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<br /> <br /> <br />EVERETT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION <br />PAGE 37 <br /> <br />21.2.1 In order to help manage scheduling, officers assigned to Patrol will submit a <br />vacation request form to their chain of command requesting vacation days for the <br />upcoming year. Officers will submit three (3) blocks of dates, ranked in o rder of <br />preference (with the first block of dates being the officer’s first choice for <br />vacation dates). Each block will be for no more than two (2) sets in length (or <br />sixty (60) consecutive hours). <br /> <br />21.2.2 Vacation bid time will be approved as long as the request does not drop staffing <br />below the identified administrative minimum staffing, which is two (2) persons <br />above the contractual minimum, with preference given to seniority. Seniority for <br />vacation bids are based on the officer’s swearing-in date. Administration may <br />cancel an employee’s training to accommodate a vacation bid. This will occur no <br />more than one time per employee per year. <br /> <br />21.2.3 The vacation bid process shall be completed (employees notified of bid outcome) <br />by October 15th of the preceding year. EPD shall place training dates (but not <br />adjusted time off, unless needed by night shift officers the evening prior to the <br />training) for PSR, SWAT, K-9, Marine Operations, Supervisor Training, Bomb, <br />and SOG/ALERT onto the schedule prior to the vacation bids. Vacation bids not <br />received by the deadline will not be considered as part of the vacation bid process. <br />After the bids are finalized, adjusted time off for training is entered. Exceptions to <br />the vacation bid process may be granted on a case-by-case basis by the Deputy <br />Chief of Operations. <br /> <br />21.2.4 No Department training will be conducted in the last two (2) weeks of December, <br />or the first week of January. <br /> <br />21.2.5 Some specialty units like SWAT and SOG/ALERT are multi-agency teams which <br />require coordination with other agencies to determine training dates for the <br />following year. If this presents a delay in the vacation bid process, the City will <br />notify the Association and a discussion will occur to determine what adjustments <br />can be made. <br /> <br />21.2.6 Employees who notify the Chief, through the chain of command, in writing of <br />their intent to retire and provide a separation date, may use their remaining <br />vacation leave hours as consecutive days off immediately prior to retiring from <br />the Department regardless of minimum staffing. The notification shall be at least <br />ninety (90) days prior to the start of the vacation leave. <br /> <br />