REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL
November 17, 2016
FROM: JEFF CARDELL, Director
Personnel Services Department
BY: KEN PHILLIPS, Labor Relations Manager
Personnel Services Department
SUBJECT
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Actions pertaining to Fresno Police Officers Association (FPOA), representing Unit 4, Non-Supervisory Police
1. ***Approve a Side Letter of Agreement with the Fresno Police Officers Association (FPOA), representing Unit 4, Non-Supervisory Police, Regarding Police Corporal Assignments
2. ***Approve a Side Letter of Agreement with the Fresno Police Officers Association (FPOA), representing Unit 4, Non-Supervisory Police, Regarding Senior Police Officer, Corporal, and Sergeant Assignments
3. ***Approve a Side Letter of Agreement with the Fresno Police Officers Association (FPOA), representing Unit 4, Non-Supervisory Police, Regarding Patrol Matrix Assignments and Preferred Staffing
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RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended that Council approve the attached Side Letters of Agreement with FPOA which: 1) create a Corporal Assignment; 2) create Senior Police Officer, Corporal, and Sergeant Assignments; and, 3) revise provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City and FPOA on Patrol Matrix Assignments and staffing levels.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
It is recommended that Council approve the three attached side letters of agreement with FPOA. The first side letter provides for a full time Corporal assignment that would provide training and mentoring to officers and cadets while continuing to perform as Police Officers. The second side letter provides for incentive pay for veteran Police Officers, Sergeants and those in Corporal assignments to work Watch II (swing shift) and Watch III (night shift) to ensure we have experienced staff on these shifts. The third side letter provides for a pilot project to replace minimum staffing with preferred staffing and establish a patrol "platoon schedule" with rotating days off.
BACKGROUND
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