(A) (1) Up to two working days of critical incident leave is provided to police officers and firefighters immediately following an officer or firefighter who is involved in an event resulting in a stressful impact that is sufficient to overwhelm their usual coping strategies.
(2) These events may include:
(a) Officer involved shooting;
(b) Fire or vehicle crash resulting in serious injury or death;
(c) Being a victim of a felonious assault;
(d) Death of a partner or colleague;
(e) Death of someone in custody of the officer or that has been in the medical care of a firefighter;
(f) Death of a child especially if the officer or firefighter has a child similar in age; and
(g) Incident involving multiple deaths.
(B) A police officer or firefighter involved in a critical incident must make the request for this leave from their supervisor, upon:
(1) The completion of that peace officer’s or firefighters shift encompassing the critical incident; and
(2) When all necessary administrative procedures relating to a critical incident have been completed.
(C) The leave provided under this policy will be paid to the officer or firefighter at his or her normal rate of pay. Any leave beyond the two working days will be unpaid; however, any additional time needed by the officer or firefighter may be covered by any of his or her available accrued leave time.
(D) Whenever the use of critical incident leave is necessary, the employee will provide advance notice to his or her supervisor and the employee will submit an Absentee Request Form in accordance with §§ 36.170 through 36.185. When possible, the employee will submit the Absentee Request Form in advance of the leave. Otherwise, the employee will submit the Absentee Request Form immediately upon return to work.