68-25 2026 Police Salary Ordinance (Substitute)

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10— 14 years Beginning 11th year 15 — 19 years Beginning 16th year 20—24 years Beginning 21 st year 25+years Beginning 26th year (m)Tuition Reimbursement: Qualifying officers and sworn members of the South Bend Police Department who participate in the Tuition Reimbursement Program shall be entitled to the following maximum dollar amount(s) for approved course tuition: Course Maximum Amount Reimbursed by the City of South Bend Grade A 100%of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$1,500 B 75% of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$1,000 C 50% of tuition costs only up to a maximum of$500 Officers and sworn members who wish to participate in this program must give notice to the Services Division Chief prior to registering for a course which has tuition fees, so that funds may be allocated for potential tuition reimbursement on a "first come, first serve" basis up to the maximum amount budgeted for such purposes for each calendar year by the Common Council. Tuition reimbursement shall be limited to a maximum reimbursement amount of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500.00) per calendar year to any officer or sworn member participating in the program. All governing regulations must be complied with by any officer or sworn member who participates in the program as a condition of being paid any tuition reimbursement. (n) Voluntary Physical Fitness Program: The Common Council continues the authorization previously set forth in Ordinance No. 10042-10, Ordinance No. 10192-12, Ordinance No. 10332-14, and Ordinance No. 10472-16 to implement a voluntary physical fitness program, which may have the potential of any officer and/or sworn member of the South Bend Police Department who qualifies under the governing policies and procedures implemented by the Department to earn up to a maximum of one(1)personal day per calendar year. Such personal day may not be used if such usage results in overtime costs to the City. (o) On-Call Duty Pays: Each of the following On-Call Duty Pay categories shall be allotted six hundred fifty dollars($650.00) per category per year, and shall be divided among the assigned police officers in each of these categories. Such division of pay shall be determined according to the frequency of assigned on-call days in the respective category and shall be paid on a quarterly basis. The On-Call Duty Pay categories are as follows: All officers assigned to the Detective Bureau Traffic On-Call Diagrammer Traffic On-Call Duty Officer