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December 2, 2009 The Department allows �atrol officers and s�rgeants to �id hours worked based on seniority. Throug�ou� my career; fhe most senior patrol officers and sergeants bid the day hours wf�ich leaves ti�e most j�nior officer5 and sergear�ts working the night shif� hours. A general r�le is the more junior afficers make more traffic and pedestrian stops and wrife more traffic ar�d criminal citations ihan senior officers. A natural by-product ofi increased activity means the officer wiil testify in court more often than a senior counter part, ar�d on over�ime basis as the trials will take place during narmai business haurs. Suburba� depariments have na cantrol o�er the court calendar in Minnesota, other than maKing requests. Se�eral years ago fhe Department as�Ced the Caurt to bundle court dates if an officer is scheduled t� atfend couri multiple times in a week. All Department officers are members of Law Enforcement Labar Services (LELS) and sergeants are members of ihe Teamsters Union. Labor activities are governed. by labar contracts. Officers arrd Sergeants who attend court off duty ar� to be compensated at an o�ertime rate with a minim�am of three ar three and on�-half haurs, depending on the length of time they received notice to appear in court. Members of the Department do not attend court unless they are s�bpaenaed io t�stify. Once subpoenaed, aftendance is mandatory under penalty of law. As detaiied above; the Department has �irt€�ally no control over the amaunt of overtime related #o caurt. Traininq Training in law enfarcement is paramount to maintaining the Deparkment's personnel with current trends, court decisians and legal updates. Police officers deal with a myriad of issues invalving peopfe experiencing acute or long term problems: Depar�ment members are expected to professionally hand[e traffic issues, animal complaints, the emot�anally distur�ed and a11 crimes in progress from minor thefts fo the most serious felany crimes. There is no more variety of duties performed by any City employee than those handled by fl�e Police Department; thus, the ongoing training �f Departmenf inembers must be protected. Even so, the Department has taken numeraus measures in th� past few years ta minimize over�ime assaciated wit� training. In 2009, the Deparfinent mandated that al[ career enhancement fraining be completed during a scheduled work day and not an overtime. Still, some important training �opics, such as crisis intervention training, supplied by an outside exper�, may only be offered when employees are on scheduled days off. Unian cantracts do not allow the Depa�tment to alter the employees' days off to att�nd training in lieu af a regularly workday. 3