141.04 WORK HOURS; OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT.

   (a)    No full-time officer or other member of the Police Department shall be gainfully employed (work) at another job, trade or profession without making a written request to the Safety Director and receiving written and signed authorization permitting such other employment. Failure to comply with these rules and regulations shall be grounds for dismissal or suspension. Denial of an employee request must be in writing from the Director to the requesting employee, setting forth reasons for the denial. Copies of the Director's response shall be provided to Council and the Civil Service Commission.

(Ord. 104-74. Passed 8-15-74.)

   (b)    The Director of Public Safety shall establish by regulation the number of hours per day and per week that shall be required of patrolmen and officers of the Police Department, and he shall use as a standard for such rules and regulations the principle that wherever possible, patrolmen and officers should not be required to work more than eight hours in one twenty-four hour period and forty hours in any seven-day period. Such rules and regulations shall require the attendance of patrolmen and officers in court wherever and whenever such attendance is needed without extra compensation.

   (c)    Any unexcused failure to make necessary court appearances or any other violation of this section shall be grounds for dismissal or suspension.

(1964 Code §33.13)