Everett Police Officer’s Association 1/21/2026

EVERETT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION PAGE 29 Examples of temporary duty assignment: (not all-inclusive): • A patrol officer who is required to be in attendance every day at a lengthy trial and not able to work his regular shift. • Short term emphasis patrol or investigation. (Serial arsonist, rapist, burglar, etc.). • Short term assignment to a task force. • Short term assignment to a security detail. • Festivals, parades, or other significant event. • Short term assignment to be an evaluator, instructor, etc. Keys: • Known and planned events must be noted on the work schedule that it occurs. • Must be a significant event. • Emergencies and unanticipated events can occur in the current work schedule. For the Fourth of July holiday, schedules may be adjusted for all employees on a regularly scheduled workday as long as it is published in advance on the 28-day printed work schedule. If an employee not assigned to Operations is required to work on the Fourth of July and it falls on that employee’s regularly scheduled day off, then such work shall be deemed as overtime and compensated as per Article 20.2.3. If an employee not assigned to Operations is required to work on the Fourth of July, and it falls on that employee’s regularly scheduled work day, the employee may be required to adjust their regular work hours, it must be published in advance on the 28-day printed work schedule, and the employee will receive overtime compensation at one and one-half times the employee’s regular rate of pay. If the adjustment is not published in advance on the 28-day printed work schedule, the employee shall receive two and a half times the employee’s regular rate of pay. 17.1.5 Summary of issues involving this article and scheduling: Schedule adjustments are to be made to keep the workweek as consecutive days and days off to also be consecutive days unless requested otherwise by the employee. Schedule adjustments need to be published on future work schedules if the event is known prior to the publishing date. The department cannot force schedule adjustments for required training sessions of two days or less, unless it allows a night shift officer time off the night before the training. The employee and supervisor/manager can mutually agree to a schedule change to attend training sessions of two days or less. The employee and the scheduler must mutually agree to this and to the resulting day off. It is adjusted at the premium rate to keep the total work hours within the work period constant. For purposes of this