B. If for reasons which would require out-of-state travel to the funeral services or due to the
actual date of the funeral services, the Chief of Police or designee may allow a delay in
the commencement of the consecutive bereavement leave days as Specified above.
C. At the discretion of the Chief of Police or Deputy Chief of Operations, the consecutive
days, as specified in paragraph A, may be broken up between the initial notification and
the actual day of the funeral services.
D. Employees on scheduled time off shall not be eligible for payment for bereavement leave
during such time off.
Immediate Family:
Members of the Immediate Family shall include the following:
Wife Husband Step-Mother
Mother Step-Father Mother-in-Law
Sister Grandmother Step-Son
Son Daughter Father-in-Law
Brother Step-Daughter Father
Grandfather Step-Brother Brother-in-Law
Step-Sister Sister-in-Law Blood Relative/Ward residing in the
same household as the
employee
ARTICLE 19
EMERGENCY LEAVE
A. With prior approval, and at the discretion of the Chief of Police or designee, Emergency
Leave shall be granted to full-time and part-time employees and shall be charged first
against the employee's accumulated sick leave and then against the employee's
accumulated vacation leave.
B. An employee may be granted an extension of up to two (2) weeks of Emergency Leave
at the sole discretion of the Chief of Police.
C. Any request for extension shall be in writing and shall set forth in detail the reasons
therefor. An employee may be granted additional extensions of Emergency Leave at the
sole discretion of the Chief upon written request as set out above.
D. Disputes concerning Emergency Leave shall not be subject to the Grievance Procedure.
ARTICLE 20
PERSONAL DAYS
For the purpose of this Article the words "personal day" means “a day for which an employee is
excused from active duty for personal reasons." The Chief's designee for purposes of this Article
