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