CITY OF RIPLEY POLICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT, entered into this day of , _____________by and between the Ripley Police Department (hereinafter "the Department") and (hereinafter "the officer").
Whereas, the Department agrees to hire the officer as a member of the Ripley Police Department and to pay the expenses incurred for the officer's attendance and training at the West Virginia State Police Academy (hereafter "the Academy") and;
Whereas, during this period of time in which the officer attends the Academy, the Department shall pay compensation to the officer, including his regular wages or salary, benefits, tuition and expenses for the employee's attendance at the Academy. The compensation paid to the officer for attendance at the Academy shall not include overtime compensation but shall be at the regular rate to which the officer would be entitled for a workweek of forty hours in regular employment with the Department.
In consideration for such compensation, the officer agrees that, if the officer should voluntarily discontinue employment any time within one year immediately following completion of the training curriculum at the Academy, he or she shall repay to the Department a pro rata portion of the sum of such compensation equal to that part of such year which the officer has chosen not to remain in the employ of the Department, which payment shall be made no later than three (3) months following the officer's last date of employment with the Department. The Department shall notify the officer in writing of the sum to be repaid within two (2) weeks of the officer's last day of employment with the Department.
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Date Ripley Police Department by
its Chief
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Date , officer (print name)
(11-15-05.)