10/25/06 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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The maximum time any officer maybe assigned to special duty shall be one year; 2. 3 4. The Chief shall have the power to reassign that officer from special duty to his regular assignment at any time; The Chief shall advise the Board of all such assignments or reassignments at its first regular meeting after the assignment; The Chief shall advise the Board of the performance of each officer serving a special assignment; 5. In accordance with I.C. 36-8-3-7 personnel assigned to perform a duty of the rank of lieutenant or sergeant shall be paid the same rate per diem as other lieutenants and sergeants in the South Bend Police Department while still assigned; 6. Persons considering special assignment as a sergeant or lieutenant shall be entitled to wear the insignia of that rank and otherwise be referred to by that title; 7. Nothing in this resolution or any actions taken under it shall be construed to give the authority to the Chief to make promotions, such power shall continue to reside exclusively in the Board of Public Safety and can only be exercised by the Board of Public Safety at an open meeting. 8. Evaluation criteria for the special assignment shall be consistent with the criteria set forth at Exhibit "A ", attached hereto and incorporated herein. Adopted this 25t" day of October, 2006. CITY OF SOUTH BEND BOARD OF PUBLIC SAFETY s/Jesusa Rodriguez, President s/Donald Alford, Member s/Juanita Dempsey, Member s/Patrick Cottrell, Member sBruce J. BonDurant, Member nh ATTEST: s/Angela K. Jacob, Clerk ACCEPT SPECIAL POLICE COMMISSION -TERESA ERNSBERGER In a letter to the Board, Police Chief Thomas Fautz recommended that the following Special Police Commission be issued to Ms. Teresa Ernsberger for a Civilian Volunteer Officer, effective October 18, 2006, until revoked. Chief Fautz stated this Commission does not have the authority to be armed nor the powers of arrest. Upon a motion made by Mr. Cottrell, seconded by Mr. BonDurant and carried, the Special Police Commission was accepted. EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH -SERGEANT LEE ROSS Sergeant Lee Ross was selected as Employee of the Month. The award is to recognize officers or civilian employees on the South Bend Police Department who have demonstrated actions noted by supervisors or citizens from both a professional law enforcement position and in support of the community policing efforts with citizens of South Bend. Chief Fautz noted Sergeant Ross has done a tremendous job on the police force. There being no further discussion, the recommendation was accepted and filed. FILING OF AMENDED MONTHLY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS REPORT -AUGUST 2006 Chief Thomas Fautz submitted an amended copy of the August stats. The previous report had incorrect year-to-date numbers. There being no objections, the following amended report was accepted for filing: 1 1 1