(a) Effective January 1, 2024, the City of Toledo will implement a Career Enhancement Program for Police Deputy Chiefs. The purpose of the Career Enhancement Program is to provide the path to improve the skills, enhance productivity, evaluate performance, promote professional growth, as well as job satisfaction. This concept is further designed to provide compensation for advanced education as well as certain designated skills or a combination of formal educational and professional training. The net result will be an economic asset to the City of Toledo.
(b) All Police Deputy Chiefs are eligible for the Career Enhancement Program. It shall be the responsibility of the individual Deputy Chief to complete the application form between November 1 and November 30 of each year to update his standing in the career enhancement program.
(c) Any disputes involving the review of an individual Deputy Chief's standing in the Career Enhancement Program shall be evaluated by the Career Enhancement Program Evaluation Committee. The Career Enhancement Program Evaluation Committee shall be comprised of one individual selected by the Chief of Police, one individual selected by the Executive Board of the Association and the third member selected by the first two.
(d) Applications to the Career Enhancement Program shall be reviewed annually. Percentage increases shall be based upon a Deputy Chief's achievements as of November 30 of each year.
(e) Payment for each year of eligibility will occur in January of the following year in a lump sum payment by special check based upon the appropriate percentage of the base annual full rate effective in December of the prior year. Payments shall be made in January of each year. Deputy Chiefs who leave the City in good standing during the year shall receive upon application a pro-rated payment as part of their severance pay.
(f) College and/or Degrees (Only the highest degree obtained shall count).
Associate Degree | 1% |
Bachelor Degree | 1.5% |
Advanced Degree | 2% |
(g) Specialty Assignments.
ISB Command Officers | 2% |
ISB Senior Command Officers (15 years seniority) | 3% |
Senior Special Operations Bureau Command Officers (15 years seniority) | 4% |
Bureau Command Officers | 2% |
FOD Command Officers (15 years seniority) | 2.5% |
FOD Command Officers | 2% |
Bomb Squad Command Officers | 4% |
Senior Command Officers (15 years seniority) | 2% |
FOD Canine Unit | 2% |
Motorcycle Unit | 4% |
(h) Deputy Chiefs shall be limited to one specialty assignment or senior status category despite any overlap.
(i) The combined assignment and education percentages shall be capped at five percent (5%). Only the highest degree obtained shall count toward the total percentage.
(Ord. 599-23. Passed 11-21-23.)