties in said section now that employees, other then those employees assigned to Uniform Patrol are working on the ‘card system’; and

WHEREAS, the parties agree that both sides have historically intended to interpret Article 20 Section 7 to mean that all ‘card system’ employees should not be required to work the required holidays in the aforementioned section; and

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree that said language should be interpreted as follows:

All employees assigned to work five (5) consecutive days between Monday and Sunday shall be required to work the holidays in Article 20 Section 7 unless leave is granted pursuant to normal procedures.

Employees on the ‘card system’ shall not be ‘required’ to work the holidays in Article 20 Section 7, unless the holiday falls on their regularly scheduled workday.

February 2005

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

WHEREAS, the current labor agreement was signed between the City of Omaha and the Omaha Police Union Local 101, and subsequently became effective on May 13, 2004, and

WHEREAS, Article 15, Section 5 generally governs how sworn police employees are allowed to bid their work shifts (by seniority); and

WHEREAS, it is understood that the parties may mutually agree to vary from t his system based upon the needs of the Police Department and its sworn employees; and

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby agree to the following procedures for bidding for specialty positions:

Establishing Specialty Position Eligibility Lists

The specialty position application/testing process for all specialty positions will occur once twice a year. This process will take place in December and June and the list will become effective every January 15^th and July 15^th.

Any sworn employee who transfers from a specialty position application group and desires consideration to transfer back into the same specialty position application group within that same semi-annual detail period may request to do so by submitting an interoffice to the Captain of that particular specialty position application group. The intent of this language is to allow sworn employee(s) the opportunity to return to a specialty position, within a defined time period, without the need to retest or re-apply.

Specialty Position Selections

Specialty Position Eligibility Lists expire January 14^th and July 14^th of every year. At the discretion of the Chief, a Specialty Position Eligibility List may be declared expired if:

80% of the candidates on such list have been placed in a specialty position or have been offered and declined a specialty position, or

if three or less candidates remain on such Specialty Position Eligibility List.

If a specialty Position Eligibility List is declared expired, as defined by the language above and prior to the regularly scheduled expiration date (i.e. January 14^th and July 14^th), a candidate may be selected outside of the Specialty Position Selection Process. At the request of the Chief, and upon mutual agreement with the Union, a Specialty Position Eligibility List may be extended by 6 months,

Eligibility for Application—Police Officers

An officer may submit an application for a specialty position if they have three years of service or they will attain three years of service with the Omaha Police Department prior to the expiration of the eligibility list. For an officer to be selected to a specialty position he/she must have a minimum of three years of service as an Omaha police officer at the time of his/her assignment. Officers currently assigned to a specialty position and who are requesting a transfer to another specialty position within the same application group regardless of shift or position need only submit Interoffice communication to the Bureau Captain in change of the desired position. They do not have to submit an application to be considered for an internal transfer within the same application group.

An application group pertains to those positions that a special application questionnaire covers. FOR EXAMPLE: The CIB application group covers all CIB positions. The training application group covers all training positions. The accident investigation group covers only accident investigation positions, not traffic enforcement positions or canine positions, as they are separate applications with different questionnaires.

Seniority Process—Specialty Positions

For the purposes of establishing whether an officer candidate has sufficient seniority to be assigned to a specialty position, on a particular shift, the employee must have had sufficient seniority to be assigned to that particular shift according to the most recent semi-annual Uniform Patrol Bureau bid board.

It is understood that once an officer is assigned to a specialty position on a particular shift, the officer shall be entitled to maintain the assignment to any specialty position, within the same application group, and shift regardless of any future UPB bid board seniority standards for officers. If the assignment to a specialty position is to a different shift, then the current UPB bid board seniority standards shall apply for that particular shift. However, if that particular officer vacates, or is removed, from a specialty position, and is assigned to the Uniform Patrol Bureau (non-temporary duty status) they shall be no longer so entitled.

All sergeants may submit an application for a specialty position. For a sergeant to be selected for a specialty position on "B" shift, he/she must fall within the following criteria:

Must have a minimum of 6 months of service as an Omaha police sergeant. It is understood that the 6 months time period begins when the employee starts the duties as an Omaha police sergeant or,

Fall within the top 90% of the current sergeant seniority list,

Had sufficient seniority to be assigned "B" shift according to the most recent semi-annual UPB sergeant’s bid board.

Review of Specialty Position Eligibility List Process

Police management and the Union annually beginning November 1, 2005, shall jointly review this specialty position eligibility list process. This process shall continue only by mutual consent of police management and the Union.

Signed January 2007