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2015 and 2016 South Bend Police Department Salary/Monetary Fringe Benefits Ordinance <br /> Page 6 <br /> 3. Former U.S.Military Retention Incentive Program. Effective January 1,2015, <br /> a former U.S. Military Retention Incentive Program shall begin' to be <br /> implemented in the South Bend Police Department. In order to be eligible, a <br /> sworn member of the Department must have successfully completed at least <br /> one(1) year of full-time service on the Department and must have completed <br /> the annually mandatory training program addressing domestic violence, fire <br /> arms training and emergency vehicle operations training, and provide <br /> documentation as required by this section with qualified sworn members being <br /> entitled to the following: <br /> 2015 2016 <br /> Two (2) years of past U.S. military active duty service experience $350.00 $450.00 <br /> Four(4) years of past U.S. military active duty service experience $500.00 $600.00 <br /> Six (6) years or more past U.S. military active duty service exp. $750.00 $850.00 <br /> Such bonus incentive retention payments shall be paid at the highest year of U.S. <br /> military active duty service experience only. Proof of such U.S.military service <br /> and tenure must be substantiated and verified by utilizing the Report of <br /> Separation, DD-214 issued by the Defense Department. Qualifying sworn <br /> members shall be paid said bonus in December of each calendar year. <br /> (h) Police Recruitment Relocation to South Bend Incentive. Any new full-time sworn <br /> member of the South Bend Police Department who is employed after January 1, 2015, would be <br /> eligible to apply for a Police Recruitment Relocation to South Bend Incentive, so long as his/her <br /> new personal residential address is located within the South Bend City limits. This relocation <br /> bonus may not exceed one thousand five hundred dollars($1,500.00) for each qualifying full-time <br /> sworn member in calendar year 2015 and may not exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) for <br /> each qualifying full-time sworn member in calendar year 2016. <br /> Section III. Additional Areas of Compensation. <br /> (a) Maximum Amounts. All monetary amounts set forth in this ordinance shall be the <br /> maximum amounts permitted in each calendar year addressed. <br /> (b) City Residency Incentives. Sworn members and officers of the South Bend Police <br /> Department, who establish verified legal residence within any neighborhood within the City of <br /> South Bend city limits and reside on a continuous permanent basis within the South Bend city <br /> limits, and comply any additional department governing regulations on this topic shall be entitled <br /> to the following residency incentive bonus: <br /> 2015: $400 maximum payable on or before December 15, 2015 <br /> . 2016: $400 maximum payable on or before December 15, 2016 <br />