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anniversary with the Department, shall be required to pay back to the South Bend Police Department any <br /> and all lateral bonus monies received. <br /> A lateral entry officer with two (2) years or more of service as a certified officer shall enter the <br /> South Bend Police Department as a Patrolman Second Class. Upon completing Field Training Program <br /> (FTO), such lateral officer shall be eligible for promotion to Patrolman First Class. <br /> (d) Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program. The Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program <br /> which originally became effective January 1, 2015, shall continue in full, force and effect. Any sworn <br /> member of the South Bend Police Department, who assists in the recruitment and hiring of any full-time <br /> new sworn police officer,maybe eligible upon Department verification of each of the stages listed below: <br /> 1. Upon an individual, who has been recruited by a South Bend Police Department sworn <br /> member, graduating from the 15-week Indiana Law Enforcement Academy in Plainfield, <br /> Indiana, the sum of one hundred fifty dollars($150.00)shall be earmarked for payment for <br /> that sworn member of the South Bend Police Department who assisted in the recruitment. <br /> 2. Upon that individual then successfully completing the Field Training Program (FTO), the <br /> sum of three hundred fifty dollars ($350.00) shall be earmarked for that sworn member of <br /> the South Bend Police Department who assisted in the recruitment. <br /> 3. For the sworn member of the South Bend Police Department to be eligible to receive the <br /> bonuses described above,the candidate who recruited the candidate must have successfully <br /> completed the specified phase of the hiring process and be hired by the South Bend Police <br /> Department as a full-time sworn member. Any sworn member of the South Bend Police <br /> Department desiring to participate in the Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program shall <br /> be required to timely complete all required forms with the Department, and upon <br /> verification of his/her recruited candidate successfully meeting the hiring standards, <br /> processing for payment of the recruitment bonus shall commence. <br /> All Police Department regulations governing this program must be complied with th b the sworn member <br /> of the South Bend Police Department in order for him/her to be qualified and eligible to be paid under this <br /> program. <br /> (a) Lateral Police Officer Recruitment Incentive Program. The South Bend Police Department <br /> Lateral Police Officer Recruitment Incentive Program which originally became effective January 1,2015, <br /> shall continue in full, force and effect. Any sworn member of the South Bend Police Department, who <br /> verifiably assists in the recruitment and hiring of any new full-time lateral sworn police office is eligible <br /> for a one-time bonus payment of five hundred dollars ($500.00). Said bonus shall only be processed for <br /> payment upon the following conditions being met: <br />