Fixing the annual pay and monetary fringe benefits of sworn members of the Police Department for Calendar Years 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020

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2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 South Bend Police Department Salary/Monetary Fringe Benefits Ordinance Page 5 1. One -Time Military Recruitment Bonus: In order to be eligible for a one -time military recruitment bonus, which may be offered to any individual found to be eligible and qualified, who has prior active duty service with the Armed Services and received an Honorable Discharge from a branch of the U.S. military and desires to join the South Bend Police Department as a full -time sworn member after January 1, 2015, said individual would be eligible to one (1) of the following bonus incentive payment amounts upon graduating from the 15 -week Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield, Indiana: 2017 2018 2019 2020 Two (2) years of past U.S. military active duty service $450.00 $450.00 $450.00 $450.00 Four (4) years of past U.S. military active duty service $600.00 $600.00 $600.00 $600.00 Six (6) or more yrs of past U.S. military active duty service $850.00 $850.00 $850.00 $850.00 Such one -time bonus incentive payment shall be paid at the highest year of U.S. military active duty service experience only, upon proof of such service and tenure being substantiated and verified utilizing the submission by the person requesting the bonus of the Report of Separation, DD -214 issued by the Defense Department. Any person, who received such a bonus incentive payment and who leaves his/her employment with the South Bend Police Department before his/her one (1) year anniversary with the Department, shall be required to pay back to the South Bend Police Department any and all bonus monies received under this program. 2. Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program .for Recruiting Former U.S. Military Service Member. Any sworn member of the South Bend Police Department employed with the Department, who verifiably assists in the recruitment and hiring of any new full -time sworn police officer who is a former U.S. military service member is eligible for a one -time bonus payment of five hundred dollars ($500.00). Said bonus would only be processed for payment upon the following conditions being met: i. The former U.S. military service member who is a police officer candidate successfully completed a Law Enforcement Training Board - certified 40- hour Pre -Basic Course, and is hired as a full -time sworn member of the South Bend Police Department; ii. Verification of the sworn member's recruitment activities and his/her timely completion of all required forms with the South Bend Police Department; iii. The sworn member who recruited the former U.S. military service member who is a police officer candidate completed the annual mandatory training program addressing domestic violence, use of force training, fire arms training and emergency vehicle operations training; and