SUBSTITUTE Bill No. 56-22 Proposed 2023 Police Salary Ordinance

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mandatory training program addressing domestic violence, fire arms training and emergency • vehicle operations training, and provide documentation as required by this section with. qualified sworn members being entitled to the following: Service Length 2023 2024 2025 Two(2)years of past U.S. military $450 $450 $450 active duty service • Four(4)years of past U.S. military $600 $600 $600 active duty service Six(6)or more years of past U.S. $850 $850 • $850 military active duty service Such bonus incentive retention payments shall be paid at the highest year of U.S.military active duty service experience only. Proof of such U.S. military service and tenure must be substantiated and verified by utilizing the Report of Separation,DD-214 issued by the Defense Department. Qualifying sworn members shall be paid said bonus in December of each calendar year. 4. Police Recruitment Relocation to South Bend Incentive. Any new full-time sworn member of the South Bend Police Department who is employed after January 1, 2015, would be eligible to apply for a Police Recruitment Relocation to South Bend Incentive, so long as their new personal residential address is located within the South Bend City limits. This relocation bonus. may not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for each qualifying full-time sworn member in each calendar year. Section III. Additional Areas of Compensation. (a) Maximum Amounts. All monetary amounts set forth in this ordinance shall be the maximum amounts permitted in each calendar year addressed. (b) City Residency Incentives. Sworn members and officers of the South Bend Police Department, who establish verified legal residence within any neighborhood within the City of South Bend city limits and reside on a continuous permanent basis within the South Bend city limits, and comply any additional department governing regulations on this topic shall be entitled to the following residency incentive bonus: 2023: $ 3,500.00 maximum payable on or before December 15, 2023 2024: $ 3,500.00 maximum payable on or before December 15, 2024 2025: $ 3,500.00 maximum payable on or before December 15, 2025 (c) Court Time Pay: If an officer or sworn member of the South Bend Police Department appears under subpoena, court order, or at the request of City Legal during off-duty hours before any court, administrative body(i.e. civil,probate, Board of Public Safety, Alcohol Beverage Board, etc.), or at the County Prosecutor's Office to validate a complaint or warrant pertaining to incidents investigated by such officer as a result of their duty assignment, whether civil or criminal in nature, excepting only disciplinary matters in which the officer concerned is the accused, said officer shall receive overtime pay. Such court time shall be paid at two (2) times the officer's regular rate of pay.