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 for Command Officers. 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 Career Enhancement Program is an alternative career path which as designed will assist in retraining as well as creating highly motivated and skilled Command Officers. The net result will be an economic asset to the City of Toledo.
All Command Officers are eligible for the Career Enhancement Program. It shall be the responsibility of the individual Command Officer to complete the application form between November 1 and November 30 of each year to update his standing in the career enhancement program.
Any disputes involving the review of an individual Command Officer'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.
Application to the Career Enhancement Program shall be reviewed annually. Percentage increases shall be based upon a Command Officer's achievements as of November 30 of each year.
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 2010, January of 2011 and January of 2012. Command Officers who leave the City in good standing during the year shall receive upon application a pro rated payment as part of their severance pay.
College and/or Degrees | |
Associate Degree | 1% |
(TPCOA members who achieve Junior status will be given credit for an Associate Degree) | |
Bachelor Degree | 1.5% |
Advanced Degree | 2% |
Specialty Assignments | |
ISB Senior Command Officers (15 years seniority) | 2% |
Senior Directed Patrol Command Officers (15 years seniority) | 4% |
Directed Patrol Command Officers | 2% |
Senior FOB Command Officers (15 years seniority) | 2.5% |
FOB Command Officers | 2% |
Bomb Squad Command Officers | 4% |
Senior Command Officers (15 years seniority) | 2% |
Command officers shall be limited to one specialty assignment or senior status category despite any overlap.
The combined assignment and education percentages shall be capped at five percent (5%).