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who has prior active duty service with the Armed Services and received an Honorable <br /> Discharge from a branch of the U.S. military and desires to join the South Bend Police <br /> Department as a full-time sworn member after January 1, 2015, said individual would be <br /> eligible to one (1) of the following bonus incentive payment amounts upon graduating from <br /> the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy: <br /> Service Length 2023 2024 2025 <br /> Two (2)years of past U.S. military $450 $450 $450 <br /> active duty service <br /> Four(4)years of past U.S. military $600 $600 $600 <br /> active duty service <br /> Six(6) or more years of past U.S. $850 $850 $850 <br /> military active duty service <br /> Such one-time bonus incentive payment shall be paid at the highest year of U.S.military active <br /> duty service experience only, upon proof of such service and tenure being substantiated and <br /> verified utilizing the submission by the person requesting the bonus of the Report of Separation, <br /> DD-214 issued by the Defense Department. Any person,who received such a bonus incentive <br /> payment and who leaves his/her employment with the South Bend Police Department before <br /> his/her one(1)year anniversary with the Department,shall be required to pay back to the South <br /> Bend Police Department any and all bonus monies received under this program. <br /> 2. Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program for Recruiting Former U.S. Military Service <br /> Member. Any City of South Bend Employee, who verifiably assists in the recruitment and <br /> hiring of any new full-time sworn police officer who is a former U.S.military service member <br /> is eligible 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-hour Pre- <br /> Basic Course, and is hired as a full-time sworn member of the South Bend Police <br /> Department; <br /> ii. Verification of the sworn member's recruitment activities and their timely <br /> • completion of all required forms with the South Bend Police Department; <br /> iii. The former U.S. military service member who is a police officer candidate <br /> completed the annual mandatory training program addressing domestic violence, <br /> use of force training,firearms training,and emergency vehicle operations training; <br /> and <br /> iv. All Police Department regulations governing this program must have been <br /> complied with by the City of South Bend Employee in order for them to be <br /> qualified and eligible to be paid under this program. <br /> 3. Former U.S. Military Retention Incentive Program. The South Bend Police Department <br /> Former U.S. Military Retention Incentive Program which originally because effective January <br /> 1, 2015, shall continue in full force and effect. In order to be eligible, a sworn member of the <br /> Department who has prior active duty service with the Armed Services and received an <br /> Honorable Discharge from a branch of the U.S. military, must have successfully completed at <br /> least one(1)year of full-time service on the Department and must have completed the annually <br />