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