Fixing the Annual Pay of Policemen for the Calendar Year 1975

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ORDINANCE NO. 5706 -74 AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE ANNUAL PAY OF POLICEMEN FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1975. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, as follows: SECTION 1. The annual pay of the officers and members of the Police Department of the City of South Bend for the year 1975, by rank, classification and service years, shall be according to the 1975 Police Salary Schedule as follows: (Here insert the 1975 Police Salary Schedule which is attached to this ordinance.) The first service year for a police officer commences upon his being sworn in as a police officer. The police officer shall obtain his second service year on the next succeeding first day of January and shall advance one service year on each successive first day of January until he attains the maximum salary for the particular rank he may hold. The maximum salary shall be the last salary listed under each rank in the above schedule. SECTION 2. (a) A person who has accumulated at least 30 hours of credit from an accredited college or university may enter the Police Department with the rank of Corporal and 0 -1 service years upon order of the Board of Safety. . (b) A person who has accumulated at'least 60 hours of credit from an accredited college or university may enter the Police Department with the rank of Corporal and 1 -2 service years upon order of the Board of Safety. (c) A person who has accumulated at least 90 hours of credit from an accredited college or university may enter the Police Department with the rank of Corporal and 2 -3 service years upon order of the Board of Safety. (d) A person who has received a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university may enter the Police Department with the rank of Corporal and 3 -4 service years upon order of the Board of Safety. (e) Each person qualifying under this section shall advance one service year on the first day of January following his being sworn in as a police officer and shall advance one service year on each successive first day of January until he attains the maximum salary for the particular rank he may hold. (f) An officer who is a member of the force prior to the effective date of this ordinance may be credited with one service year for each 30 hours of credit which he has obtained from an accredited college or university and may also be assigned an appropriate rank upon order of the Board of Safety. SECTION 3. Any officer receiving less than a $600.00 salary increase above his salary as of June 30, 1974, may be entitled to a salary schedule adjustment which shall be established $600.00 above his June 30, 1974, salary. This salary may be set by the Board of Safety prior to January 1, 1975, and shall include night incentive, promotions, educational incentive and hazard pay, but shall not apply to any officer demoted between June 30, 1974, and December 31, 1975.