01/31/07 Board of Public Safety Minutes

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~J REGULAR MEETING POLICE DEPARTMENT JANUARY 31.2007 ACCEPT DONATION TO SOUTH BEND POLICE DEPARTMENT In a letter to the Board, Division Chief Gary Horvath stated that the South Bend Police Department, on behalf of the Community Relations Division, received a donation from Wal-Mart in the amount of $3,500.00. The Police Department requested that the money be used to pay expenses associated with the department's community/youth outreach programs such as the South Bend Police Boxing Club. They requested that the check be accepted and deposited into the South Bend Police Boxing Club account within the South Bend Police Department. Division Chief Bishop stated that Chief Boykin is doing an excellent job with the Boxing Club, mentoring approximately fifty (50) young adults. Division Chief Bishop invited the Board to stop by and observe the center and its programs. There being no further discussion, the donations was accepted. FILING OF QUARTERLY REPORT FOR SPECIALIZED TRAINING -OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER 2006 Captain Wanda Shock, Director of Training, South Bend Police Department, submitted to the Board a written Quarterly Report for Specialized Training for the period of October through December 2006. The report indicated the specialized training attended, the names of the officers who attended and the costs involved. There being no questions concerning this report, the Quarterly Report for Specialized Training as submitted was accepted and filed. FILING OF MONTHLY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS REPORT -DECEMBER 2006 President Rodriguez indicated that unless there were questions or objections by members of the Board, the statistical report for the month of December 2006 as submitted by the Police Department, would be accepted for filing. There being no objections, the following report was accepted for filing: YEAR TO DATE PART I OFFENSES 2005 2006 CHANGE ~ ~ CHANGE MURDER 1 1 0 12 10 -2 RAPE 10 1 -9 69 67 -2 ROBBERY 51 62 11 348 431 83 AGGRAVATED ASSLT 22 19 -2 356 292 -64 BURGLARY RES 108 93 -15 1085 1351 266 BURGLARY NON RES 35 34 -1 593 579 -14 LARCENY 309 351 42 4366 4895 -529 MOTOR VEH THEFT 59 56 -3 577 563 -14 ARSONS 5 7 2 90 86 -4 GRAND TOTAL 600 624 24 7496 8274 778 GRIEVANCE HEARING -ANTHONY ROSS Corporal Anthony Ross addressed the Board stating that on January 30, 2007, his fiancee gave birth to his child, but he was denied three (3) days off for his child's birth because he was not married. Corporal Ross feels that Article 24 of the Working Agreement is very ambiguous in its wording, stating that a child bom to an Employee only implies a female Employee who gives birth, but does not specifically state that. Mr. Bodnar requested that Corporal Ross address the three (3) factors that were referenced in a memo by Chief Fautz to Corporal Ross. In the memo, Chief Fautz stated that Corporal Ross was notified on January 5, 2007 that he was denied the days off for child birth but Corporal Ross didn't file the grievance form until January 13, 2007. That is one day past the deadline of seven (7) days. Secondly, Article 24 of the current Working Agreement in part states "in the event of a child born to an Employee or to an Employee's spouse, an Employee, as defined herein, shall receive three (3) days leave time without loss of pay to attend the child's/children's birth(s), upon the approval of the Chief of Police or his or her designee, whose approval shall not be unreasonably withheld." Chief Fautz stated in his memo that since Corporal Ross was not married, he was not entitled to the benefit. Third, is the matter concerning the 2006 vacation being rolled over to 2007. Article 16 of the current Working Agreement in part states "Earned vacations shall not accumulate from year to year, except in the case when an Employee incurs an on-duty injury where said vacation cannot be used in 1 1 1