M&c

Meet and confer is good through.....

This is an agreement between all parties per Subchapter 1 of which chapter of the Local Govt Code?

Objective of the meet and confer

These positions are excluded from coverage by the Association as the bargaining unit

The chief is what type of employee?

Officers _______ to DEPUTY CHIEF shall be considered as working out of classification for the duration of their appointment and will be covered by an executive pay plan

This means authorized uses of non-civil service personnel, as set out by Article 21

How are members of the POA board of directors or executive board put in their positions?

Commission means...

How much is Holiday Leave

How much is holiday pay?

What is the meet and confer statute of the local govt code?

What's the difference between a member and a member of the bargaining unit?

What are the rules and regulations called that are adopted by the City to govern many of the aspects of the working conditions, pay, and benefits for city employees and sworn officers?

Regular rate of pay is defined by what act?

Preempt =

Ch 143.307 enables the agreement to _______ provisions that this article conflicts with or any other statute, executive order, local ordinance, or rule

Slowdowns, sickness, the intentional failure to make arrests for the purpose of and/or to have the effect of inducing, influencing, or coercing a change in the conditions of employment....this is called ________

Groups included collectively "designated organizations"

Automatic deduction and changes notification times

Date of auto payroll deductions changes

Cost charged by city for auto deduction (range)

Reasonable access with advanced notice and approval from chief will be given for premises for:

Exclusive right to access will be given for premises for:

Pre-approved use of city email by POA is subject to: (3 things)

Restrictions/limitations to POA use of city email:

POA City emails may only focus on 6 topics:

Email communications SHALL NOT contain:

Who can approve requests from individual officers for approval to distribute E-mail regarding solicitations for officers needing assistance?

How many hours does the city allocate each year to be utilized as Association Business Leave (ABL)

The ABL hours comes from where?

Unless exception granted by the chief, Who are the only people who can use the APL hrs from the hrs pool (APLP)? (4 answers)

If the chief declares an emergency, they may _______ the Association president or any Association officers on ABL to report to work for the duration of the emergency

Requests for use of ABL for business activity requires how long advanced written notice and approval by chief?

Is ABL considered City work time?

How much of the ABL total is considered Premium ABL, which can be used as hrs worked to accumulate OT?

Neither the president or any other board member may use ABL as productive time if they are on ___________ to conduct Association business

ABL used shall be considered ______________ service time for the actual accrual of benefits or other requirements based on years of service

Who authorizes one additional position to the police dept's authorized staffing, which may only be filled by the President of the POA?

How much of the ABL is allotted out of the ABLP each year for the president

Barring the emergency exemption, what is not earned by the president while on ABL? (5 things)

ABL ___________ be treated as a break in service

The Association negotiating team shall consist of a Chief negotiator and no more than _______ other members

How many individuals total can be eligible for productive time status during any scheduled meetings for the association negotiating team

How long for notification to the chief the names of the association's board of directors for ABLP hrs deductions?

Changes to the composition to the Board should be notified to the chief when?

Who considers additional time off without pay for other association business

The City retains the exclusive and vested rights and prerogatives of management except:

The provisions of this agreement supersede and preempt conflicting provisions in TLGC ________ for City management

What could the city opt to do if an officer strikes?

Superseding 143.312, A person may not be assigned to conduct an admin or chain of command investigation if they are: (3)

Can any part of the Disciplinary Action article (#7) prohibit a supervisor from gathering information, either informally, or as part of a chain-of-command investigation, and then providing such info to the IA section for their use in an administrative investigation?

Does any part of the Disciplinary Action article allow a supervisor to circumvent any procedural rights?

Any officer who is the subject of a/an ________________ investigation has the right to inquire and, on inquiry, to be informed of the identities of each investigator participating in an ___________ of the officer

An "administrative investigation" means an investigation conducted by:

Preempting 143.312, "Disciplinary Action means:

The administrative investigation does not apply to any investigations conducted by: (3)

The administrative investigation does not apply to: (2)

When the major case unit turns over the products of its investigation to IA, this will not include:

The "involved officer" is the subject of a/an _________ investigation and is the subject of an investigation resulting from a _____________ received from __________.

An involved officer shall be informed of the general nature of the investigation ________ prior to being formally interviewed, except with exigent circumstances

When can the 48hr waiting period be waived?

What should the involved officer receive prior 48hrs to the interview?

Preempting 143.312, a person making a complaint that he or she was harmed by the Officer's alleged misconduct is known as:

A person who is a witness or a 3rd party source of information regarding alleged misconduct, or a member of the Dept who becomes aware of misconduct through personal observation

If the Dept has initiated the complaint on the basis of reported information, ____________ is a reporting party for the misconduct complaint

A ___________ is a form used by the Dept to document allegations of misconduct by Dept employees

The personnel complaint form shall contain:

A trained member of the bargaining unit who, is not an association Board Member, that may act as a representative for purposes of the Disciplinary Action rights of an officer section

An Association Board Member who acts as a representative for the officer's rights section of the Disciplinary Action article

Who designates the location where the administrative investigation takes place

Whenever possible the administrative interview shall take place during the officer's ____________

Can an administrative interview be conducted at an officer's residence?

In an administrative investigation ________ may record all interviews and conversations without prior notice.

The involved officer and their association or peer representative are _____________ from recording an interview or conversation with an investigator.

Can the involved offer and rep obtain a copy of the recorded interview?

An involved officer _______________ if the officer releases any such recording to any person other than the officer's rep or legal counsel

Who is required to execute a confidentiality agreement

Who has the ability to order peer reps and association reps to keep all info confidential

An officer subject of an administrative investigative interview shall be informed of:

How much written notice is the officer entitled to if a member of another LE agency will be present

Barring exigent circumstances, how long max can a single interview of an officer run?

What 2 circumstances would allow a single administrative interview of an officer to extend over 6hrs?

The peer or association rep may not be: (2)

The peer or assoc rep may be excluded from the interview if they ________ and the interview may continue without them upon approval of investigator's supervisor

If a peer or assoc rep disrupts an interview, the ________ can disallow that person from being a rep and they will be _______ from the list of reps

How many officers can the association maintain on a monthly list of avail on call Association or Peer reps?

The monthly list of avail association/peer reps must be provided to the Chief's office __________ before the start of the next month. Modifications to the list require _______ advanced notice.

Who can used ABL for representing an officer

Peer and Association reps need prior approval from ___________ and hours representing officer ______ be considered city time for the purposed of calculating OT

In an admin investigation, the rep _________ have a privilege for representation or advice

Is there privilege to protect statements or disclosures to the officer's representative in any criminal matter?

Each officer is at all times ________ to follow Dept rules and regulations

When the dept becomes aware that the officer has made an admission of misconduct to their rep, the rep may be: (2)

What type of a hearing could a rep be called to testify about an officer they represented

An officer's rep called as a witness shall be entitled to ____________ and ___________.

A minimum of _____ hours prior to the scheduled interview the officer must notify the investigator that they will have a rep and they name of the rep

When should the investigator provide the officer with contact info including phone and email for the person(s) involved in making arrangements for the officer interview

If the rep is unavoidably delayed, such as on a dispatched call, then the ____________ must contact the investigator by telephone within _______ so the investigator can have the option of rescheduling or delaying the interview

If a rep does not make a good faith effort to notify an investigator or their delayed attendance, can an officer make another for representation for that meeting?

Can an officer withdraw their 48hr waiver to reschedule an interview if the officer was served notice and a rep is unable to attend?

Any info obtained prior to an officer's withdrawal of a 48hr waiver ________________

In exigent circumstances where an interview needs to occur without the 48hr notice, the officer can contact a rep and the rep is allowed ___________ to arrive and consult with the officer before the interview

During an administrative interview, time for breaks and personal necessities will be allowed as deemed __________ and ________ by the investigator

The officer under investigation shall not be subjected ________ or threatened with ________, ________, or ____________.

Prior to giving a statement, who can review any videos, prior statements, and taser readouts in the investigator's possession related to the incident that is the focus of the investigation?

How much time can be arranged for the officer to review documents prior to the time set to give a statement?

Who is allowed in the room when an officer reviews video, media ,or taser readouts?

Once an officer receives a _________, the officer and their counsel shall be provided a copy of the vomplete investigation no later than _________,

The officer's time to appeal will begin to run ____________

Upon request and not to be released or discussed with anyone outside of the rep or legal counsel, the officer shall be provided:

No _________________ shall be allowed to participate in an administrative investigation or interview

In cases of companion or concurrent criminal investigations, any statement of the officer gathered as part of the administrative investigation will be kept separate except as required by: (2)

The refusal of an involved officer to answer pertinent questions in an administrative investigation could result in: (2)

Who has the burden of proof on disciplinary violation and reasonableness of punishment?

Who has the burden of proof on a disciplinary appeal?

For a disciplinary appeal to be successful does it automatically require exclusion of evidence?

An officer's disciplinary appeal need to prove: (3)

Who determines the result of a disciplinary appeal?

How much time does the involved officer or the rep have to give written notice to the chief or his representatives of an alleged violation of section 2--officer rights

When can an officers rights violation of an admin investigation not be raised or considered by a hearing examiner?

If an involved officer is deployed on military, yhe 180 day time period in 143.062 is suspended.....and ___________ shall be allowed to exhausted upon _________

Who can make an administrative investigation decision to impose discipline on a returned military officer? (5)

Who can record an interview in a chain of command investigation

A disciplinary suspension can be imposed on an officer by the chief for how long? (2)

A suspension for a violation of a civil service rule can be _____ to _____ calendar days if the chief and officer agree in writing to __________ with ___________.

The chief and officer can agree to disciplinary action of ________ with no right of the officer to appeal

If a written offer of an agreed disciplinary action is presented, the officer has _______ to consider the offer

Who can impose disciplinary suspensions on officers of up to 5 calendar days (can be appealed)

__________ can impose disciplinary suspensions on officers of up to 3 days or less (appealable)

Working day is defined as:

When shall a suspension be automatically apppealed?

When is a written notice of suspension deemed delivered? (2)

What should not be included in the written statement of suspension?

Within ________ of an officer being placed on restricted duty, the chief shall provide the officer with a brief written statement of the basis or reason for the action or a written personnel complaint

The chief may temporarily suspend an officer for: (2)

After a felony indictment, the chief may temporarily suspend an officer _________ pay, for a period not to exceed _________ calendar days.

If it's on or more than 180 days from the incident when the officer receives the indictment or complaint, the chief may, within ___________ calendar days after the date of the final disposition of the indictment, bring a charge against the officer for a violation of civil service rules

Final disposition means

An officer indicted and then charged by the chief for a violation of civil service rules can delay the civil service hearing for not more than _________ after the date of the final disposition of the indictment

Who may award all or part of an ofgicers back pay if they were temporarily suspended but then found not guilty of the felony indictment or complaint? (2)

If an officer was temporarily suspended but then plead guilty to a lesser charge to avoid the felony conviction, they can not receive more than _________ of back pay in their appeal

What shall terminate the employment of an officer without the right to appeal?

A conviction of a Class A or Class B may be cause for ____________ or ________________.

If the chief _________ to issue a disciplinary suspension, including an Indefinite suspension, after the 180 days, the chief must file with ____________ a statement describing the criminal investigation and its objectives

An officer has ________ to notify the chief for charge or indictment, any arrest, and upon conviction, acquittal, or dismissal

Who maintains a list of the _____ neutral hearing examiners

Who must have prior experience in hearing police disciplinary cases?

If a hearing examiner can not continue with an assigned appeal, the parties have __________ calendar days to agree on a replacement

How many alternative hearing examiners are on a list to replace vacancies that occur on the initial list?

Striking down list of examiners and replacements will be determined by a ________

How many days to select a hearing examiner from the list?

Who notifies the hearing examiner of selection

Who can an officer appeal to? (2)

An officer has a right to appeal if they were:

In an appeal,the commission or hearing examiner may ______ or _______ an Indefinite suspension to a temporary suspension not to exceed ______ calendar days

Time for the hearing examiner to hear the case if the 10 business days rule was met....hearing will be scheduled within ________ calendar days

Priority of order of the scheduled appeals hearings:

Exceptions for 180 day period for scheduling appeals hearings include:

What is the purpose of the dispute resolution procedure?

The dispute resolution procedure only applies to matters involving: (4)

Disciplinary matters are administered pursuant to: (2)

How can time limits be waived?

If _______ fails to meet a deadline, the dispute shall be considered resolved

If _______ fails to meet a deadline at any step, it should be considered an unsatisfactory response and shall automatically allow the dispute to proceed

How many days does an officer have to dispute an event or circumstance

An officer disputing an event must give a written copy to: (2)

A dispute must contain: (4)

Who determines if a dispute exists ?

The committee or board decision on a dispute must be rendered within

Who has sole discretion on determining if a dispute is valid?

Only ________ has standing to initiate, pursue or settle a grievance

In step 2 of the dispute procedure, the chief has __________ to act on the dispute and render a decision in writing

If a dispute is not resolved at step 2, the association shall submit its written grievance to __________ and ________ within _________ calendar days.

If a dispute is not settled in step 3 of the procedure, the association president will be notified by _______ and will have _______ calendar days to appeal the dispute to arbitration

A dispute protesting action by the city council or city manager shall be initiated at step _____ instead of step _____.

If the association submits a class action (class-wide) dispute at step 1, they must do it within _____ calendar days of the aggrieved officer's actual constructive knowledge of the occurrence

If a dispute is submitted to arbitration the city and association shall meet within _______ calendar days to pick an arbitrator (same process as hearing examiner)

An arbitration hearing shall be governed by ______________

In an arbitration, the parties have _____ calendar days to provide witness lists

In no event shall discovery be requested within _____ calendar days prior to the hearing

The city is required without subpoena to produce all fact/relevant witnesses employed by the city as requested in writing __________ prior to the hearing

The arbitrator has ________ calendar days from the conclusion of the hearing to issue a written opinion

The chief and the president shall meet ________ in order to discuss issues and working conditions

Across the board increases:

Dec 1, 2020

Oct 1, 2021

Oct 1, 2022

Oct 1, 2023

Edu incentive pay:

AA

BA

M

PhD

Certificate Incentive pay:

Intermediate

Advanced

Masters

Acting pay =

Acting pay counts for: (4)

Acting pay will _______ be paid at a step rate above the base pay for the higher classification

The city of Fort worth firefighters and police officers civil service rules and regulations is also known as:

Who maintains authority and jurisdiction over the entry level hiring process?

Who establishes the number of positions in the Dept and may approve, disprove, or modify any changes to the classification structure

Any candidate who fails to pass the _____ or ______ may appeal that result

Identical steps needed to be passed by all entry-level candidates, re-appointed FWPD officers, and laterals include: (4)

Eligibility determined by candidate's ability to meet ________ standards established by the ________.

A candidate must be ____ yo and cannot yet be ______ yo on the date of the _________.

The selection of a candidate shall be primarily based on the candidate's __________ to serve as a police officer, as determined by ________.

All testing and selection procedures shall be designed....to exclude those candidates deemed _______________ the characteristics and abilities to be successful in the performance of Police work

How many times can a candidate be tested for a specific eligibility list?

Do exams for beginning positions need to be held within the municipality?

Candidates with an honorable discharge from the military must submit a _________ at least ______ prior to the date and time of the entry-level test

Entry-level test points:

Military veteran w/DD 214

BA or higher

Graduate of FWPD Cadet program

What is the max culmative number of additional points that can be added to an entry-level test?

When are entry-level candidates considered to be "referred"?

Effective dates of an entry-level eligibility list include any or a combo of: (3)

Candidates are determined to be suitable to be hired based on a ________ and ________ selection process that is deemed objective by HR

Who reviews hiring rejection decisions to help ensure consistency and fairness in the selection process?

Any corrections or errors in the chief's hiring rejections will be referred to the __________ by the __________. Any disagreements will be resolved by the _________.

Upon written notification by the ______, the ________ may allow candidates on the eligibility list to be by-passed

Probationary period begins on ________ and ending _________ following being commissioned (or recommissioned)

Applying Laterals should have a total of ____ years of active service for one or more _______, _______, or _______ LEAs that have at least ______ sworn officers and handles a full array of _______ police work.

Laterals must have the following education:

Lateral age requirements:

Be no less than ________ and have not yet reached their _____ birthday at the time they _______.

Who has the sole discretion to deny the application of any LEO applicant

The chief will take necessary steps to have laterals eligible for ________ certification prior to completing their academy course of study

Do laterals get placed on an eligibility list?

During the probationary period the probationary employee may be terminated without ____________

When does an employee have full civil service protection?

What is the minimum time a laterals will spend in FTO

Laterals coming in with 3-5 years od Leo experience start at step ____ of the officer pay rate. ...officer with 6 or more start at step _____

How many lateral officers can the chief hire each fiscal year until it switches to a one-to-one basis with the laterals joining the regular police academy?

probation period: (2)

Probationary officers can use accrued sick leave after _______ from date of hire and vacation and family leave after ______ from date of hire

The rank of _____ shall be a non-exempt position for the purposes of earning and paying OT in accordance to FLSA

The Dept shall establish a _______ sign-up roster for _______ officers who wish to work special events

An officer subjected to a significant schedule change due to a mandatory special events assignment will be provided a schedule change notice of _________

If 14 days notice is not given to the officer who is mandated a significant schedule change for a Special events assignment wi be paid_______

Are assignments of the chief subject to challenge or grievance?

Who can make assignments based upon hardship or other special needs

Seniority for in-house vacancies can be asserted by the rank of _____ and below

Commission date for reappointed officers will be readjusted to date of reappointment if they are reappointed ________ from their voluntary resignation

Seniority for those reappointed less than 12 months after resignation will have a readjusted commission date based on _______

Voluntary participation in fitness program is for officers hired prior to _______

How long does the chief have to make promotions to the rank of Assistant chief, DC, or Commander

A captain ordered to serve in the higher classification of deputy chief or commander shall be paid their hourly rate + _____ for work done as the DC, and if a Lt _______

The following ranks are not subject to competitive examination for promotion and can be demomoted at any time without notice or right to appeal

How many positions can be appointed for these ranks?

AC

DC

Commamder

Effective Oct 1, 2020...anyone who is appointed to AC, DC, or Commander positions have ______ to obtain a ____ degree....those already in the spots are grandfathered in 🤦‍♀️

Cpl/sgt/Lt promotional exams must be posted ____ prior to the test and have until ________ before the test to apply

After promoting to Lt, the officer must complete at least _____ or achieve a ______ degree within _______

Officer's promoted to captain are required to obtain a _______ degree within ________ of promotion

The review and appeal period after exams starts ______ and must be filed no later than _________ after the date of the exam

A promotional vacancy only occurs if an officer is on _______ military leave

Officer's who are eligible for military leave pursuant to TLGC 143.072 shall be allowed to use up to ______ per calendar year

No pension changes prior to calendar year ______

Additional pension changes not expected to be made prior to the beginning of _________

How many paid holidays are identified

Holiday pay or holiday leave is limited to _____ hours of the 24-hr day it occurs

Shift diff is paid for hours worked between _______ and is paid at an additional rate of ____% of base step pay

The right for officers to choose to work.off-duty assignments is covered under the FLSA and is known as the __________

Step pay is every _____ or rank advancement between _____ and ______