181.20 COURT APPEARANCE PAY FOR POLICE OFFICERS.

   (a)    For each day a police officer is required to appear in the Hamilton Municipal Court, except for jury trials, he/she shall be paid on the basis of four hours pay for morning sessions and four hours pay for afternoon sessions.

   (b)    For each hour a police officer is required to appear and be present in either the Hamilton Municipal Court or other Court for a jury trial, he/she shall receive time and one-half pay. For each hour a police officer is required to appear in a court other than the Hamilton Municipal Court, he shall receive time and one-half pay; provided that unit members who are on an off-duty status and are required to report and appear before a grand jury or in a juvenile court or who are subpoenaed to appear on a criminal matter in a Court of Common Pleas shall be eligible for four hours call-in pay at the appropriate rate.

   (c)   Witness fees received or mileage allowances paid to a unit member who has been required to appear before a court shall be returned to the Director of Finance in accordance with established Police Division procedures. The above shall not apply where the officer is on duty. (Ord. 84-8-72. Passed 8-8-84.)