Part-Time Employees, who work 34 hours a week, are entitled to the following vacation time: 3
weeks of vacation of 34-hour weeks which is equal to 12 days of 8.5 hours per day or 102 hours.
Full-Time Employees: Full-Time employees are entitled to the following vacation time:
10 Workdays (.83333 Accrual Rate) After One (1) Year continuous service
15 Workdays (1.25 Accrual Rate) After Four (4) Years continuous service
20 Workdays (1.6666 Accrual Rate) After Nine (9) Years continuous service
25 Workdays (2.083 Accrual Rate) After Sixteen (16) Years continuous service
30 Workdays (2.50 Accrual Rate) After (20) Years of continuous service
Vacations will be chosen according to seniority. The number of employees allowed on vacation
at one time shall be determined by the Chief or his designee and shall not be affected by the
availability of supervisors. The approval of block weeks and singular days will not be contingent
upon the availability of any civilians. There shall be only 4 patrolmen allowed to be on vacation,
in any combination of block weeks and singular vacation days, per shift, per day.
Block Weeks: All vacation block weeks will be chosen by seniority each January 1 of every
year. Once a member is advised by a supervisor that it is his turn to pick, the member will have 3
days from the date advised to submit the vacation week request. Members not choosing vacation
block weeks during the 3-day limit will result in their choices being bypassed by the next senior
member selecting. Once a block week has been selected and approved, the approval is final.
A. Vacation block weeks will run from Saturday to Friday.
B. A vacation block week will consist of 5 vacation days within the block.
C. Vacation block weeks will take precedence over singular vacation days, personal days,
swaps, etc.
D. A maximum of 2 weeks (10 vacation days) may be taken at one time.
E. Any extension to the vacation week(s) by utilizing swaps, etc., may be allowed at the
discretion of the member's Bureau Commander.
F, Any extension to the vacation week(s) by utilizing a personal day may be allowed at the
discretion of the Chief of Police or designee.
G. Approval of a continuous third vacation block week, for an individual member, will be at
the discretion of the Chief of Police.
H. A fourth vacation week block of time (allowing more than 3 patrolmen at one time), will be
allowed.
Sinqular Vacation Days: Full-Time members may utilize the following as single vacation days:
10 Workdays (.83333 Accrual Rate) = 10 days may be used as singular vacation days.
15 Workdays (1.25 Accrual Rate) = 10 days may be used as singular vacation days.
20 Workdays (1.6666 Accrual Rate) = 15 days may be used as singular vacation days.
25 Workdays (2.083 Accrual Rate) = 15 days may be used as singular vacation days.
30 Workdays (2.50 Accrual Rate) = 20 days may be used as singular vacation days.
A singular vacation day may be taken by not more than two members per shift, per day (on their
scheduled shift), provided that on the requested day no more than two members on the same
shift are on a vacation day of their block vacation week. If officers are on a normal day off during
