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2015 and 2016 South Bend Police Department Salary /Monetary Fringe Benefits Ordinance <br />Page 2 <br />this ordinance, excepting the Police Chief, the Division Chiefs, and the Captains, who are governed <br />by Indiana Code § 36- 8 -1 -12. <br />Section II. Annual Pays, Pay: Lateral Entry, and Career Development <br />Incentive Programs. <br />(a) Annual Pay for Sworn Members of the South Bend Police Department. Annual pay <br />for the swom members of the South Bend Police Department, including upper level policy making <br />positions defined by Indiana Code § 36- 8 -1 -12 for calendar years 2015 and 2016 shall be set as <br />follows: <br />Rank <br />2015 <br />2016 <br />Police Chief <br />$94,095 <br />$95,977 <br />Division Chiefs <br />$79,165 <br />$80,748 <br />Captains <br />$68,320 <br />$69,686 <br />Lieutenants <br />$59,400 <br />$61,390 <br />Sergeants <br />$57,185 <br />$59,101 <br />Patrolman 1s` Class <br />$54,281 <br />$55,475 <br />Patrolman 2nd Class <br />$48,685 <br />$49,756 <br />Patrolman 3`d Class <br />$44,130 <br />$45,101 <br />(b) Police Recruit Annual Pa v. A Recruit of the South Bend Police Department shall be <br />classified separately from sworn members of the Department. A Recruit shall complete the State <br />of Indiana training program or its equivalent and commence duties as an officer before being sworn <br />in as an officer of the South Bend Police Department. The maximum annual pays of a Police <br />Department Recruit shall be as follows: <br />2015: $44,130 2016: $45,101 <br />(c) Lateral Entry Program. The Common Council authorizes the South Bend Police <br />Department to offer between three thousand five hundred dollars ($3,500.00) to five thousand <br />dollars ($5,000) as a one -time bonus to any individual found to be eligible and qualified to be a <br />candidate on the Department who has the requisite law enforcement experience and certification(s) <br />for such a lateral entry onto the South Bend Police Department. Any sworn member who received <br />monies pursuant to this Lateral Entry Program and who leaves employment from the South Bend <br />Police Department before his/her one (1) year anniversary with the Department, shall be required <br />to pay back to the South Bend Police Department any and all lateral bonus monies received. <br />(d) Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program. Effective January 1, 2015, the South <br />Bend Police Department shall begin to implement a Police Officer Recruitment Bonus Program. <br />Any sworn member of the South Bend Police Department as of that date, who assists in the <br />recruitment and hiring of any full -time new sworn police officer, may be eligible upon Department <br />verification of each of the stages listed below: <br />