1. PURPOSE
The purpose of the Career Enhancement Program (CEP) is to provide the path to improve the skills, enhance productivity, evaluate performance, promote professional growth, as well as job satisfaction for Patrolmen. This concept is further designed to provide compensation for advanced education as well as certain designated skills or a combination of formal education and professional training. The CEP is an alternative career path which as designed will assist in retaining as well as creating highly motivated and skilled police officers. The net result will be an economic asset to the City of Toledo.
2. THE PROGRAM
The Career Enhancement Program is a nine-level phased program; based upon the accumulation of point scores for education and achievement, as well as certain specified specific job assignments.
3. ENTRY INTO THE PROGRAM
The Career Enhancement Program is open to any police officer who meets the following minimum entry qualifications:
A. A minimum of three (3) full years from the date of appointment to the Police Department.
B. Concurrence by the CEP Committee (defined herein).
C. (1) All police officers who wish to be placed within the program must submit their respective application to the Captain of Personnel.
(2) Applications will be reviewed annually and shall be submitted on the Career Enhancement Application Form after November 1st and by November 30th of each year. Points shall be based upon achievement as of December 31.
(3) Movement of an officer into one of the CEP pay steps shall not be considered as a promotion under City Charter or Civil Service Rules.
D. (1) It shall be the full responsibility of the officer to properly complete the application form (as established) as well as to provide such documentation/materials which will enable the CEP committee to make a determination.
(2) Documentation for specialty assignments shall include but not be limited to the following: assignment record or supervisory memorandum showing service of three (3) months in the specialty assignment since the preceding January 1st. Provided, however, Field Training Officers shall be eligible for assignment points for any year in which they serve one day or more. No assignment points shall be provided in years they have not served at least one day as a F.T.O. Documentation for academic accomplishments shall be by diploma or certified transcript.
4. COMPENSATION FOR SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION
A. Compensation for the successful completion of any step contained in this program shall be defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement and shall be automatic.
B. Payment shall be based upon the following conversion factor: each five (5) points = one-half of a percent (.05%).
C. 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 January of the prior year. Payments shall be made in January of 2012, 2013, and 2014. Officers who leave the City in good standing during the year shall receive upon application a pro rata payment as part of their severance pay.
5. APPLICATION CRITERIA
An applicant should fill out the complete CEP application for consideration for entry into the program. The officer shall include the following point assessed value factors that have been achieved as of December 31st of that year.
6. COLLEGE/DEGREES
Points are not cumulative for degrees and must be from a college/university accredited by an appropriate accrediting association of colleges and universities. The maximum points allowed for formal education shall be twenty (20) and shall apply at time of completion.
Associate Degree - 10 points
Bachelor Degree - 15 points
Advanced Degree - 20 points
7.
SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENTS | POINTS |
SPECIALTY ASSIGNMENTS | POINTS |
I.S.B. Investigators | 20 |
Sr. I.S.B. Investigators (over 15 yrs. w/Dept.) | 30 |
Sr. Vice-Metro Officers (over 15 yrs. w/Dept.; after 6 months) | 30 |
Vice-Metro Officers (after 6 months) | 10 |
Sr. SED Directed Policing Officers (over 15 yrs. w/Dept.) | 40 |
SED Directed Policing Officers | 20 |
Sr. Patrol Officers (over 15 yrs. w/Dept. assigned to F.O.D.) | 20 |
Sr. Officers (over 15 yrs. w/Dept. and assigned outside | 20 |
F.O.D. or I.S.B., for life of the agreement) | |
Sr. Field Training Officers (in yrs. served) (over 15 yrs. w/Dept.) | 30 |
Field Training Officers (in yrs. served) | 10 |
Accident Reconstructionist (assigned to F.O.D.) | 10 |
Sr. Accident Reconstructionist (over 15 yrs. w/Dept. assigned to F.O.D.) | 30 |
Hazardous Device Unit | 40 |
Officers shall be limited to one specialty assignment or senior status category despite any overlap (e.g. Senior Accident Reconstructionist with 15 years seniority, assigned within F.O.D. receives total of 30 points).
The combined assignment and education points eligible for conversion shall be capped at fifty (50) points.
8. CEP COMMITTEE
The Committee shall be composed of six (6) representatives: three (3) from the Association and three (3) from the administration. Any expansion of the committee shall be by agreement of the parties. The committee shall serve to review CEP applications and educational reimbursement requests under the terms set forth herein and in the collective bargaining agreement. If the committee is unable to agree upon a particular CEP Application or Educational Reimbursement Request the matter shall be resolved by the Chief in conjunction with the Association President and a third party agreed upon by the parties. The committee shall undertake such other studies and activities as are agreed upon by the parties consistent with the purpose of the program. Any recommendations of the committee that affect wages, hours, terms and conditions of employment shall be subject to agreement by the Association and the City.
9. WAGE RATES
For the purposes of rates of pay, the financial incentives established in the Step Program shall not be added to the officer's base wage rate.