(A) The Department shall maintain a permanent non-rotating shift schedule for all members of the Association. The Department will establish the hours of each shift as well as the staffing levels.
(B) Only Police Officers who have three (3) full years of actual police service from their date of appointment will be permitted to bid for shifts in Field Operations.
(C) (1) A Police Officer assigned to Investigative Services shall not become eligible to bid for shifts until the employee has been assigned to Investigative Services for one (1) full calendar year prior to the actual bidding of assignments. The Chief of Police reserves the right for all personnel assignments within Investigative Services.
(2) In the event that back filling and/or the establishment of new shifts occurs after the bidding as set forth in paragraph (C)(1) above, the following procedure shall be followed:
(i) When a vacancy occurs on a shift other than days and it is necessary to back fill, detectives who previously and unsuccessfully bid the shift as their first or second choice shall be given first preference. The most senior detective bidding the shift where the vacancy occurs shall get the assignment provided he/she is still interested.
(ii) Requests for volunteers to these assignments will then be offered, however, the Chief of Police reserves the right to reject Officer's requests.
(iii) When a Police Officer is compelled to fill these shift assignments, this shall be accomplished by reverse Department seniority provided the officer has one (1) year of seniority within the Investigative Services from those who are eligible to bid.
(iv) Officers with less than one (1) year in Investigative Services may be considered for those assignments when there are an insufficient number of qualified volunteers.
(D) The Vice-Metro and Property Recovery units shall not be included in the bid selection process, due to the specialized nature of these assignments.
(E) Shift starting and ending ranges shall be established as follows: day shift start 0600-0800, end 1400-1600; noon to eight shift start 1100-1300, end 1900-2100, afternoon shift start 1400-1600, end 2200-2400, eight to four shift start 1900-2100, end 0300-0500, midnight shift start 2200-2400, end 0600-0800.
(F) Field operations shift officers with permanent shift selection rights (three full years of actual police service from their date of appointment) shall be able to designate and select their station preference by seniority. The Chief shall have the right, at his sole discretion, to change the district station assignment of not more than 10% of the total number of officers who have permanent shift selection rights.