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Thi

s A

gree

men

t is

en

tere

d in

to b

y N

ew J

erse

y In

stit

ute

of

Tec

hnol

ogy,

(he

rein

afte

r re

ferr

ed t

o as

"N

JIT

" or

"U

nive

rsit

y"),

and

the

Fra

tern

al O

rder

of

Pol

ice,

Lod

ge #

93,

(her

eina

fter

ref

erre

d to

as

"FO

P")

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AR

TIC

LE

I

RE

CO

GN

ITIO

N

NJI

T r

ecog

nize

s F

OP

as

the

sole

and

exc

lusi

ve n

egot

iati

ng a

gent

for

the

pur

pose

of

nego

tiat

ing

term

s an

d co

ndit

ions

of

empl

oym

ent

for:

A

ll fu

ll-t

ime

empl

oyee

s em

plo

yed

as C

omm

issi

oned

Pol

ice

Off

icer

s, (

here

inaf

ter

refe

rred

to

as "

Off

icer

s")

but

spec

ific

ally

ex

clud

ing

all

Com

mis

sion

ed P

olic

e S

erge

ants

, C

omm

issi

oned

Off

icer

s ab

ove

the

rank

of

Pol

ice

Ser

gean

t, an

d al

l ot

her

supe

rvis

ors

as

defi

ned

in t

he N

ew J

erse

y E

mpl

oyer

­E

mpl

oyee

Rel

atio

ns A

ct.

AR

TIC

LE

lJ

NE

GO

TIA

TIN

G P

RO

CE

DU

RE

1.

FO

P s

hall

pres

ent

its

dem

ands

for

a s

ucce

ssor

Agr

eem

ent

to N

JIT

, in

wri

ting

, re

late

d to

ter

ms

and

cond

itio

ns o

f em

ploy

men

t, o

n or

bef

ore

Oct

ober

I,

pri

or t

o th

e ex

pira

tion

of

the

exis

ting

Ag

reem

ent.

O

n o

r be

fore

Nov

embe

r I,

NJI

T s

hall

mee

t w

ith

FO

P f

or t

he p

urpo

se o

f neg

otia

ting

, in

good

fai

th, a

mut

uall

y ac

cept

able

Agr

eem

ent.

2.

Sho

uld

any

Art

icle

, S

ecti

on,

or

port

ion

ther

eof,

of

this

A

gree

men

t be

he

ld

unla

wfu

l an

d un

enfo

rcea

ble

by a

cou

rt o

f co

mpe

tent

jur

isdi

ctio

n, s

uch

deci

sion

of

the

cour

t sh

all

only

app

ly t

o th

e sp

ecif

ic A

rtic

le,

Sec

tion

or

port

ion

ther

eof,

dire

ctly

spe

cifi

ed

in t

he d

ecis

ion.

U

pon

the

issu

ance

of

such

dec

isio

n, t

he p

arti

es a

gree

im

med

iate

ly t

o m

eet a

nd d

iscu

ss a

sub

stit

ute

for

the

inva

lida

ted

Art

icle

, Sec

tion

or

port

ion

ther

eof.

3.

Thi

s A

gree

men

t in

corp

orat

es th

e en

tire

und

erst

andi

ng o

f the

par

ties

on

all

mat

ters

, w

hich

wer

e o

r co

uJd

have

bee

n th

e su

bjec

t o

f ne

goti

atio

ns,

and

shal

l no

t be

cha

nged

ex

cept

by

an a

men

dmen

t m

utua

lly

agre

ed u

pon

betw

een

the

part

ies

in w

riti

ng.

FOP

Ag

reem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

AR

TIC

LE

III

MA

NA

GE

ME

NT

RIG

HT

S

1.

NJI

T r

etai

ns a

nd

rese

rves

unt

o it

self

all

righ

ts,

pow

ers,

dut

ies,

aut

hori

ty,

and

resp

onsi

bili

ties

con

ferr

ed u

pon

and

vest

ed i

n it

by t

he l

aws

and

Con

stit

utio

ns o

f the

Sta

te

ofN

ew J

erse

y an

d th

e U

nite

d S

tate

s o

f Am

eric

a.

2.

All

suc

h ri

ghts

, po

wer

s, d

utie

s, a

utho

rity

, an

d re

spon

sibi

liti

es p

osse

ssed

by

NJI

T

may

be

exer

cise

d w

itho

ut r

estr

icti

ons,

su

bjec

t to

the

lim

itat

ions

im

pose

d by

law

and

ex

cept

as

they

are

spe

cifi

call

y ab

ridg

ed a

nd m

odif

ied

by t

his

Agr

eem

ent.

3.

NJI

T r

etai

ns i

ts r

espo

nsib

ility

to

prom

ulga

te a

nd e

nfor

ce t

he r

ules

and

reg

ulat

ions

. su

bjec

t to

lim

itat

ions

im

pose

d by

law

, go

vern

ing

the

cond

uct

of

and

acti

viti

es o

f th

ose

Off

icer

s su

bjec

t to

thi

s A

gree

men

t an

d no

t in

cons

iste

nt w

ith

the

expr

esse

d pr

ovis

ions

of

this

Agr

eem

ent,

and

sub

ject

to

reco

gnit

ion

of

the

fact

tha

t pr

opos

ed n

ew r

ules

, pol

icie

s o

r m

odif

icat

ions

o

f ex

isti

ng r

ules

/pol

icie

s go

vern

ing

nego

tiab

le t

erm

s an

d co

ndit

ions

of

empl

oym

ent

shal

l be

pre

sent

ed t

o th

e F

OP

and

neg

otia

ted

upon

the

req

uest

of

the

wit

h th

e F

OP

as

may

be

requ

ired

pur

suan

t to

the

New

Jer

sey

Pub

lic

Em

ploy

er -

Em

ploy

ee

Rel

atio

ns A

ct,

as a

men

ded.

Req

uest

s fo

r ne

goti

atio

ns s

hall

be m

ade

wit

hin

thir

ty (

30)

day

s af

ter

rece

ipt o

f no

tice

of t

he p

ropo

sed

new

or

mod

ifie

d ru

le(s

) an

d/o

r po

lic(

ies)

y.

AR

TIC

LE

IV

DU

ES

DE

DU

CT

ION

A.

Due

s D

educ

tion

:

I.

In

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

Cha

pter

310

of

the

Law

s o

f N

ew J

erse

y fo

r 19

67

~.J.S.A.

52:1

4-15

(9)

(e),

as

amen

ded)

, N

J1T

agr

ees

to

dedu

ct f

rom

ea

ch p

aych

eck,

ex

cept

for

one

(1)

pay

chec

k du

ring

eac

h o

f th

e tw

o (2

) m

onth

s in

whi

ch t

hree

(3)

pay

days

oc

cur,

FO

P d

ues

and

regu

lar

asse

ssm

ents

of

each

mem

ber

of

the

nego

tiat

ing

unit

who

fu

rnis

hes

volu

ntar

y w

ritt

en a

utho

riza

tion

of s

uch

dedu

ctio

n on

a f

orm

acc

epta

ble

to N

JIT

.

2.

The

rig

ht o

f du

es d

educ

tion

s fo

r an

y O

ffic

er o

f th

e ne

goti

atin

g un

it s

hall

be

lim

ited

to

FO

P a

nd e

ach

Off

icer

of

the

nego

tiat

ing

unit

sha

ll be

eli

gibl

e to

wit

hdra

w

such

aut

hori

zati

on o

nly

as o

f Ju

ly I

of

each

yea

r, p

rovi

ded

that

the

not

ice

of

wit

hdra

wal

ha

s be

en fi

led

tim

ely

.

3.

The

am

ount

of

FO

P d

ues

shal

l be

suc

h am

ount

as

shal

l be

cer

tifi

ed t

o N

JIT

by

FO

P a

t le

ast

thir

ty (

30)

days

pri

or t

o th

e da

te o

n w

hich

ded

ucti

on o

f du

es a

re t

o be

gin.

4.

The

ded

ucti

on o

f F

OP

due

s m

ade

from

eac

h pa

yche

ck e

xcep

t fo

r on

e (I

) pa

yche

ck d

urin

g ea

ch o

f th

e tw

o (2

) m

onth

s in

whi

ch t

hree

(3)

pay

days

occ

ur p

ursu

ant 2

FOP

Agr

eem

ent

20 1

5-20

19

lh

here

to s

hall

be

subm

itte

d by

NJI

T to

FO

P b

efor

e th

e fi

ftee

nth

( 15

) da

y o

f the

cal

enda

r m

onth

suc

ceed

ing

that

in

whi

ch s

uch

dedu

ctio

ns a

re m

ade,

tog

ethe

r w

ith

a li

st o

f na

mes

o

f neg

otia

ting

uru

t m

embe

rs fr

om w

hose

pay

suc

h de

duct

ions

are

mad

e.

5.

FO

P a

gree

s to

sav

e N

JIT

har

mle

ss f

rom

any

act

ion

or a

ctio

ns c

omm

ence

d by

any

Off

icer

of

the

nego

tiat

ing

unit

aga

inst

NJI

T,

or

for

any

clai

m a

risi

ng o

ut o

f su

ch

dedu

ctio

n, a

nd F

OP

ass

umes

ful

l res

pon

sibi

lity

for

the

dis

posi

tion

of a

ny s

uch

fund

s on

ce

they

hav

e be

en t

urne

d ov

er to

the

m a

s pr

ovid

ed.

6.

Err

ors

mad

e by

NJI

T i

n th

e de

duct

ion

and/

or

rem

itta

nce

of

mon

ies

unde

r th

is A

gree

men

t sh

all

not

be c

onsi

dere

d by

FO

P a

s a

viol

atio

n o

f thi

s A

gree

men

t.

B.

Rep

rese

ntat

ion

Fee

(Age

ncy

Sh

op):

1.

Pur

pose

of F

ee:

(a.)

Sub

ject

to

th

e co

ndit

ions

se

t fo

rth

in

I (b.

) be

low

, al

l el

igib

le n

onm

embe

r O

ffic

ers

in t

his

unit

wil

l be

req

uire

d to

pa

y to

the

maj

orit

y re

pres

enta

tive

a r

epre

sent

atio

n fe

e in

li

eu

of

dues

fo

r se

rvic

es

rend

ered

by

th

e m

ajor

ity

repr

esen

tati

ve u

ntil

Jun

e 30

, 20

15.

Not

hing

her

ein

shal

l be

de

emed

to

requ

ire

any

Off

icer

to

beco

me

a m

embe

r o

f the

m

ajor

ity

repr

e sen

tati

ve.

(b.)

It

is u

nder

stoo

d th

at t

he i

mpl

emen

tati

on o

f th

e ag

ency

fee

pr

ogra

m i

s pr

edic

ated

on

the

dem

onst

rati

on b

y F

OP

tha

t m

ore

than

fif

ty p

erce

nt (

50%

) o

f th

e el

igib

le O

ffic

ers

in

the

nego

tiat

ing

unit

are

due

s pa

ying

mem

bers

of F

OP

.

If,

at t

he s

igni

ng o

f th

is A

gree

men

t, t

he a

bove

per

cent

age

has

not

been

ach

ieve

d,

the

agen

cy f

ee p

lan

wil

l be

con

tinu

ed t

hrou

gh t

he f

isca

l ye

ar,

afte

r w

hich

it

shal

l be

di

scon

tinu

ed u

nles

s th

e m

inim

um h

as b

een

achi

eved

pri

or t

o th

at o

ccur

renc

e.

The

reaf

ter,

if

the

min

imum

per

cent

age

is e

xcee

ded

on a

ny q

uart

erly

dat

e. i

.e.,

Oct

ober

I,

Janu

ary

I,

Apr

il 1

, o

r Ju

ly I

, th

e ag

ency

fee

pla

n sh

all

be r

eins

tate

d, w

ith

prop

er n

otic

e to

aff

ecte

d O

ffic

ers.

In

each

ye

ar o

f th

e A

gree

men

t on

Jul

y I,

an

asse

ssm

ent

shal

l be

m

ade

to

dete

rmin

e if

the

min

imum

per

cent

age

has

been

exc

eede

d.

If it

has

, th

e ag

ency

fee

sha

ll

cont

inue

unt

il t

he f

ollo

win

g an

nual

ass

essm

ent.

If

it

has

not

, th

e ag

ency

fee

will

be

di

scon

tinu

ed a

nd e

ligi

bili

ty f

or r

eins

tate

men

t sh

all

be o

n a

quar

terl

y ba

sis

as p

rovi

ded

abov

e. 2.

A

mou

nt

of F

ee:

Pri

or to

the

beg

inni

ng o

f ea

ch c

ontr

act

year

, F

OP

wil

l no

tify

NJI

T i

n w

riti

ng,

the

amou

nt o

f re

gula

r m

embe

rshi

p du

es,

init

iati

on f

ees

and

asse

ssm

ents

cha

rged

by

FO

P t

o 3

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

019

its

ow

n m

embe

rs f

or t

hat

cont

ract

yea

r, a

nd t

he a

mou

nt o

f the

rep

rese

ntat

ion

fee

for

that

co

ntra

ct y

ear.

A

ny c

hang

es i

n th

e re

pres

enta

tion

fee

str

uctu

re d

urin

g th

e co

ntra

ct y

ear

shal

l be

cer

tifi

ed t

o N

JlT

thi

rty

(30)

day

s in

ad

vanc

e o

f th

e re

ques

ted

date

o

f su

ch

chan

ge.

Th

e ch

ange

wil

l be

ref

lect

ed i

n pa

yrol

l de

duct

ions

at

the

earl

iest

tim

e af

ter

rece

ipt

of

the

requ

est.

Th

e re

pres

enta

tion

fee

in

lieu

of

dues

sha

ll be

in

an a

mou

nt e

quiv

alen

t to

the

re

gula

r m

embe

rshi

p du

es,

init

iati

on

fees

an

d as

sess

men

ts

char

ged

by

the

maj

orit

y re

pres

enta

tive

to

its

own

mem

bers

les

s th

e co

st o

f be

nefi

ts f

inan

ced

thro

ugh

the

dues

, fe

es a

nd a

sses

smen

ts a

nd a

vail

able

to

or

bene

fiti

ng o

nly

its m

embe

rs,

but

in n

o ev

ent

shal

l su

ch f

ees

exce

ed e

ight

y fi

ve p

erce

nt (

85%

) o

f th

e re

gula

r m

embe

rshi

p du

es,

fees

an

d as

sess

men

ts.

3.

Ded

ucti

on a

nd T

ran

smis

sion

of F

ee:

Aft

er v

erif

icat

ion

by N

JIT

tha

t an

Off

icer

mus

t pa

y th

e re

pre

sent

atio

n fe

e, N

JIT

w

ill

dedu

ct t

he f

ee f

or a

ll e

ligi

ble

Off

icer

s in

acc

orda

nce

wit

h th

is A

rtic

le.

The

mec

hani

cs o

f th

e de

duct

ion

of

repr

esen

tati

on f

ees

and

the

tran

smis

sion

of

such

fee

s to

FO

P w

ill,

as

near

ly a

s po

ssib

le,

be t

he s

ame

as t

hose

use

d fo

r th

e de

duct

ion

and

tran

smi s

sion

of

regu

lar

mem

bers

hip

dues

to

FO

P.

th

NJI

T s

hall

ded

uct

the

repr

esen

tati

on f

ee a

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le a

fter

the

ten

th (

1 0

) da

y fo

llow

ing

reen

try

into

thi

s un

it f

or O

ffic

ers

who

pre

viou

sly

serv

ed i

n a

posi

tion

id

enti

fied

as

excl

uded

or

conf

iden

tial

, fo

r in

divi

dual

s re

empl

oyed

in

this

uni

t fr

om a

re

empl

oym

ent

list

, fo

r O

ffic

ers

retu

rnin

g fr

om

leav

e w

itho

ut p

ay,

and

for

prev

ious

O

ffic

er m

embe

rs w

ho b

ecom

e el

igib

le f

or t

he r

epre

sent

atio

n fe

e be

caus

e o

f no

nmem

ber

stat

us.

NJI

T s

hall

ded

uct

the

repr

esen

tati

on f

ee f

rom

a n

ew O

ffic

er in

the

fu

st f

ull

payr

oll

foll

owin

g th

irty

(30

) da

ys f

rom

the

dat

e o

f em

ploy

men

t as

an O

ffic

er.

4.

Dem

and

and

Ret

urn

Sys

tem

:

The

rep

rese

ntat

ion

fee

in

lieu

of

du

es

only

sha

ll

be

avai

labl

e to

F

OP

if

the

proc

edur

es h

erea

fter

are

mai

ntai

ned

by F

OP

.

The

bur

den

of

pro

of u

nder

this

sys

tem

is

on F

OP

.

The

pro

rat

a sh

are

subj

ect

to r

efun

d sh

all

not

refl

ect,

how

ever

, the

cos

ts o

f sup

port

o

f lo

bbyi

ng a

ctiv

itie

s de

sign

ed

to

fost

er

poli

cy

goal

s in

co

llec

tive

ne

goti

atio

ns

and

cont

ract

adm

inis

trat

ion

or t

o se

cure

, fo

r th

e O

ffic

ers

repr

esen

ted,

adv

anta

ges

in w

ages

, ho

urs,

and

oth

er c

ondi

tion

s o

f em

ploy

men

t in

addi

tion

to

thos

e se

cure

d th

roug

h co

llec

tive

ne

goti

atio

ns w

ith

NJI

T.

4

FOP

Agr

eem

ent

20 1

5-20

19

The

Off

icer

sha

ll b

e en

titl

ed t

o re

view

the

am

ount

of t

he r

epre

sent

atio

n fe

e by

re

ques

ting

FO

P t

o su

bsta

ntia

te t

he a

mou

nt c

harg

ed f

or

the

repr

esen

tati

on f

ee.

Thi

s re

view

sh

all

be

acco

rded

in

co

nfon

nanc

e w

ith

the

inte

rnal

st

eps

and

proc

edur

es

esta

blis

hed

by F

OP

.

FO

P s

hall

sub

mit

a c

opy

of

its r

evie

w s

yste

m t

o N

JIT

. T

he d

educ

tion

of

the

repr

esen

tati

on f

ee s

hall

be

avai

labl

e on

ly i

f F

OP

est

abli

shes

and

mai

ntai

ns t

his

revi

ew

syst

em.

If t

he O

ffic

er i

s di

ssat

isfi

ed w

ith

FO

P's

dec

isio

n, h

e m

ay a

ppea

l to

a t

hree

(3)

mem

ber

boar

d es

tab l

ishe

d by

the

Gov

erno

r.

C.

Em

plo

yer

Hel

d H

arm

less

:

FO

P

here

by

agre

es t

hat

it w

ill

inde

mni

fy a

nd

hold

N

JIT

har

mle

ss f

rom

an

y cl

aim

s, a

c tio

ns o

r pr

ocee

ding

s br

ough

t by

any

Off

icer

in

the

nego

tiat

ions

uni

t w

hich

ar

ises

fro

m d

educ

tion

s m

ade

by N

JIT

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

this

pro

visi

on.

NJI

T s

hall

not

be

liab

le t

o F

OP

for

any

ret

roac

tive

or

pas

t due

rep

rese

ntat

ion

fee

for

an O

ffic

er w

ho w

as

iden

tifi

ed

by

NJJ

T a

s ex

clud

ed

or

conf

iden

tial

or

in

good

fa

ith

was

mis

take

nly

or

inad

vert

entl

y om

itte

d fr

om d

educ

tion

of t

he r

epre

sent

atio

n fe

e.

D.

Leg

al R

equ

irem

ents

:

Pro

visi

ons

in t

his

clau

se a

re f

urth

er c

ondi

tion

ed u

pon

all

othe

r re

quir

emen

ts s

et b

y st

atut

e.

AR

TIC

LE

V

RIG

HT

S O

F F

OP

1.

NJI

T a

gree

s to

re

cogn

ize

thos

e O

ffic

ers

of

the

nego

tlat

mg

unit

not

to

exce

ed t

hree

(3)

who

are

des

igna

ted

by F

OP

as

repr

esen

tati

ves

for

coll

ecti

ve n

egot

iati

ons

by w

ritt

en n

otic

e o

f th

e na

mes

of

such

Off

icer

(s)

of

the

nego

tiat

ing

unit

giv

en t

o N

JIT

. T

his

sect

ion

shal

l no

t pr

eclu

de e

ithe

r pa

rty

from

in

viti

ng o

ther

s to

at

tend

co

llec

tive

ne

goti

atio

ns o

r p

rovi

din

g fa

ctua

l kn

owle

dge

or e

xper

tise

wit

h re

spec

t to

a p

arti

cula

r su

bjec

t fo

r co

llec

tive

neg

otia

tion

s.

In t

his

even

t, a

dvan

ce n

otic

e sh

all

be g

iven

the

oth

er

part

y.

2.

Inte

rnat

iona

l R

epre

sent

ativ

es o

f F

OP

sh

all

be p

erm

itte

d to

tra

nsac

t off

icia

l bu

sine

ss o

n N

JIT

's p

rope

rty

at a

ll re

ason

able

ho

ms

prov

ided

the

y fi

rst

have

obt

aine

d au

thor

izat

ion

from

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Hum

an R

esou

rces

or

pem

1iss

ion

in a

dvan

ce f

rom

th

e D

irec

tor

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

or

the

Ch

ief

of

Pol

ice,

wh

iche

ver

is a

ppli

cabl

e, o

r hi

s de

sign

ee,

and

they

do

not

inte

rfer

e o

r in

terr

upt

norm

al N

JJT

ope

rati

ons

or w

ork

of

any

Off

icer

of

the

barg

aini

ng u

nit,

othe

r N

JIT

Off

icer

s or

gro

up o

f Off

icer

s.

3.

FO

P s

hall

have

the

ri

ght

to

post

on

mut

uall

y ag

reed

bu

llet

in

boar

ds, 5

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

0 19

bull

etin

s an

d no

tice

s re

leva

nt to

off

icia

l F

OP

bus

ines

s w

hich

aff

ects

the

Off

icer

s o

f the

ne

goti

atin

g un

it.

AR

TIC

LE

VI

FO

P/M

AN

AG

EM

EN

T C

OM

MIT

TE

E

1.

A c

omm

itte

e co

nsis

ting

ofN

JIT

and

FO

P r

epre

sent

ativ

es m

ay m

eet

for

the

purp

ose

of

revi

ewin

g th

e ad

min

istr

atio

n o

f th

is

Agr

eem

ent

and

to d

iscu

ss p

robl

ems,

w

hich

may

ari

se.

2.

Eit

her

part

y to

thi

s A

gree

men

t m

ay r

eque

st a

mee

ting

and

sha

ll s

ubm

it a

w

ritt

en a

gend

a o

f top

ics

to b

e di

scus

sed

seve

n (7

) da

ys p

rior

to s

uch

a m

eeti

ng.

Req

uest

s by

FO

P f

or s

uch

a m

eeti

ng w

ill b

e m

ade

to t

he D

epar

tmen

t o

f Hum

an R

esou

rces

.

3.

A m

axim

um o

f tw

o (2

) O

ffic

er r

epre

sent

ativ

es o

f F

OP

may

att

end

such

m

eeti

ngs.

O

ffic

er r

epre

sent

ativ

es w

ho a

tten

d su

ch m

eeti

ngs

duri

ng t

heir

sch

edul

ed w

ork

shif

t sh

all

be g

rant

ed t

ime

off

to a

tten

d w

itho

ut lo

ss o

f pay

.

4.

The

com

mit

tee

mee

tings

are

not

inte

nded

to b

ypas

s th

e gr

ieva

nce

proc

edur

e, t

he n

orm

al c

hain

of c

omm

and,

or

to b

e co

nsid

ered

col

lect

ive

nego

tiat

ing

mee

ting

s, b

ut a

re i

nten

ded

as a

mea

ns

of

fost

erin

g go

od e

mpl

oyee

rel

atio

ns t

hrou

gh a

n ex

chan

ge o

f vie

ws

betw

een

the

part

ies

to t

hjs

Agr

eem

ent.

In

thi

s re

gard

, and

con

sist

ent

wit

h A

rtic

le V

2.,

Rjg

hts

of F

OP

, abo

ve,

up t

o a

tota

l o

f tw

o (2

) st

ate

and/

or f

eder

al F

OP

repr

esen

tati

ves

may

att

end

such

mee

ting

s.

AR

TIC

LE

VU

INV

ES

TIG

AT

ION

, DU

E P

RO

CE

SS

, DIS

CIP

LIN

E A

ND

CH

AL

LE

NG

E

As

mem

bers

of

NJI

T's

Dep

artm

ent

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

, O

ffic

ers

are

entr

uste

d w

ith

the

safe

ty a

nd s

ecur

ity

of

univ

ersi

ty p

rope

rty

and

its

repr

esen

tati

ves,

em

ploy

ees,

stu

dent

s,

lice

nsee

s an

d gu

ests

. F

ailu

re

to

perf

orm

or

neg

lige

nt

perf

orm

ance

o

f an

O

ffic

er's

re

spon

sibi

liti

es c

ould

hav

e se

riou

s an

d un

acce

ptab

le c

onse

quen

ces.

M

isco

nduc

t is

, on

its

fa

ce,

unac

cept

able

and

oft

en t

erm

inab

le.

A h

igh

stan

dard

of

exce

llen

ce i

s ex

pect

ed a

nd

mus

t be

mai

ntai

ned

by a

ll O

ffic

ers

at a

ll ti

mes

, ex

empl

ifyi

ng r

espe

ct,

hono

r, d

igni

ty,

com

mit

men

t, i

nteg

rity

and

req

uisi

te s

kill

s. It

is a

gain

st t

his

purp

ose

and

expe

ctat

ion

that

th

e co

nduc

t of O

ffic

ers

wi I

I be

mea

sure

d.

A.

Man

agem

ent M

eeti

ngs:

The

D

epar

tmen

t o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y,

thro

ugh

its

supe

rvis

ory

stru

ctur

e an

d in

ac

cord

ance

w

ith

the

auth

oriz

ed

chai

n o

f co

mm

and,

re

tain

s as

a

nonn

egot

iabl

e pr

erog

ativ

e, t

he r

ight

to

mee

t w

ith O

ffic

ers,

at

its

disc

reti

on,

to d

iscu

ss a

ny m

atte

r o

f pe

rtin

ent

busi

ness

, in

clud

ing,

but

not

lim

ited

to,

pro

vidi

ng i

nfor

mat

ion

and/

or d

irec

tion

, 6

FO

P A

gree

me

nt

20

15-2

0 19

revi

ewin

g an

d/or

alt

erin

g in

divi

dual

and

/or

depa

rtm

enta

l re

spon

sibi

liti

es a

nd p

rovi

ding

pe

rfor

man

ce a

sses

smen

t. E

xcep

t as

othe

rwis

e sp

ecif

ical

ly p

rovi

ded

for

in t

his

Agr

eem

ent,

th

ere

is n

o ri

ght

to F

OP

rep

rese

ntat

ion

for

an O

ffic

er a

tten

ding

any

of

thes

e m

eeti

ngs.

A

tten

danc

e an

d pa

rtjc

ipat

ion

at t

hese

mee

ting

s ar

e no

t opt

iona

l w

ith

the

Off

icer

, bu

t m

ust

be a

dher

ed t

o as

dir

ecte

d. I

f at

any

poin

t du

ring

the

mee

ting

, it

beco

mes

app

aren

t th

at t

he

natu

re o

f th

e pr

ocee

ding

s, t

he l

ine

of

ques

tion

s, o

r an

swer

s to

the

que

stio

ns c

ould

lea

d to

di

scip

lina

ry a

ctio

n ag

ains

t th

e O

ffic

er, t

he m

eeti

ng w

ill

be a

djou

rned

so

that

pro

per

noti

ce

may

be

give

n fo

r an

Inv

esti

gati

on a

s pe

r P

arag

raph

B, b

elow

.

B.

Inve

stig

atio

n:

An

Off

icer

's c

ondu

ct i

s al

way

s su

bjec

t to

inv

esti

gati

on w

here

the

re i

s a

real

nex

us

betw

een

the

cond

uct

and

the

Off

icer

's p

osit

ion

at t

he U

ruve

rsit

y.

Whe

re t

he O

ffic

er i

s qu

esti

oned

dir

ectl

y as

to

his

cond

uct

or h

is k

now

ledg

e on

a m

atte

r un

der

inve

stig

atio

n an

d di

scip

line

is

a fo

rese

eabl

e co

nseq

uenc

e o

f th

e O

ffic

er's

res

pons

e he

sha

ll be

aff

orde

d F

OP

re

pres

enta

tion

in

ac

cord

ance

w

ith

law

. T

his

type

o

f m

eeti

ng

is

call

ed

an

"inv

esti

gato

ry c

onfe

renc

e" a

nd

is p

reli

min

ary

to a

ny c

harg

e o

f di

scip

lina

ble

cond

uct.

T

his

mee

ting

is

not

a pa

rt o

f an

Off

icer

's p

erm

anen

t re

cord

exc

ept

whe

n an

d un

less

it

is

foun

d th

at t

he O

ffic

er e

ngag

ed i

n m

isco

nduc

t in

the

mee

ting

its

elf,

(i.e

., p

rovi

des

fals

e ev

iden

ce).

T

here

is

no

pr

ivil

ege

or

imm

unit

y in

em

ploy

men

t in

pr

ovid

ing

fals

e st

atem

ents

or

refu

sing

to

resp

ond

to a

dir

ect

inqu

iry,

exc

ept

and

only

as

man

date

d un

der

appl

icab

le l

aw.

All

inve

s tig

atio

ns s

hall

be

in c

ompl

ianc

e w

ith

the

Att

orne

y G

ener

al's

P

olic

ies

on I

nter

nal

Aff

airs

.

C.

Du

e P

roce

ss:

Pri

or t

o in

voki

ng f

orm

al,

fina

l, e

mpl

oym

ent

disc

ipli

ne u

pon

an O

ffic

er,

that

is

grea

ter

in s

ever

ity

than

a w

ritt

en r

epri

man

d, h

e sh

all

be a

ffor

ded

both

not

ice

of

any

and

all

char

ges

agai

nst

him

and

an

oppo

rtun

ity

to b

e he

ard

on t

hose

cha

rges

. A

n O

ffic

er m

ay

choo

se t

o re

mai

n si

lent

or

not

atte

nd t

he m

eeti

ng a

t al

l. T

his

mee

ting

is

call

ed a

due

pr

oces

s m

eeti

ng a

nd a

ll O

ffic

ers

shal

l be

aff

orde

d F

OP

rep

rese

ntat

ion

at d

ue p

roce

ss

mee

ting

s.

Leg

al c

ouns

el r

epre

sent

ing

FO

P s

hall

be p

erm

itte

d to

att

end

empl

oym

ent

due

proc

ess

mee

ting

s on

ly

whe

re

empl

oym

ent

char

ges

incl

ude

or

reas

onab

ly

may

be

co

nstr

ued

to

incl

ude

crim

inal

be

hav

ior

in v

iola

tion

of

New

Jer

sey'

s P

enal

C

ode,

as

codi

fied

in

N

ew

Jers

ey

Sta

tute

s.

Whe

re

such

cr

imin

al

beha

vior

is

a

reas

onab

ly

fore

seea

ble

con

sequ

ence

of

such

cha

rge,

the

Off

icer

will

not

be

char

ged

or

allo

wed

to

wai

ve F

OP

and

/or

lega

l rep

rese

ntat

ion

wit

hout

fir

st c

onta

ctin

g th

e F

OP

, w

ho s

hall

have

a

righ

t to

the

n ha

ve a

rep

rese

ntat

ive,

inc

ludi

ng le

gal c

ouns

el, a

t th

e m

eeti

n g.

D.

Dis

cipl

ine:

1.

Fol

low

ing

any

inve

stig

atio

n de

emed

nec

essa

ry b

y N

JIT

and

req

uisi

te d

ue

proc

ess,

whe

re a

ppli

cabl

e, a

n O

ffic

er m

ay b

e di

scip

line

d fo

r ju

st c

ause

.

2.

Dis

cipl

ine

unde

r th

is

Agr

eem

ent

mea

ns:

Off

icia

l w

ritt

en

repr

iman

d,

susp

ensi

on w

itho

ut p

ay a

nd d

isch

arge

.

7

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P t

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1 a

3.

Any

dis

cipl

inar

y ac

tion

im

pose

d up

on a

n O

ffic

er m

ay b

e pr

oces

sed

as a

gr

ieva

nce

thro

ugh

the

regu

lar

grie

vanc

e pr

oced

ure.

4.

An

Off

icer

who

is

susp

ende

d w

itho

ut p

ay o

r di

scha

rged

may

fil

e a

grie

vanc

e at

Ste

p T

wo

of

the

grie

vanc

e pr

oced

ure.

5.

The

term

s o

f thi

s A

rtic

le s

hall

not

app

ly to

pro

bati

onar

y O

ffic

ers.

E.

Gri

evan

ce P

roce

dure

:

I.

Anv

Off

icer

of t

he N

egot

iati

ng

Un

it M

ay A

ppea

l:

(a.)

A

cla

imed

vio

lati

on o

r ot

her

impr

oper

app

lica

tion

by

the

Uni

vers

ity

of

the

tem

1s

of

this

A

gree

men

t,

Uni

vers

ity

rule

s,

regu

lati

ons

or

gove

rnin

g po

licy

sp

ecif

ical

ly a

ffec

ting

the

gri

evin

g O

ffic

er's

neg

otia

ble

term

s an

d co

ndit

ions

of e

mpl

oym

ent.

2.

Tim

e L

imit

s:

(a.)

F

ailu

re o

f a

grie

vant

to

m

eet

any

of

the

cale

ndar

li

mit

atio

ns

stip

ulat

ed

in

the

proc

edur

e be

low

w

ill

cons

titu

te a

wai

ver

of

his

righ

ts t

o cl

aim

a g

riev

ance

on

th

e ba

sis

of

the

san1

e al

lege

d

fact

ual

situ

atio

n.

Lik

ewis

e,

a fa

ilur

e on

th

e pa

rt

of

the

desi

gnat

ed

repr

e sen

tati

ve

of

NJI

T

to

mee

t th

e pr

oced

ural

ob

liga

tion

s o

f an

y st

ep

in

the

grie

vanc

e pr

oced

ure,

w

ithi

n th

e pr

escr

ibed

pe

riod

o

f ti

me,

w

ill

give

th

e gr

ieva

nt

an

auto

mat

ic

righ

t to

pr

ocee

d to

th

e ne

xt

avai

labl

e st

ep i

n th

e pr

oced

ure.

It

is

unde

rsto

od t

hat

noth

ing

cont

aine

d in

th

is

proc

edur

e sh

ould

be

co

nstr

ued

as

lim

itin

g th

e ri

ght

or

prop

riet

y o

f an

O

ffic

er

of

the

nego

tiat

ing

unit

fr

om

info

rmal

ly

disc

ussi

ng a

ny p

robl

em w

ith

an a

ppro

pria

te m

embe

r o

f N

JIT

adm

inis

trat

ion

.

3.

Pro

cedu

re f

or H

and

lin

g G

riev

ance

s:

(a.)

In

form

al C

onfe

ren

ce

A g

riev

ant

may

fir

st d

iscu

ss h

is/h

er g

riev

ance

inf

orm

ally

wit

h th

e ap

prop

riat

e co

mm

and

Lie

uten

ant.

T

he g

riev

ant

may

at

his/

her

opti

on,

be

acco

mpa

nied

by

a

repr

esen

tati

ve

of

FO

P.

All

gr

ieva

nces

re s

olv

ed

at t

he i

nfor

mal

con

fere

nce

shal

l be

wit

hout

pr

eced

ent.

8

FO

P A

gree

men

t 201

5-20

19

(b.)

St

ep O

ne (i.)

W

ithi

n fi

ftee

n ( 1

5) w

orkd

ays

of

the

occu

rren

ce

caus

ing

the

grie

vanc

e or

o

f th

e ti

me

the

grie

vant

sho

uld

have

rea

sona

bly

know

n o

f the

oc

curr

ence

cau

sing

the

gri

evan

ce,

the

grie

vant

sh

all,

su

bmit

in

w

riti

ng

to

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y o

r th

e C

hie

f of

Pol

ice,

whi

chev

er

is a

ppli

cabl

e , w

ith

copi

es t

o th

e V

ice

Pre

side

nt

of

Hum

an R

esou

rces

, th

e cl

aim

ed f

acts

beh

ind,

an

d ba

sis

of

the

grie

vanc

e an

d th

e de

sire

d re

med

y.

Tim

e li

mit

s w

hich

be

gin

afte

r th

e w

ritt

en g

riev

ance

is

subm

itte

d m

ay b

e m

utua

lly

exte

nded

by

the

part

ies

only

in w

riti

ng.

(ii.)

F

OP

sha

ll be

not

ifie

d by

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y or

th

e C

hie

f o

f P

olic

e w

hich

ever

is

ap

plic

able

, in

th

e ev

ent

the

grie

vant

is

no

t re

pres

ente

d by

FO

P,

and

a re

pres

enta

tive

sha

ll ha

ve t

he r

ight

to

be p

rese

nt, a

t th

is t

ime

and

all

subs

eque

nt s

teps

in

the

grie

vanc

e pr

oced

ure,

to

pres

ent

the

view

s o

f F

OP

. T

he

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y or

the

Chi

ef o

f Pol

ice,

whi

chev

er

is a

ppli

cabl

e , o

r hi

s/he

r de

sign

ee w

hich

may

be

a re

pres

enta

tive

fr

om

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Hum

an R

esou

rces

or

othe

r U

nive

rsit

y of

fici

al,

wit

hin

fift

een

(15)

cal

enda

r da

ys a

fter

rec

eipt

o

f th

e w

ritt

en g

riev

ance

, sh

aJI

mee

t w

ith

the

grie

vant

and

the

rep

rese

ntat

ive

of

FO

P

in

an

effo

rt t

o re

solv

e th

e gr

ieva

nce.

T

he D

irec

tor

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

or t

he C

hief

of

Pol

ice

whi

chev

er

is a

ppli

cabl

e,

shal

l in

dica

te h

is/h

er d

ispo

siti

on

of t

he g

riev

ance

, in

wri

ting

, w

ithi

n fi

ftee

n ( 1

5)

cale

ndar

day

s o

f sa

id m

eeti

ng t

o th

e gr

ieva

nt,

FO

P a

nd V

ice

Pre

side

nt o

f Hum

an R

esou

rces

.

(c.)

St

ep T

wo

(i.)

If

the

gri

evan

t an

d/or

FO

P i

s di

ssat

isfi

ed w

ith

the

deci

sion

at

S

tep

One

o

f th

e gr

ieva

nce

proc

edur

e, o

r if

the

disc

ipli

ne g

riev

ed c

onsi

sts

of

a su

spen

sion

wit

hout

pay

or

disc

harg

e fr

om

empl

oym

ent,

dir

ectl

y ap

peal

able

to

the

seco

nd

step

of

the

grie

vanc

e p

roce

dw·e

, th

e gr

ieva

nt

and/

or

FO

P s

hall

, w

ithi

n fi

ftee

n ( 1

5) c

alen

dar

days

of t

he d

ate

of

the

deci

sion

at

Ste

p O

ne (

or

FOP

Ag

reem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

9

the

date

o

f th

e no

tice

o

f su

spen

sion

o

r te

rmin

atio

n,

in t

he c

ase

of

a di

rect

app

eal)

, fi

le

a w

ritt

en g

riev

ance

wit

h th

e V

ice

Pre

side

nt o

f R

eal

Est

ate

Dev

elop

men

t an

d C

apit

al

Ope

rati

ons,

wit

h co

pies

to

the

Vic

e P

resi

dent

of

Hum

an

Res

ourc

es.

The

gr

ieva

nce

shal

l co

ntai

n:

(1)

a br

ief

and

conc

ise

fact

ual

stat

emen

t o

f th

e ac

tion

gr

ieve

d,

(2)

the

sect

ion(

s)

of

the

coll

ecti

ve

barg

aini

ng

agre

emen

t al

lege

dly

viol

ated

, (3

) th

e sp

ecif

ic

poli

cy

and/

or

rule

or

re

gula

tion

al

lege

dly

viol

ated

and

(4)

the

desi

red

rem

edy

.

(ii.)

W

ithi

n th

irty

(30

) da

ys o

f re

ceip

t o

f th

e w

ritt

en

grie

vanc

e at

Ste

p T

wo,

the

Vic

e P

resi

dent

of

Rea

l E

stat

e D

evel

opm

ent

and

Cap

ital

O

pera

tion

s or

hi

s/he

r de

sign

ee

(Ste

p T

wo

Hea

ring

O

ffic

er)

shal

l sc

hedu

le

and

hold

a

hear

ing

for

the

purp

ose

of

dete

rmin

ing

the

stan

din

g an

d m

erit

s o

f th

e gr

ieva

nce.

If

the

gr

ieva

nce

invo

lves

a c

hall

enge

to

an

impo

sed

disc

ipli

nary

sa

ncti

on

the

grie

vant

m

ay

be

repr

esen

ted

eith

er

by

thei

r lo

cal

FO

P

repr

esen

tati

ve

or

lega

l co

unse

l,

prov

ided

th

e F

OP

de

sign

ates

su

ch

coun

sel

as

the

repr

esen

tati

ve

of

the

FO

P,

or

ther

e is

an

ap

prop

riat

e su

bsti

tuti

on o

f re

pres

enta

tion

. In

no

ca

se

shal

l gr

ieva

nt

be

enti

tled

to

du

al

repr

esen

tati

on o

f bo

th

an

FO

P re

pres

enta

tive

re

leas

ed

from

ac

tive

du

ty

for

purp

oses

o

f re

pres

enta

tion

an

d co

unse

l at

th

e S

tep

Tw

o he

arin

g.

An

F

OP

re

pres

enta

tive

, ot

her

than

le

gal

coun

sel

may

be

pres

ent

and

repr

esen

t th

e gr

ieva

nt

at

a ll

non-

disc

ipli

nary

gr

ieva

nce

hear

ing s

.

(iii.

) A

t le

ast

one

( 1)

wee

k pr

ior

to t

he d

ate

of

the

grie

vanc

e he

arin

g co

ncer

ning

an

im

pose

d di

scip

linar

y sa

ncti

on,

the

Uni

vers

ity

and

the

grie

vant

sh

all

exch

ange

th

e fo

llow

ing

info

rmat

ion:

(1 .)

A

ll do

cum

ents

whi

ch t

he U

nive

rsit

y re

lied

upo

n in

im

posi

ng

the

disc

ipli

nary

sa

ncti

on(s

) an

d al

l do

cum

ents

re

lied

up

on

by

the

grie

vant

11

1

chal

leng

ing

the

sanc

tion

(s);

10

FO

P A

gree

men

t 2

0 15

-20

19

(2.)

A

lis

t o

f aJ

I w

itne

sses

the

y in

tend

to

call

at t

he

grie

vanc

e he

arin

g,

and

a br

ief

sum

mar

y o

f th

e su

bsta

nce

of t

he a

ntic

ipat

ed t

esti

mon

y;

(3.)

If

the

re i

s an

y ta

ngib

le e

vide

nce

whi

ch f

orm

s th

e ba

sis

of

the

disc

ipli

nary

act

ion

, it

shal

l be

des

crib

ed

and

prov

ided

to

gr

ieva

nt's

re

pres

enta

tive

fo

r in

spec

tion

an

d/or

te

stin

g,

prov

ided

th

at

such

in

spec

tion

can

be

cond

ucte

d w

itho

ut d

amag

ing

or

com

prom

isin

g th

e in

tegr

ity

of t

he e

vide

nce.

(4.)

C

opie

s o

f th

e gr

ieva

nt's

per

sonn

el f

iles

wit

hin

the

Dep

artm

ent

of H

uman

Res

ourc

es.

The

re

shal

l be

no

ot

her

pre-

hear

ing

dis

cove

ry

auth

oriz

ed,

incl

udin

g in

terr

ogat

orie

s, d

ocum

ent p

rodu

ctio

n, d

epos

itio

ns, o

r si

mil

ar p

roce

dure

s.

(d.)

H

eari

ng P

roce

dure

s:

(i.)

T

he g

riev

ance

hea

ring

sha

ll be

hel

d be

fore

the

V

ice

Pre

side

nt o

f R

eal

Est

ate

Dev

elop

men

t an

d C

apit

al O

pera

tion

s or

the

S

tep

Tw

o H

eari

ng

Off

icer

. S

uch

hear

ing

is n

ot

inte

nded

to

be

judi

cial

in

na

ture

, an

d th

eref

ore

rule

s o

f ev

iden

ce a

pplic

able

in

judi

cial

or

quas

i-ju

dici

al

hear

ings

sh

all

not

be

appl

ied.

T

he

hear

ing

offi

cer

cont

rols

th

e he

arin

g an

d in

so

do

ing

dete

rmin

es

wha

t ev

iden

ce

to

hear

an

d th

e m

anne

r o

f pr

esen

tati

on

of

evid

ence

, an

d ad

voca

cy

wit

ness

es

may

be

su

bjec

ted

to

a re

leva

ncy

revi

ew

and

dete

rmin

atio

n by

th

e he

arin

g of

fice

r.

AIJ

allo

wed

wit

ness

es w

ill

be

give

n pa

id r

elea

se t

ime

from

uni

vers

ity

duty

to

test

ify

whe

n ca

lled

upo

n.

Tes

tim

ony

may

be

in

the

form

of

repl

y to

dir

ect

ques

tion

ing,

or

may

be

nar

rati

ve.

(ii.)

A

tra

nscr

ipt

of

the

proc

eedi

ng s

hall

be

arra

nged

fo

r an

d m

ade

by

the

Uni

vers

ity

in

case

s o

f gr

ieva

nces

o

f di

scip

lina

ry

term

inat

ions

on

ly.

The

gri

evan

t an

d/or

FO

P s

hall

be e

ntit

led

to a

co

py p

rovi

ded

that

the

y ag

ree,

in

adva

nce,

to

shar

e th

e co

st

of

tran

scri

ptio

n.

No

othe

r re

cord

ings

o

f th

e te

rmin

atio

n or

ot

her

disc

ipli

nary

gr

ieva

nce

proc

eedi

ngs

may

be

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-

20 1

9

11

mad

e (e

.g.

tape

rec

ordi

ngs)

unl

ess

the

part

ies

spec

ific

ally

agr

ee,

in w

hich

cas

e co

pies

of

any

tape

s sh

all

be m

ade

avai

labl

e to

the

non

-tap

ing

part

y.

(iii

.)

The

gri

evan

t be

ars

the

burd

en o

f pr

ovin

g th

eir

grie

vanc

e (e

.g.

that

th

ere

was

a

viol

atio

n o

f ag

reem

ent,

po

licy

, ru

le

or

regu

lati

on)

by

a pr

epon

dera

nce

of

the

cred

ible

evi

denc

e.

In t

he

case

o

f a

disc

ipli

nary

sa

ncti

on

of

a no

n­pr

obat

iona

ry

Off

icer

, al

legi

ng

disc

ipli

ne

wit

hout

ju

st c

ause

, th

e U

nive

rsit

y be

ars

the

burd

en

of

dem

onst

rati

ng

just

ca

use

by

a pr

epon

dera

nce

of

the

cred

ible

evi

denc

e.

Eac

h pa

rty

shal

l be

pe

rmit

ted

to

mak

e an

ope

ning

st

atem

ent,

pro

vide

d th

at s

ame

is n

ot t

esti

mon

ial

in n

atur

e.

(iv.

) In

gr

ieva

nces

o

f di

scip

lina

ry

sanc

tion

s,

wit

ness

es s

hall

test

ify

unde

r oa

th,

and

whe

re

the

prop

osed

dis

cipl

inar

y pe

nalt

y is

ter

min

atio

n o

f em

ploy

men

t, w

itne

sses

sha

ll be

dul

y sw

orn

by t

he c

erti

fied

sho

rtha

nd r

epor

ter

tran

scri

bing

th

eir

test

imon

y.

The

oth

er p

arty

may

cro

ss­

exam

ine

the

wit

ness

upo

n co

mpl

etio

n o

f di

rect

te

stim

ony;

th

ere

will

be

an

op

port

unit

y fo

r re

dire

ct

test

imon

y an

d re

-cro

ss-e

xam

inat

ion.

T

he S

tep

Tw

o H

eari

ng O

ffic

er m

ay,

in h

is/h

er

disc

reti

on,

lim

it

test

imon

y an

d ru

le

upon

ad

mis

sibi

lity

of

evid

ence

bas

ed u

pon

rele

vanc

y o

f th

e te

stim

ony,

its

pr

obat

ive

valu

e,

the

pote

ntia

l fo

r re

dund

ancy

in

cum

ulat

ive

effe

ct,

g1vm

g du

e re

gard

bo

th

for

grie

vant

's

oppo

rtun

ity

to

be h

eard

and

th

e ne

cess

ity

to

cond

uct

an

effi

cien

t he

arin

g th

at

is

neit

her

undu

ly t

ime

cons

umin

g to

the

pub

lic

enti

ty n

or

dire

cted

to

mat

ters

of

lim

ited

or n

o su

bsta

ntia

l re

leva

ncy

. W

itne

sses

' te

stim

ony

shal

l be

fa

ctua

l an

d no

t ba

sed

on

hear

say.

O

nly

in

exce

ptio

nal

circ

umst

ance

s, m

ay e

xper

t an

d/o

r ch

arac

ter

test

imon

y be

pr

esen

ted

by

eith

er

part

y, a

nd t

hen

only

upo

n a

sign

ific

ant

prof

fer

that

su

ch t

esti

mon

y is

di

rect

ly

rele

vant

to

a

nece

ssar

y fi

ndin

g in

re

solu

tion

o

f th

e un

derl

ying

gri

evan

ce, a

nd th

e re

leva

ncy

of s

uch

test

imon

y w

ould

ou

twei

gh t

he

adm

inis

trat

ive

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

019

12

burd

en o

f hea

ring

suc

h te

stim

ony.

(v.)

A

ll pr

oced

ural

o

r ev

iden

tiar

y ru

ling

s o

f th

e H

eari

ng O

ffic

er s

hall

be f

inal

and

bin

ding

for

pu

rpos

es o

f th

is h

eari

ng.

Upo

n th

e cl

ose

of

test

imon

y,

the

part

ies

may

pr

esen

t cl

osin

g st

atem

ents

sum

mar

izin

g th

eir

posi

tion

s.

Upo

n m

utua

l ag

reem

ent

of

the

part

ies,

or

upon

the

re

ques

t o

f th

e H

eari

ng O

ffic

er,

wri

tten

bri

efs

wil

l be

pro

vide

d.

(vi.

) T

he H

eari

ng O

ffic

er m

ay r

ende

r hi

s de

cisi

on

oral

ly

at

the

tim

e o

f he

arin

g if

the

re

is

no

tran

scri

pt o

f th

e he

arin

g ta

ken

and

brie

fs a

re

not

subm

itte

d,

othe

rwis

e,

he

wil

l re

serv

e hi

s de

cisi

on

unti

l th

e tr

ansc

ript

and

/ or

brie

fs a

re

subm

itte

d.

At

that

tim

e, t

he d

ecis

ion

wil

l be

pr

ovid

ed

in w

riti

ng,

wit

h co

pies

to

the

Vic

e P

resi

dent

o

f R

eal

Est

ate

Dev

elop

men

t an

d C

apit

al

Ope

rati

ons,

F

OP

, gr

ieva

nt,

and

Vic

e P

resi

dent

o

f H

uman

R

esou

rces

. A

bsen

t ag

reem

ent

by t

he p

arti

es,

this

will

occ

ur w

ithi

n th

irty

(30

) da

ys o

f th

e re

ceip

t o

f th

e tr

ansc

ript

an

d/o

r br

iefs

.

(vii

.)

In t

he e

vent

the

gri

evan

ce i

s on

e th

at i

s bo

th

appe

alab

le a

nd,

in

fact

ap

peal

ed t

o ei

ther

an

arbi

trat

or a

t S

tep

Thr

ee o

r an

othe

r ap

prop

riat

e fo

rum

, th

e ar

bitr

ator

(or

oth

er a

ppro

pria

te t

hird

pa

rty)

sha

ll b

e pr

ovid

ed a

cop

y o

f th

e tr

ansc

ript

be

low

and

br

iefs

(w

here

su

ch e

xist

) an

d th

e w

ritt

en d

eter

min

atio

n o

f th

e V

ice

Pre

side

nt o

f R

eal

Est

ate

Dev

elop

men

t an

d C

apit

al

Ope

rati

ons

or

the

Ste

p T

wo

Hea

ring

Off

icer

. In

th

e ca

se

of

grie

vanc

es

of

disc

ipli

nary

sa

ncti

ons,

the

sol

e is

sue

befo

re t

his

Ste

p T

hree

fo

rum

, w

hich

sha

ll be

lim

ited

sol

ely

to a

rev

iew

o

f th

e re

cord

be

low

, sh

all

be

whe

ther

th

e gr

ieva

nt b

y cl

ear

and

conv

inci

ng e

vide

nce

of

reco

rd

carr

ied

his/

her

burd

en;

the

reco

rd

ther

eby

dem

onst

rati

ng t

hat

the

hear

ing

offi

cer,

in

hi

s/he

r de

term

inat

ion,

( 1

) co

mm

itte

d a

subs

tant

ial

viol

atio

n o

f con

trac

tual

pro

cedu

re o

f si

gnif

ican

t ef

fect

or

impa

ct o

r (2

) th

e de

cisi

onal

fi

ndin

gs

of

the

hear

ing

offi

cer

wer

e w

holl

y ar

bitr

ary,

ca

pric

ious

o

r un

reas

onab

le,

base

d

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

0 19

13

upon

the

evi

denc

e be

fore

him

/her

, gi

ving

due

re

gard

fo

r th

e S

tep

Tw

o H

eari

ng O

ffic

er's

ab

ilit

y an

d au

thor

ity

to a

sses

s th

e cr

edib

ilit

y o

f w

itne

sses

.

(e.)

St

ep T

hree

(i.)

If

the

FO

P i

s di

ssat

isfi

ed

wit

h th

e de

cisi

on a

t S

tep

Tw

o, a

nd t

he a

lleg

ed g

riev

ance

inv

olve

s a

spec

ific

vi

ola

tion

o

f th

is

loca

lly

nego

tiat

ed

Agr

eem

ent,

as

desc

ribe

d in

the

def

init

ion

of

a gr

ieva

nce

in

E.l.

abo

ve a

nd t

he F

OP

des

ires

an

d is

aut

hori

zed

by J

aw t

o in

stit

ute

arbi

trat

ion

or o

ther

app

eal

proc

eedi

ngs,

it

m

ust,

wit

hin

fift

een

(15)

cal

enda

r da

ys o

f rec

eipt

of

the

Vic

e P

resi

dent

fo

r R

eal

Est

ate

Dev

elop

men

t an

d C

apit

al

Ope

rati

ons

or t

he

Ste

p T

wo

Hea

ring

O

ffic

er's

rep

ly,

give

pro

per

noti

ce t

o ei

ther

the

N

ew

Jers

ey

Pub

lic

Em

ploy

men

t R

elat

ions

C

omm

issi

on,

here

inaf

ter

refe

rred

to

as P

ER

C,

or t

o th

e B

oard

of

Tru

stee

s, c

onsi

sten

t w

ith t

he

proc

edur

es s

et f

orth

by

stat

ute

wit

h co

pies

to

the

Vic

e P

resi

dent

of

Hum

an R

esou

rces

and

the

G

ener

al C

o uns

el.

Any

arb

itra

tion

pro

ceed

ings

sh

all

be

in

acco

rdan

ce

wit

h th

e ru

les

and

regu

lati

ons

of

PE

RC

, an

d fo

r gr

ieva

nces

o

f di

scip

lina

ry s

anct

ions

, sub

ject

to

the

para

met

ers

lim

itin

g th

e sc

o pe

of r

evie

w s

et f

orth

in

(d)(

vii)

, ab

ove.

(ii.)

T

he

reco

mm

enda

tion

o

r de

cisi

on

of

the

revi

ewin

g in

divi

dual

or

body

sha

ll n

ot i

n an

y m

anne

r m

odif

y o

r ca

use

anyt

hing

to

be a

dded

to

or

subt

ract

ed f

rom

th

is

Agr

eem

ent

or a

ny

poli

cy o

f the

Uni

vers

ity.

(iii.

) F

ees

and

expe

nses

of

an a

rbit

rato

r w

here

suc

h pr

ocee

ding

s ar

e au

thor

ized

sh

all

be

shar

ed

equa

lly

by t

he U

nive

rsit

y an

d th

e F

OP

. O

nly

wit

h pr

ior

wri

tten

ag

reem

ent

of

the

part

ies,

sh

all

any

othe

r ex

pens

e or

fee

con

tain

ed i

n th

js

grie

vanc

e pr

oced

ure

be s

hare

d.

4.

NJI

T w

ill

give

wri

tten

not

ific

atio

n to

the

Pre

side

nt o

f FO

P o

f gr

ieva

nce

hear

ings

or

mee

ting

s be

ginn

ing

wit

h S

tep

One

for

all

Off

icer

s o

f th

e ne

goti

atin

g un

it.

14

FOP

Agr

eem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

The

Pre

sid

ent

of

FOP

sha

ll al

so b

e se

nt c

opie

s of

all

grie

van

ce a

nsw

ers.

5.

Dec

isio

ns o

f an

arb

itra

tor

invo

lvin

g m

inor

dis

cipl

ine,

as

defi

ned

by l

aw,

shal

l be

fin

al a

nd b

indi

ng.

AR

TIC

LE

VII

I

NO

ND

ISC

RIM

INA

TIO

N

A.

The

pro

vis

ions

of

this

Agr

eem

ent

shal

l be

app

lied

equ

ally

to

all

mem

bers

of

the

nego

tiat

ing

unit

wit

hout

dis

crim

inat

ion

as t

o ag

e, s

ex,

gend

er p

refe

renc

e, m

arit

al s

tatu

s,

race

, co

lor,

cre

ed,

nati

onal

ori

gin,

vet

eran

's s

tatu

s or

pol

itic

al a

ffil

iati

on i

n ac

cord

ance

w

ith l

ocal

, S

tate

and

Fed

eral

Law

s.

B.

All

refe

renc

es to

Off

icer

s of

the

neg

otia

ting

uni

t or

agen

ts o

f th

e U

nive

rsity

in

this

A

gree

men

t de

sign

ate

both

se

xes,

and

w

here

ver

the

mal

e ge

nder

is

us

ed

it sh

all

be

cons

true

d to

inc

lude

bot

h m

ale

and

fem

ale

Of f

icer

s an

d U

nive

rsit

y ag

ents

.

C.

NJI

T a

gree

s no

t to

int

erfe

re w

ith t

he r

ight

of

Off

icer

s to

bec

ome

mem

bers

of

this

un

it,

and

ther

e sh

all

be n

o di

scri

min

atio

n, i

nter

fere

nce,

res

trai

nt,

or c

oerc

ion,

by

eith

er

NJI

T o

r an

y re

pres

enta

tive

of

FO

P a

gain

st a

ny O

ffic

er b

ecau

se o

f FO

P m

embe

rshi

p or

la

ck o

f m

embe

rshi

p o

r be

cau

se o

f an

Of f

icer

's a

ctiv

ity o

r la

ck o

f ac

tivi

ty i

n an

y ca

paci

ty

pert

aini

ng t

o an

y le

gal a

ctiv

ities

of

FOP

.

D.

FOP

reco

gniz

es i

ts r

espo

nsib

ilit

y as

neg

otia

ting

age

nt a

nd a

gree

s to

rep

rese

nt a

ll O

ffic

ers

in t

he n

egot

iati

ng u

nit

wit

hout

dis

crim

inat

ion,

int

erfe

renc

e, r

estr

aint

, or

coer

cion

re

gard

less

ofm

embe

rshi

p or

lac

k of

mem

bers

hip

in F

OP

.

AR

TIC

LE

IX

AP

PL

ICA

TIO

N O

F S

EN

IOR

ITY

A.

All

Off

icer

s sh

all

be c

onsi

dere

d as

pro

bati

onar

y O

ffic

ers

for

one

(I)

year

fro

m t

he

date

of a

ppoi

ntm

ent a

s an

Ins

titu

tion

al O

ffic

er.

B.

Upo

n co

mpl

etio

n o

f su

ch p

roba

tion

ary

peri

od,

seni

orit

y w

ill b

e da

ted

as o

f th

e in

itia

l da

te o

f ap

poin

tmen

t as

an

Off

icer

. In

the

eve

nt t

hat

two

(2)

or m

ore

Off

icer

s ha

ve

the

sam

e in

itia

l da

te o

f ap

poin

tmen

t, co

ntin

uous

pri

or d

epar

tmen

t se

rvic

e, c

onti

nuou

s N

JlT

ser

vice

, and

the

alp

habe

tical

ord

er o

f th

eir

last

nam

es,

in t

hat

ord

er.

shal

l be

use

d to

de

term

ine

thei

r se

nio

rity

with

reg

ard

to e

ach

othe

r.

C.

The

D

epar

tmen

t o

f H

uman

R

esou

rces

sh

all

mai

ntai

n a

sem

onty

lis

t o

f al

l O

ffic

ers,

a c

opy

of

whi

ch s

hall

be f

urni

shed

to

FO

P e

very

six

(6)

mon

ths,

nor

mal

ly i

n Ja

nuar

y an

d Ju

l y.

D.

Sup

erio

r O

ffic

ers

of

NJI

T

(e.g

., Se

rgea

nts

, L

ieut

enan

ts),

w

ith

pn

or

NJI

T

15

FOP

Agr

eem

ent

20

15-2

019

com

mis

sion

ed

Off

icer

ex

peri

ence

, m

ay

upon

la

yo

ff

from

th

eir

posi

tion

s,

util

ize

all

senj

orit

y ac

cum

ulat

ed a

s an

Off

icer

at

NJI

T t

o di

spla

ce a

n O

ffic

er w

ith

less

sen

iori

ty

accr

ued

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

this

Agr

eem

ent.

E.

An

Off

icer

's s

enio

rity

sha

ll c

ease

and

his

em

ploy

men

t st

atus

sha

ll t

erm

inat

e fo

r an

y o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

reas

ons:

1.

Res

igna

tion

or

reti

rem

ent.

2.

Dis

char

ge f

or c

ause

.

3.

Con

tinu

ous

lay-

off f

or a

per

iod

of t

wo

(2)

year

s.

4.

Fai

lure

of

a re

call

ed O

ffic

er t

o no

tify

NJI

T i

n w

riti

ng,

wit

hin

seve

n (7

) ca

lend

ar d

ays

of

rece

ipt

of

noti

fica

tion

of

reca

ll t

hat

he i

nten

ds t

o ac

cept

suc

h of

fer

of

reem

ploy

men

t.

An

Off

icer

acc

epti

ng s

uch

an

offe

r o

f re

empl

oym

ent

mus

t re

turn

to

ac

tive

ser

vice

wit

hin

four

teen

(14

) ca

lend

ar d

ays

of

such

not

ice

of

reca

ll u

nles

s a

late

r da

te is

agr

eed

to b

y N

JTT

. W

ritt

en n

otic

e o

f rec

all

to w

ork

shal

l be

sen

t by

NJI

T c

erti

fied

m

ail,

ret

urn

rece

ipt

requ

este

d,

to t

he O

ffic

er's

las

t kn

own

addr

ess

as s

how

n on

NJI

T

reco

rds.

5.

Fai

lure

to

repo

rt f

or w

ork

for

a pe

riod

of

five

(5)

con

secu

tive

sch

edul

ed

wor

king

day

s w

itho

ut s

ubse

quen

t no

tifi

cati

on t

o N

JIT

of

a ju

stif

iabl

e ex

cuse

for

suc

h ab

senc

e (J

ob A

band

onm

ent)

.

6.

Fai

lure

to

repo

rt b

ack

to w

ork

imm

edia

tely

upo

n ex

pira

tion

of

vaca

tion

, le

ave

of

abse

nce,

or

any

rene

wal

the

reo

f un

less

fai

lure

to

retu

rn t

o w

ork

is e

xcus

ed b

y N

JIT

, an

d su

ch e

xcus

e sh

all

not

be u

nrea

sona

bly

wit

hhel

d by

NJT

T.

7.

Fai

lure

to

re

turn

to

w

ork

imm

edia

tely

w

ith

appr

opri

ate,

fo

rmal

ce

rtif

icat

ion

of

the

elim

inat

ion

of

the

disa

bili

ty (

or o

ther

int

erve

rung

cau

se f

or a

bsen

ce)

foll

owin

g ex

haus

tion

of a

utho

rize

d le

ave,

aff

orde

d un

der

and

purs

uant

to

this

Agr

eem

ent

(Job

Aba

ndon

men

t).

AR

TIC

LE

X

OU

T O

F T

ITL

E W

OR

K

A.

Whe

n an

Off

icer

is

tem

pora

rily

ass

igne

d to

wor

k in

ano

ther

jo

b t

itle

wit

hin

the

nego

tiat

ing

unit

, suc

h as

sign

men

t m

ay b

e m

ade

for

peri

ods

up t

o th

irty

(30

) ca

lend

ar d

ays

unle

ss m

utua

lly

exte

nded

by

N

JIT

and

F

OP

. N

JIT

is

no

t re

stri

cted

to

fi

llin

g th

e as

sign

men

t fr

om o

nly

thos

e w

ho a

pply

, and

in

fill

ing

such

ope

ning

sha

ll f

irst

con

side

r th

e qu

alif

icat

ions

of

the

appl

ican

t an

d pr

ovid

ing

such

qua

lifi

cati

ons

are

equa

l, s

hall

the

n co

nsid

er t

he l

engt

h o

f con

tinu

ous

serv

ice

of t

he a

ppli

cant

.

1.

If N

JIT

ass

igns

an

Off

icer

to

tem

pora

rily

wor

k as

an

acti

ng S

erge

ant

16

FOP

Agr

eem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

he/s

he s

hall

be

assi

gned

in

that

cap

acit

y fo

r a

peri

od n

ot t

o ex

ceed

120

con

secu

tive

day

s,

unle

ss t

he p

arti

es m

utua

lly

agre

e to

ext

end

the

peri

od o

f ti

me

in w

riti

ng.

The

Off

icer

sh

a ll

be e

ntitl

ed t

o a

one-

tim

e ca

sh p

aym

ent

of

One

Tho

usan

d F

ive

Hun

dred

Dol

lars

($

1 ,5

00),

pr

ovid

ed

the

Off

icer

w

orks

in

su

ch

capa

city

fo

r a

peri

od

of

at

leas

t 30

co

nsec

utiv

e da

ys.

AR

TIC

LE

XI

PO

ST

ING

, HIR

ING

AN

D P

RO

MO

TIO

N

In

keep

ing

wit

h N

JIT

's

com

mit

men

t to

af

firm

ativ

e ac

tion

an

d eq

ual

emp

loym

ent

oppo

rtun

itie

s, a

ll re

crui

tmen

t ef

fort

s w

ill

conf

orm

wit

h th

e ap

plic

atio

n se

ctio

ns o

f N

JIT

P

erso

nnel

P

olic

ies

and

Pro

cedu

res

Man

ual

and

its

Eq

ual

Opp

ortu

nity

/Aff

trm

ativ

e A

ctio

n po

lici

es.

Acc

ordi

ngl y

, a

perm

anen

t jo

b o

peni

ng w

hich

rep

rese

nts

a pr

omot

iona

l op

port

unity

sha

ll be

pos

ted

in a

ccor

d w

ith a

ppli

cabl

e U

nive

rsit

y po

lici

es.

Cop

ies

of

such

pos

ting

sha

ll be

fur

nish

ed t

o F

OP

.

A.

Sti

pend

Opp

ortu

niti

es

I.

Det

ecti

ve A

ssig

nmen

t

For

the

term

of t

his

Agr

eem

ent,

the

ann

ual

stip

end

for

the

Det

ecti

ve A

ssig

nmen

t is

$

1,50

0.

To

be e

ligib

le, c

andi

date

s m

ust d

ispl

ay h

igh

mor

al c

hara

cter

and

kno

wle

dge

of

thei

r job

. O

ffic

ers

will

be

enco

urag

ed b

y th

e de

part

men

t to

vol

unt

eer

for

the

posi

tion

. C

andi

date

s m

ust

disp

lay

a hi

gh p

rofi

cien

cy in

rep

ort

wri

ting

. C

andi

date

s m

ust

have

an

exte

nsiv

e hi

stor

y o

f sel

f-in

itia

ted

proa

ctiv

e po

lici

ng, i

nclu

ding

com

mun

ity

poli

cing

, arr

ests

, fie

ld

inqu

irie

s, m

otor

veh

icle

sto

ps, a

nd d

emon

stra

tion

of t

ime

man

agem

ent

skil

ls.

Pro

spec

tive

Det

ecti

ves

are

requ

ired

to

perf

orm

a w

ide

arra

y o

f dai

ly a

ssig

nmen

ts;

incl

udin

g, b

ut n

ot l

imit

ed t

o:

a.

Em

ploy

men

t ba

ckgr

ound

inv

esti

gati

ons

b.

Mai

ntai

ning

cas

e fi

les

on a

ny a

nd a

ll op

en i

nves

tiga

tion

s c.

F

inge

rpri

ntin

g an

d st

ayin

g up

to

date

on

all

regi

ster

ed S

ex O

ffen

ders

wit

hin

the

NJI

T C

omm

unit

y d.

U

CR

dai

ly a

nd w

eek

ly s

tati

stic

al u

pkee

p e.

O

n-ca

ll a

vaila

bili

ty in

the

eve

nt o

f a c

rim

e/si

tuat

ion/

inci

dent

dee

med

sig

nifi

cant

en

ough

by

the

Det

ecti

ve S

erge

ant t

o ha

ve t

he D

etec

tive

com

e in

to w

ork.

f.

Inte

rvie

w a

nd i

nter

roga

tion

g.

S

tate

men

t re

cord

ing

h.

Man

agin

g co

nfid

enti

al i

nfor

man

ts

1.

Cri

me

prev

enti

on

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-

20 19

17

J. R

epor

t m

anag

emen

t k

. P

rope

rty

and

evid

ence

ass

ista

nt m

anag

emen

t

The

Dep

artm

ent

enco

urag

es o

ffic

ers

to v

olun

teer

to b

e co

nsid

ered

for

the

sel

ecti

on

proc

ess.

Whe

n an

ope

ning

occ

urs

for

Det

ecti

ve a

ssig

nmen

t, a

n of

fice

r sh

a ll c

ompl

ete

an

adm

inis

trat

ive

subm

issi

on t

o th

e In

vest

igat

ions

uni

t C

omm

ande

r. T

he s

elec

tion

pro

cess

wil

l in

clud

e an

int

ense

rev

iew

by

the

Pat

rol

and

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Div

isio

ns, w

ith

the

fina

l se

lect

ion

rest

ing

wit

h th

e C

hie

f of

Pol

ice.

Thi

s re

view

wil

l in

clud

e, b

ut i

s no

t li

mit

ed t

o; s

enio

rity

, an

nual

eva

luat

ions

, ti

me

and

atte

ndan

ce r

ecor

ds, d

epar

tmen

tal

com

men

dati

ons,

and

dis

cip

linar

y hi

stor

y.

2.

Fie

ld T

rain

ing

Off

icer

Ass

ignm

ent

For

the

term

of t

his

Agr

eem

ent,

the

ann

ual

stip

end

for

a F

ield

Tra

inin

g O

ffic

er

Ass

ignm

ent

is $

1,00

0.

The

suc

cess

of t

he F

ield

Tra

inin

g an

d E

valu

atio

n P

rogr

am d

epen

ds o

n th

e ab

ilit

ies

and

effo

rts

of t

he p

erso

nnel

ins

truc

ting

the

PO

I. I

t is

impo

rtan

t th

at t

he F

TO

's a

re p

rope

rly

mot

ivat

ed, t

rain

ed, a

nd h

a ve

the

desi

re t

o in

stru

ct.

The

fol

low

ing

min

imum

gui

deli

nes

are

esta

blis

hed

for

beco

min

g an

NJI

T D

epar

tmen

t of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

FT

O:

a.

Mus

t ha

ve

a po

siti

ve a

nd p

rodu

ctiv

e at

titu

de a

nd b

e ca

pabl

e o

f gu

idin

g th

e tr

aine

e th

roug

h th

is p

rogr

am i

n an

eff

ecti

ve a

nd

effi

cien

t m

anne

r;

b.

The

off

icer

mus

t ha

ve e

xem

plar

y ev

alua

tion

s, c

arry

out

dut

ies

wit

h

litt

le a

ssis

tanc

e in

a d

epen

dabl

e an

d pr

ofes

sion

al m

anne

r;

c.

The

FT

O w

ill

poss

ess

and

shar

e in

the

phi

loso

phy

and

goal

s o

f the

de

part

men

t;

d.

The

abi

lity

to

com

mun

icat

e ef

fect

ivel

y, o

rall

y, a

nd i

n w

riti

ng;

e.

The

kno

wle

dge

of r

egul

atio

ns, t

eclm

ique

s, a

nd p

roce

dure

s us

ed t

o co

nduc

t in

vest

igat

ions

of v

iola

tion

s o

f tra

ffic

and

cri

min

al l

aw a

nd

loca

l or

dina

nces

;

f. T

he c

omm

itm

ent t

o po

lice

int

egri

ty,

as e

vide

nced

by

prev

ious

as

sign

men

ts a

nd p

erfo

rman

ce;

g.

The

cul

tura

l an

d co

mm

unit

y se

nsit

ivit

y, a

s ev

iden

ced

by p

revi

ous

assi

gnm

ents

and

tra

inin

g.

h.

The

wil

ling

ness

to

acce

pt a

tem

pora

ry c

hang

e in

dut

y a s

sign

men

ts

base

d up

on o

pera

tion

al n

eed

;

18

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

019

The

Dep

artm

ent

enco

urag

es o

ffic

ers

to v

olun

teer

to b

e co

nsid

ered

for

the

sel

ecti

on

proc

ess.

Whe

n an

ope

ning

occ

urs

for

an F

TO

, an

offi

cer

shal

l co

mpl

ete

an a

dmin

istr

ativ

e su

bmis

sion

to

the

FT

O C

oord

inat

or, e

xpre

ssin

g th

eir

desi

re t

o be

com

e an

FT

O.

The

sel

ec6o

n pr

oces

s w

ill

incl

ude

an i

nten

se r

evie

w b

y th

e P

atro

l an

d A

dmin

istr

ativ

e D

ivis

ions

, wit

h th

e fi

nal

sele

ctio

n re

stin

g w

ith

the

Chi

ef o

f Pol

ice.

Thi

s re

view

will

inc

lude

, but

is n

ot l

imit

ed t

o; s

enio

rity

, ann

ual

eval

uati

ons,

tim

e an

d at

tend

ance

rec

ords

, dep

artm

enta

l co

mm

enda

tion

s, a

nd d

isci

plin

ary

hist

ory.

AR

TIC

LE

XII

SIC

K L

EA

VE

A.

Acc

rual

:

All

Off

icer

s sh

all

earn

8 h

ours

, pe

r ca

lend

ar m

onth

of

empl

oym

ent.

Unu

sed,

acc

rued

si

ck le

ave

is c

umul

ativ

e.

B.

Uti

liza

tion

:

I.

Sic

k le

ave

may

be

utili

zed

by O

ffic

ers

whe

n th

ey a

re u

nabl

e to

per

fom

1 th

eir

wor

k by

rea

son

of

pers

onal

ill

ness

, in

jury

or

expo

sure

to

cont

agio

us

dise

a se

or

for

the

atte

ndan

ce

of

the

Off

icer

up

on

a m

embe

r o

f th

e im

med

iate

fam

ily

who

is

seri

ousl

y ill

, or

who

se s

pous

e, d

omes

tic

part

ner

or

civi

l un

ion

part

ner

(as

defi

ned

and

reco

gniz

ed

by

Sta

te

law

, re

spec

tive

ly,

is h

ospi

tali

zed

due

to p

regn

ancy

. F

or t

he p

urpo

se o

f th

is

prov

isio

n,

imm

edia

te F

amil

y sh

a ll

be d

efin

ed a

s fa

ther

, m

othe

r, s

pous

e,

dom

esti

c pa

rtne

r or

civ

il un

ion

part

ner,

natu

ral

or a

dopt

ed c

hild

, fo

ster

ch

ild,

and

leg

a lly

rec

ogni

zed

rela

tive

s le

giti

mat

ely

resi

ding

in

the

sam

e ho

useh

old

as O

ffic

er.

2.

Hom

e vi

sits

of

Off

icer

s w

ho h

ave

call

ed o

ut s

ick

will

be

impl

emen

ted

as

per

depa

rtm

enta

l st

anda

rd o

pera

ting

pro

cedu

re.

3.

Whe

re B

erea

vem

ent

leav

e is

not

ava

ilab

le,

accu

mul

ated

sic

k le

ave

may

be

use

d to

gri

eve

the

deat

h an

d/or

att

end

the

fune

ral

of

the

Off

icer

's i

mm

edia

te f

amil

y.

Lea

ve u

tiliz

ed f

or b

erea

vem

ent

sha l

l be

lim

ited

to t

hree

(3)

day

s pe

r oc

curr

ence

unl

ess

exce

ptio

n fo

r ex

tra o

rdin

ary

reas

on i

s m

ade

by a

nd a

t th

e di

scre

tion

of

the

Uni

vers

ity

's

Vic

e P

resi

dent

of

Hum

an R

esou

rces

exp

ress

des

igne

e.

For

pur

pose

s o

f th

is p

rovi

sion

on

ly,

imm

edia

te F

amil

y sh

all

be d

efin

ed a

s fa

ther

, m

othe

r, s

pous

e, d

omes

tic

part

ner

or

civi

l un

ion

part

ner)

, na

tura

l or

ado

pted

chi

ld,

fost

er c

hild

, si

ster

, br

othe

r an

d le

gall

y re

cogn

ized

rel

ativ

es l

egit

imat

ely

resi

ding

in t

he s

ame

hous

ehol

d as

Offi

cer.

C.

Au

thor

izat

ion

19

FO

P A

gre

em

en

t 2

0 1

5-2

0 1

9

1.

An

tici

pat

ed

Lea

ve:

Any

p

rope

r ut

iliz

atio

n o

f si

ck

leav

e an

tici

pate

d in

adv

ance

mus

t be

req

uest

ed a

s fa

r in

adv

ance

as

prac

tica

ble

and

appr

oved

by

the

Off

icer

's i

mm

edia

te s

uper

viso

r pr

ior

to u

tili

zati

on.

App

rova

l w

ill

not

be u

nrea

sona

bly

deni

ed.

Exa

mpl

es o

f an

tici

pate

d le

ave,

by

w

ay o

f il

lust

rati

on

but

not

lim

itat

ion

, in

clud

e ph

ysic

ian

appo

intm

ents

, de

ntis

t ap

poin

tmen

ts,

sche

dule

d su

rger

y an

d sh

ort-

term

car

e fo

r an

ill

m

embe

r o

f th

e im

med

iate

fam

ily

. W

ithi

n a

rea s

ona

ble

peri

od o

f ti

me

foll

owin

g ut

iliz

atio

n o

f si

ck l

eave

for

thi

s pu

rpos

e th

e O

ffic

er u

pon

requ

est

by N

JIT

mus

t va

lida

te t

he

reas

on f

or s

ched

uled

lea

ve b

y m

eans

of

wri

tten

pro

of th

at t

he s

ched

uled

pur

pose

o

f the

sic

k le

ave

did

occu

r.

2.

Una

ntic

ipat

ed L

eave

: U

tili

zati

on o

f si

ck l

eave

tha

t ca

nnot

be

anti

cipa

ted

in a

dvan

ce, s

uch

as s

udde

n il

lnes

s, m

ust

be v

alid

ated

by

cont

acti

ng, a

s so

on a

s po

ssib

le a

nd,

to t

he e

xten

t po

ssib

le,

wit

hin

on

e-h

alf

(Y2)

ho

ur

afte

r th

e be

ginn

ing

of

the

Off

icer

's s

ched

uled

w

orkd

ay,

the

Off

icer

's s

uper

viso

r o

r by

ut

iliz

ing

such

met

hod

spec

ific

ally

dir

ecte

d by

the

Off

icer

's s

uper

viso

r to

not

ify

NJI

T o

f un

anti

cipa

ted

sick

lea

ve.

D.

Val

idat

ion

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Sta

te a

nd F

eder

al r

egul

atio

ns,

the

Em

ploy

er m

ay p

reli

min

aril

y de

sign

ate

an e

mpl

oyee

who

has

bee

n ab

sent

for

3 o

r m

ore

cons

ecut

ive

days

or

who

has

ex

haus

ted

his/

her

earn

ed

sick

le

ave

bank

s on

F

amil

y L

eave

, pe

ndin

g m

edic

al

cert

ific

atio

n.

Fam

ily

Lea

ve f

or a

n O

ffic

ers'

hea

lth

cond

itio

n sh

all

run

cons

ecut

ivel

y w

ith

sick

lea

ve u

sage

; F

amil

y L

eave

for

im

med

iate

fam

ily

shal

l ru

n co

ncur

rent

ly w

ith

sick

lea

ve u

sage

.

Upo

n re

ason

able

sus

pici

on o

f ab

use

or

patt

erne

d ab

sent

eeis

m,

the

Em

ploy

er m

ay

requ

ire

the

empl

oyee

to

prov

ide

med

ical

cer

tifi

cati

on f

or f

utur

e si

ngle

day

or

mul

tipl

e da

y ab

senc

es.

If a

bsen

t fo

r fi

ve (

5) o

r m

ore

cons

ecut

ive

wor

king

day

s, t

he O

ffic

er m

ust

pres

ent

a p

hys

icia

n's

sta

tem

ent

spec

ific

ally

val

idat

ing

the

dura

tion

and

nat

ure

of

illn

ess

or

inju

ry

enab

ling

sic

k l

eave

usa

ge.

An

Off

icer

abs

ent

for

unan

tici

pate

d si

ck l

eave

for

any

and

all

pe

riod

s to

tali

ng m

ore

than

ten

(I 0

) da

ys i

n on

e ( 1

) fi

scal

yea

r m

ay b

e re

quir

ed t

o su

bmit

a

phys

icia

n's

sta

tem

ent

vali

dati

ng t

he d

urat

ion

and

natu

re o

f il

lnes

s en

abli

ng s

ick

leav

e us

age.

S

ick

leav

e ta

ken

for

purp

oses

of

bere

avem

ent,

pu

rsua

nt t

o pr

ovis

ion

8.2

. ab

ove,

sh

all

not

be

coun

ted

for

purp

oses

o

f ei

ther

the

fi

ve (

5) o

r te

n ( 1

0)

day

val

idat

ion

requ

irem

ent,

how

ever

, be

reav

emen

t ut

iliz

atio

n o

f si

ck

leav

e m

ust,

upon

re

ques

t,

be

vali

date

d th

roug

h in

depe

nden

t w

ritt

en

docu

men

tati

on

whe

ther

an

tici

pate

d or

un

anti

cipa

ted

.

Upo

n re

ceip

t o

f a

spec

ific

dia

gnos

tic

stat

emen

t fr

om

a ph

ysic

ian

desc

ribi

ng a

ch

roni

c,

debi

lita

ting

il

lnes

s o

f an

O

ffic

er,

the

five

(5

) an

d te

n (I

0)

day

vali

dati

on

requ

irem

ent

shal

l be

wai

ved

as a

mat

ter

of

regu

lar

cour

se,

how

ever

, up

on r

easo

nabl

e

20

FO

P A

gree

men

t 201

5-20

19

susp

icio

n o

f ab

use

or f

ollo

win

g fi

ftee

n (1

5) d

ays

usag

e o

f si

ck l

eave

dur

ing

a fi

scal

yea

r N

JIT

, F

OP

and

the

Off

icer

sha

ll m

eet

for

the

purp

ose

of

eith

er i

nves

tiga

ting

pot

enti

al

abus

e an

d/or

to

disc

uss

the

abse

ntee

ism

in

atte

mpt

to

avoi

d di

scip

lina

ry a

ctio

n.

An

Off

icer

suf

feri

ng f

rom

a c

erti

fied

chr

onic

ill

ness

mus

t, a

t le

ast

once

eve

ry s

ix

(6)

mon

ths,

pro

vide

NJI

T w

ith

med

ical

re-

cert

ific

atio

n an

d fo

llow

ing

fift

een

(15)

day

s us

age

in a

fis

cal

year

on

acco

unt

of

said

ill

ness

, to

pro

vide

add

itio

nal

re-c

erti

fica

tion

of

the

chro

nic

illn

ess.

I.

Con

fide

ntia

litv

of

Rec

ords

: A

ll m

edic

al r

epor

ts a

nd d

iagn

osi

s pr

ovid

ed

purs

uant

to t

his

Art

icle

sha

ll re

mai

n co

nfid

enti

al w

ith

the

desi

gnee

s o

f th

e D

epar

tmen

t o

f H

uman

Res

ourc

es o

nly

subj

ect

to d

iscl

osur

e to

suc

h of

fice

rs o

r ag

ents

of

the

univ

ersi

ty

wit

h a

dire

ct b

usin

ess

need

to

know

.

2.

Art

icle

XII

I -

Fam

ily

Lea

ve:

The

se p

roce

dmes

sha

ll b

e ad

min

iste

red

cons

iste

nt w

ith

Art

icle

XII

I, F

amil

y L

eave

, be

low

. If

and

whe

re c

onfl

ict

aris

es,

Art

icle

X

IIl,

Fam

ily

Lea

ve s

hall

tak

e pr

eced

ence

.

E.

Unu

sed

Sick

Lea

ve-

Ret

irem

ent:

Sub

ject

to

th

e pr

ovis

ion

of

N.J

.S.A

. II

A:6

-17

and

rule

s an

d re

gula

tion

s pr

omul

gate

d th

ereu

nder

, a

full

-tim

e O

ffic

er

who

en

ters

re

tire

men

t,

purs

uant

to

th

e pr

ovis

ions

of

a S

tate

adm

inis

tere

d or

app

rove

d re

tire

men

t sy

stem

, an

d ha

s to

his

cre

dit

any

earn

ed a

nd u

nuse

d ac

cum

ulat

ed s

ick

leav

e sh

all

be e

ntit

led

to r

ecei

ve s

uppl

emen

tal

com

pens

atio

n fo

r su

ch e

arne

d an

d un

used

acc

umul

ated

sic

k le

ave

only

to

the

exte

nt s

uch

is f

unde

d by

the

Sta

te.

The

sup

plem

enta

l co

mpe

nsat

ion

to b

e pa

id s

hall

be

com

pute

d at

the

rat

e o

f on

e­h

alf

('l'2)

of

the

elig

ible

Off

icer

's h

ourl

y ra

te o

f pa

y fo

r ea

ch h

our

of

earn

ed a

nd u

nuse

d ac

cum

ulat

ed s

ick

leav

e ba

sed

upon

the

ave

rage

ann

ual

com

pens

atio

n re

ceiv

ed d

urin

g th

e la

st y

ear

of

his

empl

oym

ent

prio

r to

the

eff

ecti

ve d

ate

of

his/

her

reti

rem

ent,

pro

vide

d,

how

ever

, th

at n

o su

ch s

uppl

emen

tal

com

pens

atio

n pa

ymen

t sh

all

exce

ed t

he s

tatu

tory

li

mit

for

com

mis

sion

ed P

olic

e O

ffic

ers

upon

ent

erin

g re

tire

men

t.

Thi

s su

pple

men

tal

com

pens

atio

n sh

all

be p

aid

in a

lum

p su

m a

fter

the

effe

ctiv

e da

te o

f ret

irem

ent.

It m

ay b

e de

ferr

ed

by

the

Off

icer

fo

r pa

ymen

t w

ithi

n on

e (I

) ye

ar

of

the

effe

ctiv

e da

te

of

reti

rem

ent.

AR

TIC

LE

XII

I

FA

MIL

Y L

EA

VE

NJI

T h

as l

ong

reco

gniz

ed t

he i

mpo

rtan

ce o

f fam

ily

issu

es a

s an

int

egra

l co

mpo

nent

of a

re

spon

sive

hum

an r

eso

urce

env

iron

men

t in

whi

ch i

ts P

olic

e O

ffic

ers

will

pro

sper

. It

has

he

reto

fore

pro

vide

d a

num

ber

of b

enef

its

incl

udin

g le

aves

of a

bsen

ce f

or p

erso

nal

and

fam

ily

reas

ons.

Bot

h S

tate

and

Fed

eral

gov

ernm

ent

have

det

erm

ined

to

spec

ific

ally

le

gisl

ate

in t

his

rega

rd b

y af

ford

ing

unpa

id l

eave

to P

olic

e O

ffic

ers

unde

r ce

rtai

n sp

ecif

ic 21

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

019

circ

umst

ance

s.

The

res

ult

dem

and

s th

at N

JIT

pol

icie

s, S

tate

law

and

Fed

eral

law

be

prop

erly

rec

ogni

zed

and

prom

ulga

ted

in a

law

ful,

equ

itab

le a

nd c

onte

mpo

rary

pol

icy.

N

JIT

, the

refo

re, h

ereb

y ce

rtif

ies

that

the

Uni

vers

ity

Fam

ily

Lea

ve P

olic

y (a

vail

able

at

http

://w

ww

.nji

t.ed

u/po

lici

es/p

df/F

amil

y L

eave

Pol

icy

.pdQ

m

eets

thes

e de

man

ds

(and

sh

all

be in

terp

rete

d co

nsis

tent

wit

h) N

JIT

's o

ther

sta

ndin

g le

ave

poli

cie s

.

It i

s ag

reed

tha

t th

e U

niv

ersi

ty m

ay p

reli

min

aril

y de

sign

ate

an e

mpl

oyee

's a

bsen

ce a

s F

amil

y L

eave

whe

n:

1.

An

em

ploy

ee (

or a

spo

kesp

erso

n on

beh

alf

of

an e

mpl

oye

e) n

otif

ies

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f H

uman

Res

ourc

es o

r th

e im

med

iate

sup

ervi

sor

of a

per

sona

l se

riou

s he

alth

co

ndit

ion

or

the

seri

ous

heal

th c

ondi

tion

of a

n el

igib

le f

amil

y m

embe

r (l

iste

d be

low

).

2.

Upo

n th

e em

ploy

ee o

r th

e su

perv

isor

's n

otif

icat

ion

to t

he D

epar

tmen

t o

f H

uman

Res

ourc

es a

fter

3 c

onse

cuti

ve d

ays

of p

aid

or u

npai

d ab

senc

e.

Fam

ily

Lea

ve s

hall

ru

n co

nsec

utiv

ely

afte

r ac

cum

ulat

ed

sick

le

ave

bank

s ar

e ex

haus

ted

for

an

Off

icer

's o

wn

seri

ous

heal

th

cond

itio

n an

d F

amil

y L

eave

sha

ll ru

n co

ncur

rent

ly

wit

h ac

cum

ulat

ed

sick

l e

ave

for

an

Off

icer

s'

elig

ible

fa

mil

y m

embe

r. A

ccum

ulat

ed s

ick

leav

e ba

lanc

es t

hat

exce

ed t

he

60 d

ays

of

Fam

ily

Lea

ve m

ay c

onti

nue

to b

e ut

ilize

d th

erea

fter

upo

n su

bmis

sion

of

med

ical

cer

tifi

cati

on u

pdat

es t

o be

pro

vide

d in

int

erva

ls o

f not

less

tha

n ev

ery

30 d

ays.

Fam

ily

Lea

ve s

hall

be a

dmin

iste

red

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith th

e U

nive

rsity

's F

amil

y L

eave

P

olic

y, a

vail

able

at

http

://w

ww

.njit

.edu

/pol

icie

s/p

df/F

amil

y L

eave

P

olic

y.pd

f.

It is

un

ders

tood

tha

t th

e F

amil

y L

eave

Pol

icy

shal

l be

rev

ised

and

upd

ated

to

incl

ude

man

dato

ry p

rovi

sion

s re

quir

ed b

y S

tate

and

Fed

eral

Law

.

AR

TIC

LE

XIV

AD

MIN

IST

RA

TIV

E L

EA

VE

A.

Ad

min

istr

ativ

e L

eave

:

1.

New

ly h

ired

, fu

ll ti

me

NJI

T O

ffic

ers

shal

l be

gra

nted

fou

r (4

hou

rs o

f ad

min

istr

ativ

e le

ave

accr

ual a

fter

eac

h fu

ll ca

lend

ar m

onth

of e

mpl

oym

ent

to a

max

imum

o

f tw

enty

-fou

r (2

4) h

ours

dur

ing

thei

r fi

rst c

ontr

actu

ally

def

ined

yea

r o

f ser

vice

.

2.

Tw

enty

-fou

r ho

urs

of

adm

inis

trat

ive

leav

e ar

e gr

ante

d to

al

l fu

ll-t

ime

Off

icer

s en

teri

ng t

heir

sec

ond

year

(fi

rst

full

fisc

al

year

) o

f em

ploy

men

t se

rvic

e an

d an

nua l

ly t

here

afte

r, w

hich

mus

t be

use

d in

hal

f-da

y (4

, or

6 ho

ur)

incr

emen

ts.

3.

Pri

orit

ies

for

gran

ting

of

leav

es a

re:

(a.)

Em

erge

ncie

s.

22

FOP

Agr

eem

ent

20 I S

-20

19

(b.)

Obs

erva

tion

of r

elig

ious

or

othe

r da

ys o

f cel

ebra

tion

bu

t no

t pu

blic

hol

iday

s.

(c.)

P

erso

nal

busi

ness

.

(d.)

A

tten

danc

e at

the

fun

eral

of

an i

ndiv

idua

l ot

her

than

a

mem

ber

of

the

imm

edia

te f

an1

ily.

Abs

ence

s re

late

d to

fu

nera

ls o

f im

med

iate

fam

ily

mem

bers

are

con

side

red

unde

r ot

her

prov

isio

ns o

f thi

s A

gree

men

t.

(e.)

O

ther

per

sona

l af

fair

s.

4.

Adm

inis

tra t

ive

leav

e sh

all

not

be c

umul

ativ

e, a

nd a

ny s

uch

leav

e cr

edit

re

mai

ning

unu

sed

by a

n O

ffic

er a

t th

e en

d o

f the

fis

cal

year

or

upon

sep

arat

ion

shal

l be

ca

ncel

led

.

5.

Req

uest

s fo

r ad

min

istr

ativ

e le

ave

mus

t be

app

rove

d in

adv

ance

by

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y or

Chi

ef o

f P

olic

e, w

hich

ever

is

appl

icab

le,

exce

pt i

n tr

ue

emer

genc

y si

tuat

ions

. In

em

erge

ncy

situ

a tio

ns,

vali

dati

on o

f th

e em

erge

ncy

may

be

requ

este

d by

N

JIT

sub

sequ

ent

to t

he u

napp

rove

d us

e.

Una

ppro

ved

emer

genc

ies

are

lim

ited

to

heal

th a

nd s

afet

y re

late

d m

atte

rs.

AR

TIC

LE

XV

MIL

ITA

RY

LE

AV

E

A.

Mil

itar

y L

eave

, Wit

hou

t P

ay

1.

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Sta

te a

nd/o

r F

eder

al r

egul

atio

ns,

NJI

T s

hall

gra

nt a

qu

alif

ying

em

ploy

ee.

who

is

a m

embe

r o

f th

e U

.S.

mil

itar

y re

serv

es o

r th

e N

ew J

erse

y S

tate

mil

itia

or

the

org

aniz

ed m

ilit

ia o

f an

othe

r S

tate

, a

leav

e o

f ab

senc

e, w

itho

ut p

ay,

for

Inac

tive

Dut

y S

erv

ice.

(A

n ex

ampl

e o

flna

ctiv

e D

uty

Ser

vice

is

wee

kend

dri

lls.

)

2.

A q

uali

fyin

g em

ploy

ee g

rant

ed M

ilit

ary

Lea

ve o

f A

bsen

ce,

wit

hout

pay

, th

at i

s le

ss t

han

two

(2)

cons

ecut

ive

wee

ks,

sha l

l co

ntin

ue t

o ac

crue

vac

atio

n,

pers

onal

, an

d si

ck l

eave

. A

qua

lify

ing

empl

oyee

gra

nted

a M

ilit

ary

Lea

ve o

f A

bsen

ce,

wit

hout

pa

y, t

hat

is m

ore

than

tw

o (2

) co

nsec

utiv

e w

eeks

, sh

a ll

not

accr

ue v

acat

ion,

per

sona

l,

and/

or s

ick

leav

e du

ring

suc

h le

ave

of a

bsen

ce.

3.

A q

uali

fyin

g em

ploy

ee g

rant

ed a

Mil

itar

y L

eave

of

Abs

ence

, w

itho

ut p

ay,

may

, w

ith

adva

nce

noti

ce,

use

accr

ued

vaca

tion

, pe

rson

al l

eave

, or

flo

atin

g ho

lida

ys.

Sic

k L

eave

sha

ll no

t be

use

d fo

r M

ilit

ary

Lea

ve o

f Abs

ence

.

B.

Mil

itar

y L

eave

, Wit

h P

ay

23

FOP

Agr

eem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

I.

In a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

Sta

te a

nd/o

r F

eder

al r

egu

lati

ons,

NJI

T s

hall

gran

t a

qual

ifyi

ng e

mpl

oyee

, w

ho i

s a

mem

ber

of

the

U.S

. m

ilit

ary

rese

rves

or

a m

embe

r o

f th

e or

gani

zed

mil

itia

of

anot

her

Sta

te,

a le

ave

of

abse

nce

for

up t

o 30

wor

king

day

s in

any

ca

lend

ar y

ear

wit

hout

loss

of

pay

or b

enef

its

for

Fed

eral

Act

ive

Dut

y S

ervi

ce.

NJI

T s

hall

gr

ant a

qua

lify

ing

empl

oyee

who

is

a m

embe

r o

f th

e N

ew J

erse

y S

tate

org

aniz

ed m

ilit

ia a

le

ave

of

abse

nce

for

up t

o 90

wor

king

day

s in

any

cal

enda

r ye

ar w

itho

ut l

oss

of

pay

or

bene

fits

for

Fed

eral

Act

ive

Dut

y S

ervi

ce.

2.

Sho

uld

the

empl

oyee

be

call

ed t

o ac

tive

dut

y se

rvic

e fo

r a

nati

onal

or

stat

e em

erge

ncy

or f

orei

gn c

onfl

ict

whi

ch e

xcee

ds t

he 3

0 or

90

wor

king

day

s de

scri

bed

in A

ab

ove,

NJI

T s

hall

gra

nt a

lea

ve o

f ab

senc

e th

roug

h th

e en

d o

f th

at c

alen

dar

year

wit

hout

lo

ss o

f be

nefi

ts a

nd s

hall

pay

the

empl

oyee

the

dif

fere

nce

betw

een

thei

r ap

plic

able

NJI

T

base

sal

ary

and

thei

r m

ilit

ary

"bas

e pa

y"

prov

ided

th

e em

ploy

ee

prov

ides

pro

of

of

mil

itar

y se

rvic

e an

d "b

ase

pay"

. T

his

is o

ften

ref

erre

d to

as

Dif

fere

ntia

l P

ay a

nd i

s no

t cu

rren

tly

man

date

d by

Fed

eral

or

Sta

te r

egul

atio

ns.

3.

If a

qua

lify

ing

empl

oyee

is

elig

ible

for

a M

ilit

ary

Lea

ve w

ith

pay

or

a M

ilit

ary

Lea

ve

wit

h di

ffer

enti

al

pay

as

desc

ribe

d ab

ove,

he

/she

con

tinu

e to

ac

crue

va

cati

on,

pers

onal

, an

d si

ck l

eave

. Q

uali

fyin

g em

ploy

ees

elig

ible

for

Mil

itar

y L

eave

w

ith

pay

or

Mil

itar

y L

eave

wit

h di

ffer

enti

al p

ay s

hall

be e

ntit

led

to a

ll he

alth

and

wel

fare

be

nefi

ts. 4.

A

qua

lify

ing

empl

oyee

who

is

call

ed t

o N

ew J

erse

y S

tate

Act

ive

Dut

y S

ervi

ce,

for

exam

ple

duri

ng a

nat

ural

dis

aste

r or

New

Jer

sey

Sta

te e

mer

genc

y, s

hall

be

elig

ible

for

a M

ilit

ary

Lea

ve o

f A

bsen

ce a

s re

quir

ed b

y N

ew J

erse

y S

tate

or

Fed

eral

re

gula

tion

s.

5.

A q

uali

fyin

g em

ploy

ee f

or p

urpo

ses

of

this

Art

icle

sha

ll b

e de

fine

d as

an

y em

ploy

ee w

ho h

as a

chie

ved

non-

prob

atio

nary

sta

tus

at l

east

onc

e du

ring

his

/her

cur

rent

em

ploy

men

t w

ith

NJI

T o

r a

tem

pora

ry e

mpl

oyee

who

has

bee

n em

ploy

ed m

ore

than

one

(1

) ye

ar.

A n

on-q

uali

fyin

g em

ploy

ee i

s el

igib

le f

or M

ilit

ary

Lea

ve o

f A

bsen

ce,

wit

hout

pa

y, o

nly.

6.

A q

uali

fyin

g em

ploy

ee e

ligib

le f

or M

ilit

ary

Lea

ve o

f Abs

ence

, wit

h o

r w

itho

ut p

ay,

shal

l no

t su

ffer

any

loss

of s

enio

rity

.

C.

Ext

ensi

ons

of M

ilita

ry L

eave

l.

Sho

uld

a qu

alif

ying

em

ploy

ee b

e ca

lled

to F

eder

al A

ctiv

e D

uty

Ser

vice

be

yond

the

fir

st c

alen

dar

year

or

subs

eque

nt c

onse

cuti

ve y

ears

, he/

she

shal

l be

eli

gibl

e o

r 51

the

paid

lea

ve a

s de

scri

bed

in B

. I.

abo

ve e

ffec

tive

eac

h Ja

nuar

y l

.

2.

Sho

uld

a qu

alif

ying

em

ploy

ee b

e ca

lled

to

Fed

eral

Act

ive

Dut

y Se

rvic

e be

yond

th

e 30

or

90 w

orki

ng d

ays

desc

ribe

d ab

ove

in

the

seco

nd c

alen

dar

year

or

subs

eque

nt c

onse

cuti

ve y

ears

, NJI

T, a

t it

s so

le d

iscr

etio

n, m

ay e

xten

d th

e M

ilit

ary

Lea

ve

24

of

Abs

ence

wit

h di

ffer

enti

al p

ay,

as d

escr

ibed

in

B.

2. a

bove

, fo

r th

e re

mai

nder

of

that

se

cond

cal

enda

r ye

ar o

r su

bseq

uent

con

secu

tive

yea

rs.

If N

JIT

dec

ides

not

to

gran

t a

Mil

itar

y L

eave

of

Abs

ence

wit

h di

ffer

enti

al p

ay,

NJI

T s

hall

gra

nt a

Mil

itar

y L

eave

of

Abs

ence

, w

itho

ut p

ay,

for

the

rem

aind

er o

f tha

t ca

lend

ar y

ear.

3.

Fai

lure

to p

rovi

de a

dvan

ce n

otic

e o

f ca

ll t

o du

ty, e

xcep

t in

em

erge

ncy

situ

atio

ns, c

ould

res

ult

in l

oss

of

prot

ecti

ons

unde

r F

eder

al a

nd/o

r S

tate

reg

ulat

ions

and

sh

all

be ju

st c

ause

for

dis

cipl

inar

y ac

tion

up

to t

erm

inat

ion

of e

mpl

oym

ent.

F

ailu

re t

o pr

ovid

e ve

rifi

cati

on o

f att

enda

nce

or

mil

itar

y pa

y re

cord

s m

ay r

esul

t in

del

ay i

n pa

y o

r be

nefi

ts u

ntil

suc

h ve

rifi

cati

on is

pro

vide

d.

4.

In t

he e

vent

tha

t F

eder

al a

nd/ o

r S

tate

law

may

be

amen

ded

to p

rovi

de a

gr

eate

r be

nefi

t to

the

empl

oyee

tha

n se

t fo

rth

here

in, s

uch

law

sha

ll s

uper

sede

the

term

s o

f thi

s co

ntra

ct.

AR

TIC

LE

XV

I

LE

AV

E F

OR

FO

P A

CT

IVIT

Y

A.

NJI

T a

gree

s to

pro

vide

tim

e o

ff w

itho

ut l

oss

of

pay

for

dele

gate

s o

f F

OP

to

att

end

FO

P a

ctiv

itie

s pr

ovid

ed t

hat

the

tota

l an

1oun

t o

f ti

me

wit

hout

los

s o

f pa

y,

duri

ng t

he p

erio

d o

f th

is A

gree

men

t, sh

all

not

exce

ed a

tot

al o

f tw

elve

(12

) da

ys d

urin

g ea

ch y

ear

of t

his

Agr

eem

ent.

The

tot

al n

umbe

r o

f da

ys o

f su

ch l

eave

whi

ch m

ay b

e us

ed i

n ea

ch y

ear

shal

l be

ex

clus

ive

of

leav

e pr

ovid

ed u

nder

the

pro

visi

on o

f New

Jer

sey

law

and

ord

inar

ily

gran

ted

unde

r th

at s

tatu

te.

Lea

ves

for

such

act

ivit

ies

of

mor

e th

an f

ive

(5)

days

dur

atio

n in

eac

h ye

ar o

f th

e A

gree

men

t sh

all

be a

t th

e so

le d

iscr

etio

n o

f Nfl

T.

Suc

h ap

prov

al w

ill

not

be

unre

ason

ably

wit

hhel

d.

B.

FO

P s

hall

req

uest

, in

wri

ting

, ap

prov

al f

rom

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Hum

an

Res

ourc

es t

o us

e su

ch l

eave

. S

uch

requ

ests

sha

ll b

e m

ade,

in

wri

ting

, no

les

s th

an t

wo

(2)

wee

ks i

n ad

vanc

e b

y F

OP

spe

cify

ing

the

type

of

FO

P a

ctiv

ity

for

whi

ch t

ime

off

is

soug

ht,

the

indi

vidu

al(s

) to

be

gran

ted

the

tim

e o

ff a

nd t

he m

axim

um a

mou

nt o

f ti

me

to

be u

tili

zed

.

AR

TIC

LE

XV

II

OT

HE

R L

EA

VE

S O

F A

BS

EN

CE

A.

Eli

gib

ilit

y:

1.

Any

Off

icer

, no

t en

titl

ed

to o

r af

ter

havi

ng e

xhau

sted

the

oth

er l

eave

be

nefi

ts p

rovi

ded

by t

his

Agr

eem

ent

but

desi

ring

to

rem

ain

empl

oyed

by

NJI

T m

ay a

pply

fo

r an

unp

aid

leav

e o

f abs

ence

.

25

FO

P A

gree

men

t 201

5-2

019

2.

In r

evie

win

g re

ques

ts f

or u

npai

d le

ave

of

abse

nce,

NJI

T w

ill

ensu

re t

hat

Art

icle

XII

I, F

amil

y L

eave

, is

fu

lly c

ompl

ied

wit

h as

pre

requ

isit

e to

its

dis

cret

iona

ry

dete

rmin

atio

n as

to

whe

ther

to

gran

t a

requ

est

and

the

para

met

ers

on s

uch

gran

t w

hen

give

n.

The

re s

hall

be

no b

enef

its

bank

acc

rual

dur

ing

any

unpa

id l

eave

, no

r sh

all

ther

e by

an

y m

onet

ary

cont

ribu

tion

by

NJI

T o

n be

hal

f of s

uch

Off

icer

exc

ept

as m

ay b

e m

anda

ted

by l

aw, o

r as

oth

erw

ise

expr

essl

y p

rovi

ded

for

by t

his

Agr

eem

ent.

B.

Pro

cedu

re:

1.

Any

and

all

requ

ests

for

lea

ve o

f ab

senc

e un

der

this

pro

visi

on m

ust

be

mad

e in

wri

ting

, w

ith

spec

ific

sta

tem

ent

of n

eed

for

leav

e, a

s fa

r in

ad

van

ce o

f the

des

ired

le

ave

as p

ossi

ble.

A

ppli

cati

on f

or l

eave

mus

t be

sub

mit

ted

to t

he O

ffic

er's

im

med

iate

su

perv

isor

, ex

cept

in

such

cas

es w

here

the

spe

cifi

c st

atem

ent

of

need

rec

ites

a p

erso

nal,

m

edic

al o

r ot

her

extr

aord

inar

y co

nfid

enti

al b

asis

, in

whi

ch c

ase

the

full

appl

icat

ion

shal

l be

sub

mit

ted

to

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Hum

an R

eso

urce

s, w

ith

noti

ce t

o th

e im

med

iate

su

perv

isor

tha

t a r

eque

st h

as b

een

mad

e fo

r th

e du

rati

on s

tate

d on

the

app

lica

tion

.

2.

App

rova

l, d

enia

l or

mod

ifie

d ap

prov

al o

f th

e re

ques

ted

leav

e sh

all,

exc

ept

in t

he c

ase

of

emer

genc

y, b

e pr

ovid

ed w

ithi

n tw

o (2

) w

eeks

by

NJI

T.

Rea

son

for

deni

al

of u

npai

d le

ave

shal

l be

pro

vide

d w

ith

a de

nial

of l

eave

by

NJ I

T.

3.

Adm

inis

trat

ion

of

this

Art

icle

is

grie

vabl

e o

nly

on t

he l

imite

d ba

sis

that

N

JIT

hel

d no

rat

iona

l ba

sis

to d

eny

the

requ

este

d le

ave.

P

robl

ems

aris

ing

out

of

the

adm

inis

trat

ion

of

this

Art

icle

m

ay

be

refe

rred

to

th

e L

abor

/Man

agem

ent

foru

m

for

disc

u ssi

on a

nd a

ttem

pted

res

olut

ion

.

C.

Rei

nsta

tem

ent:

I.

Sho

uld

NJI

T r

easo

nabl

y de

term

ine

that

an

Off

icer

's r

etur

n to

wor

k m

ight

je

opar

dize

his

/her

hea

lth o

r sa

fety

or

that

of N

JIT

's s

tude

nts

or o

ther

Off

icer

s, N

JIT

may

re

quir

e a

wri

tten

med

ical

, ps

ycho

logi

cal

or o

ther

lic

ense

d pr

ofes

sion

al's

cer

tifi

cati

on,

appr

opri

ate

unde

r th

e ci

rcum

stan

ces,

att

esti

ng to

the

Off

icer

's f

itn

ess

to r

etur

n to

wor

k, a

s a

prer

equi

site

to

such

ret

urn

. N

JIT

may

, up

on r

easo

nabl

e ev

iden

ce o

f su

ch j

eopa

rdy,

re

quir

e ex

amin

atio

n an

d ce

rtif

icat

ion

, at

its

expe

nse,

for

ret

urn

to w

ork

by a

phy

sici

an o

f it

s ch

oosi

ng.

2.

An

Off

icer

, re

ady

and

able

to

retu

rn t

o w

ork

fro

m

a sh

ort-

term

lea

ve,

perm

itte

d pu

rsua

nt t

o th

e ab

ove

prov

isio

ns,

will

be

retu

rned

to

his/

her

form

er p

osit

ion

or

an e

quiv

alen

t po

siti

on w

ith

equi

vale

nt p

ay,

and

frin

ge

bene

fits

, in

clud

ing

reti

rem

ent

syst

em b

enef

its.

A

ccum

ulat

ed s

enio

rity

will

be

mai

ntai

ned

and

rein

stat

ed i

f an

d w

hen

nece

ssar

y.

A s

hort

-ter

m l

eave

is,

in

tota

l co

nsec

utiv

e du

rati

on,

nine

ty (

90)

cale

ndar

day

s or

less

. 3.

Whi

le N

JIT

will

mak

e ev

ery

reas

onab

le e

ffor

t to

pla

ce a

n O

ffic

er r

ead

y an

d ab

le t

o re

turn

fro

m

long

-ter

m

leav

e o

f ab

senc

e in

his

/her

for

mer

po

sitio

n o

r a

com

para

ble

posi

tion

, th

ere

is n

o en

titl

emen

t to

a p

ositi

on w

ith

NJI

T f

ollo

win

g a

long

-

26

FOP

Agr

eem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

term

lea

ve o

f ab

senc

e.

A l

ong-

term

lea

ve o

f ab

senc

es i

s, i

n to

tal

cons

ecut

ive

dura

tion

, ni

nety

-one

(91

) ca

lend

ar d

ays

or m

ore.

4.

Acc

epti

ng a

pos

itio

n w

ith

anot

her

empl

oyer

, w

hile

on

leav

e o

f ab

senc

e,

exce

pt a

s m

ay b

e ex

pres

sly

unde

rsto

od a

s pa

rt o

f th

e re

ason

for

lea

ve a

nd a

ppro

ved

by

NJI

T in

adv

ance

w

ill r

esul

t in

for

feit

ure

of

the

leav

e o

f ab

senc

e an

d al

l be

nefi

ts d

eriv

ed

' th

ere

from

or

m

aint

aine

d du

ring

sa

id

leav

e an

d im

med

iate

te

rmin

atio

n o

f N

JIT

em

ploy

men

t.

D.

Ber

eave

men

t L

eave

:

In a

ddit

ion

to l

eave

ava

ilab

le p

ursu

ant t

o A

rtic

le X

II B

.2.

here

in, O

ffic

ers

shal

l be

en

titl

ed t

o up

to

thre

e (3

) pa

id d

ays

and

up t

o th

ree

(3)

addi

tion

al u

npai

d da

ys o

f le

ave

each

yea

r o

f th

is a

gree

men

t, t

o m

ourn

and

/or

atte

nd t

o fa

mil

ial

resp

onsi

bili

ties

cau

sed

by

the

deat

h o

f a

mem

ber

of

the

Off

icer

's I

mm

edia

te F

amil

y.

Inun

edia

te F

amil

y sh

all

be a

s de

fine

d in

Art

icle

XII

B.4

, her

ein.

U

nuse

d B

erea

vem

ent

Lea

ve i

s no

t cu

mul

ativ

e ye

ar to

ye

ar a

nd N

JIT

res

erve

s it

s ri

ght

to r

equi

re v

alid

atio

n o

f the

nee

d fo

r B

erea

vem

ent

Lea

ve.

Fin

ally

, B

erea

vem

ent

Lea

ve m

ust

be t

aken

w

ithi

n te

n ( 1

0) d

ays

of

the

deat

h o

f th

e im

med

iate

fam

ily

mem

ber

unle

ss e

xcep

tion

is

auth

oriz

ed f

or e

xtra

ordi

nary

cir

cum

stan

ces

by a

nd a

t th

e di

scre

tion

of t

he V

ice

Pre

side

nt f

or H

uman

Res

ourc

es.

AR

TIC

LE

XV

III

WO

RK

ER

S'

CO

MP

EN

SA

TIO

N

An

Off

icer

on

Wor

kers

' C

ompe

nsat

ion

shal

l re

ceiv

e th

at p

aym

ent

to w

hich

he/

she

is

enti

tled

by

law

, in

acc

orda

nce

wit

h be

nefi

t re

gula

tion

and

acc

ompa

nyin

g pr

oced

ure

in

effe

ct a

t th

e ti

me

of

elig

ibil

ity

for

Wor

kers

' C

ompe

nsat

ion.

S

houl

d an

Off

icer

wis

h to

su

pple

men

t th

at c

ompe

nsat

ion

rece

ived

und

er N

ew J

erse

y W

orke

rs'

Com

pens

atio

n la

w

and

regu

lati

on t

o re

ceiv

e th

e sa

me

tota

l sa

lary

com

pens

atio

n re

ceiv

ed

whe

n no

t on

W

orke

rs'

Com

pens

atio

n, h

e/sh

e m

ay e

lect

to

util

ize,

on

an h

our

for

hour

bas

is,

his/

her

sick

lea

ve a

ccru

al f

or a

per

iod

not

to e

xcee

d si

x (6

) ca

lend

ar m

onth

s.

The

ele

ctio

n o

f su

pple

men

t W

orke

rs'

Com

pens

atio

n m

ust

be m

ade

in a

sig

ned

wri

ting

to t

he D

epar

tmen

t o

f H

uman

Res

ourc

es, w

ith

a co

py t

o th

e B

enef

its

Man

ager

, and

sup

plem

enta

tion

will

be

prog

ress

ive

only

fro

m

the

tim

e th

e re

ques

t is

rec

eive

d by

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Hum

an

Res

ourc

es.

AR

TIC

LE

XIX

HO

LID

AY

S

A.

Beg

irm

ing

Fisc

al Y

ear

2008

(Ju

ly 1

, 200

7):

1.

Eac

h O

ffic

er i

n ac

tive

sta

tus

shal

l an

nual

ly b

e en

titl

ed t

o th

e fo

llow

ing

nam

ed, p

aid

holi

days

:

27

FO

P A

gree

men

t 201

5-20

19

(a.)

New

Yea

r's

Day

(b

.) T

hank

sgiv

ing

Day

(c

.) C

hris

tmas

Day

2.

Eac

h O

ffic

er s

hall

re

ceiv

e th

ree

(3)

floa

ting

ho

lida

ys,

prov

idin

g su

ch

"flo

atin

g" h

olid

ays

shal

l be

take

n at

a t

ime

agre

eabl

e to

the

sup

ervi

sor.

B.

In t

he e

vent

any

of

the

regu

lar

paid

hol

iday

s fa

ll on

an

Off

icer

's s

ched

uled

day

of

f, t

hey

shal

l be

obs

erve

d on

the

fol

low

ing

sche

dule

d da

y o

f wor

k.

C.

An

Off

icer

on

an u

npai

d le

ave

of

abse

nce

or

layo

ff i

s no

t en

titl

ed t

o pa

y fo

r a

holi

day

fall

ing

duri

ng l

eave

or

layo

ff.

D.

NJI

T s

hall

con

tinu

e it

s re

quir

emen

ts f

or e

ligi

bili

ty f

or h

olid

ay p

ay,

how

ever

, an

O

ffic

er w

ho i

s no

t on

the

payr

oll

shal

l no

t b

e el

igib

le f

or h

olid

ay p

ay.

E.

A h

olid

ay w

hich

occ

urs

duri

ng a

vac

atio

n pe

riod

is

cons

ider

ed a

hol

iday

and

wil

l no

t be

cha

rged

as

a va

cati

on d

ay.

F.

Any

Off

icer

who

is

requ

ired

to

wor

k an

y o

f the

day

s de

sign

ated

by

NJI

T a

s a

paid

ho

lida

y pu

rsua

nt to

pro

visi

on A

. I.

or

A. 2

., s

hall

be

affo

rded

the

fol

low

ing

prem

ium

pay

in

add

itio

n to

the

hol

iday

pay

:

I.

For

the

fir

st e

ight

(8)

hou

rs,

tim

e an

d-on

e-ha

lf

for

all

hour

s w

orke

d.

2.

For

all

hour

s in

exc

ess

of e

ight

(8)

, dou

ble-

tim

e fo

r al

l ho

urs

wor

ked

.

G.

For

the

pur

pose

s o

f co

mpu

ting

ove

rtim

e, a

ll h

olid

ay h

ours

, w

heth

er w

orke

d o

r un

wor

ked

, for

whi

ch a

n O

ffic

er i

s co

mpe

nsat

ed, s

hall

be

rega

rded

as

hour

s w

orke

d.

H.

The

six

(6)

hol

iday

s, a

nnua

lly

prov

ided

pur

suan

t to

this

Agr

eem

ent,

con

stit

ute

the

enti

re p

aid

holi

day

sche

dule

pro

vide

d by

NJI

T.

I.

It i

s ex

pres

sly

inte

nded

and

und

erst

ood

that

the

re a

re n

o ad

diti

onal

pai

d da

ys

avai

labl

e to

F

OP

O

ffic

ers,

exc

ept

as e

xpre

ssly

pr

ovid

ed

by o

ther

pro

visi

ons

of

the

cont

roll

ing

coll

ecti

ve b

arga

inin

g A

gree

men

t.

J. S

enio

rity

is

a fa

ctor

tha

t w

ill

be c

onsi

dere

d by

NJI

T i

n as

sign

men

t o

f de

sign

ated

an

d fl

oati

ng h

olid

ays.

H

owev

er,

it is

not

dis

posi

tive

of t

he i

ssue

of a

ssig

nmen

t.

AR

TIC

LE

XX

ED

UC

AT

ION

AL

BE

NE

FIT

S

28

FOP

Agr

eem

ent

201

5-20

19

All

Off

icer

s, a

nd w

here

app

lica

ble

thei

r de

pend

ents

, ar

e el

igib

le t

o pa

rtic

ipat

e in

the

ex

isti

ng N

JIT

Tui

tion

Rem

issi

on P

lan

auth

ori

zed

by t

he B

oard

of T

rust

ees,

and

sub

ject

to

the

appl

icab

le r

ules

and

reg

ulat

ions

gov

ern

ing

the

Pla

n.

AR

TIC

LE

XX

l

VA

CA

TIO

N

A.

An

Off

icer

is

enti

tled

to

a va

cati

on w

ith

pay.

S

uch

vaca

tion

is

sche

dule

d as

re

ques

ted

by t

he O

ffic

er,

prov

ided

dep

artm

enta

l st

affi

ng a

nd w

orkl

oad

perm

it.

Vac

atio

n en

titl

emen

ts f

or f

ull

tim

e, 4

0 ho

urs

per

wee

k, a

re a

s fo

llow

s:

Yea

rs o

f Ser

vice

A

ccru

al in

Hou

rs

New

ly h

ired

off

icer

fro

m d

ate

of h

ire

to e

nd o

f I 0

hou

rs p

er m

onth

F

isca

l Y

ear

One

(I

) th

roug

h ei

ght

(8)

year

s o

f S

l ye

ar

120

hour

s pe

r ye

ar a

vail

able

on

July

1

cons

ecut

ive

serv

ice

of e

ach

year

(9111

) Sl

Beg

inni

ng

wit

h th

e ni

nth

year

o

f 16

0 ho

urs

per

year

ava

ilab

le o

n J

uly

I co

nsec

utiv

e se

rvic

e o

f eac

h ye

ar

th

1.

An

Off

icer

em

ploy

ed o

n or

bef

ore

the

25

of a

ny m

onth

wil

l re

ceiv

e cr

edit

fo

r th

e en

tire

mon

th.

An

Off

icer

on

any

unpa

id l

eave

of a

bsen

ce o

f ove

r tw

o w

eeks

los

es

vaca

tion

at

the

sam

e ra

te a

s an

nua

l va

cati

on w

ould

acc

rue

if th

e an

nual

all

otm

ent

was

ac

crue

d m

onth

ly.

For

ins

tanc

e, i

f an

Off

icer

rec

eive

s 12

0 ho

urs

of

vaca

tion

per

yea

r an

d is

on

unpa

id l

eave

for

six

wee

ks, t

he O

ffic

er w

ill

lose

20

hour

s o

f vac

atio

n al

lotm

ent.

2.

An

Off

icer

who

is

prom

oted

or

tran

sfer

red

into

the

FO

P a

nd w

as a

ffor

ded

Sl

the

enti

re a

llotm

ent

of

his/

her

vaca

tion

on

July

1

from

hi

s/he

r pr

ior

posi

tion

, sh

all

cont

inue

to

rece

ive

the

bala

nce

of

his/

her

unus

ed v

acat

ion

days

sub

ject

to

the

prov

isio

ns

of

Par

agra

ph I

, be

low

and

con

tinu

e to

be

affo

rded

the

ent

ire

allo

tmen

t o

n th

e fo

llow

ing

Sl

July

1

3.

Whi

le u

tili

zati

on o

f va

cati

on i

s ba

sed

upon

mut

ual

agre

emen

t o

f N

JIT

and

an

O

ffic

er,

full

util

izat

ion

is

both

exp

ecte

d an

d en

cour

aged

in

a

prop

erly

sch

edul

ed

man

ner,

gi

vin

g ap

prop

riat

e co

nsid

erat

ion

for

wor

kloa

d is

sues

. In

th

is r

egar

d,

it is

ex

pect

ed t

hat

NJI

T s

uper

viso

rs w

ill

mai

ntai

n a

full

y up

date

d va

catio

n re

cord

, sh

owin

g un

used

all

otm

ent

and

usag

e, a

nd w

i ll

take

a p

ro-a

ctiv

e ro

le i

n sc

hedu

ling

vac

atio

n us

age 29

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

0 19

in a

man

ner

that

is

mut

uall

y be

nefi

cial

to

NJI

T a

nd i

ts O

ffic

ers.

4.

Vac

atio

n m

ay b

e ut

iliz

ed i

n ho

urly

inc

rem

ents

, pa

rtia

l da

ys,

full

days

, or

co

nsec

utiv

e da

ys in

a m

anne

r th

at p

erm

its

oper

atio

ns f

lexi

bili

ty a

nd m

inim

izes

dis

rupt

ion

in u

nive

rsit

y se

rvic

e.

5.

Vac

atio

n m

ay n

ot b

e un

ilat

eral

ly s

ched

uled

or

take

n an

d ne

ithe

r m

ay i

t be

us

ed t

o pr

ovid

e pa

ymen

t fo

r an

w1a

utho

rize

d ab

senc

e.

6.

On

or b

efor

e M

arch

I 51

of e

ach

year

, eac

h O

ffic

er s

hall

sub

mit

to h

is o

r he

r su

perv

isor

a v

acat

ion

sche

dul

e ap

plic

able

to t

he n

ext

twel

ve (

12)

mon

ths

begi

nnin

g A

pril

151

of t

hat

year

and

end

ing

Mar

ch 3

151

of

the

foll

owin

g ye

ar.

If th

e na

ture

of t

he w

orkl

oad

mak

es i

t ne

cess

ary

to l

imit

the

num

ber

of

Off

icer

s on

vac

atio

ns a

t th

e sa

me

tim

e an

d w

here

tw

o (2

) o

r m

ore

Off

icer

s on

the

sam

e sh

ift

requ

est

vaca

tion

at

the

sam

e ti

me

and

for

the

sam

e pe

riod

of

leav

e, t

he O

ffic

er w

ith

grea

ter

seni

orit

y sh

all

be g

rant

ed p

rior

ity

in

rece

ivin

g N

JIT

's a

ppro

val,

pro

vide

d th

at t

he s

enio

r of

fice

r ha

s su

bmit

ted

his

or h

er

requ

est

prio

r to

the

Apr

il I

51 de

adli

ne.

An

offi

cer

may

mak

e a

requ

est

for

tim

e o

ff a

fter

th

e A

pril

151

dead

lin

e w

here

the

dat

e is

ava

ilab

le.

In a

JI in

stan

ces,

shi

ft c

over

age,

lea

ve

hist

ory,

wor

k an

d pe

rfor

man

ce i

ssue

s an

d re

lati

ve e

quit

ies

as d

eter

min

ed b

y su

perv

isor

y pe

rson

nel

shal

l go

vern

the

pro

cess

of

rece

ivin

g m

utua

l co

nsen

t of O

ffic

ers

and

supe

rvis

or

in s

ched

ulin

g va

cati

ons.

B.

If,

beca

use

of

an

emer

genc

y w

orkl

oad

situ

atio

n,

appr

ove

d an

d sc

hedu

led

vaca

tion

tim

e ca

nnot

be

allo

wed

, ei

ther

a s

alar

y pa

ymen

t sh

all

be m

ade,

equ

al t

o th

e co

mpe

nsat

ion

that

wou

ld h

ave

been

ear

ned

duri

ng t

he v

acat

ion

peri

od,

and

the

vaca

tion

ba

nk a

ccor

ding

ly r

educ

ed,

or v

acat

ion

will

be

resc

hedu

led

to a

lat

er m

utua

lly

agre

eabl

e ti

me.

A

rran

gem

ents

for

suc

h pa

ymen

t m

ust

be a

utho

rize

d by

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y or

the

Ch

ief o

f P

olic

e, w

hich

ever

is

appl

icab

le,

and

appr

oved

by

the

Dep

artm

ent

ofH

um

an R

esou

rces

.

lh

C.

Up

to

eigh

ty (

80)

hour

s o

f un

used

vac

atio

n al

lotm

ent,

rem

aini

ng o

n Ju

ne 3

0 o

f ea

ch f

isca

l ye

ar m

ay b

e ca

rrie

d ov

er f

or u

se i

n th

e en

suin

g ye

ar.

Unu

sed

vaca

tion

, in

ex

cess

of

that

allo

wed

to b

e ca

rrie

d ov

er, w

ill

be f

orfe

ited

.

D.

Und

er n

orm

al c

ondi

tion

s, v

acat

ion

peri

ods

may

not

exc

eed

thre

e (3

) co

nsec

utiv

e w

eeks

.

E.

If a

reg

ular

pai

d ho

lida

y oc

curs

dur

ing

an O

ffic

er's

vac

atio

n pe

riod

, an

addi

tion

al

vaca

tion

day

may

be

sch

edul

ed a

t a

tim

e m

utua

lly

agre

eabl

e to

the

Off

icer

and

th

e D

irec

tor

of P

ubli

c S

afet

y or

Chi

ef o

f Po

lice

, whi

chev

er is

app

lica

ble.

F.

Upo

n se

para

tion

fro

m e

mpl

oym

ent,

unu

sed

vaca

tion

allo

tmen

t, c

ompu

ted

at t

he

dail

y ra

te o

f the

sal

ary

of t

he s

epar

atin

g O

ffic

er a

t th

e ti

me

of s

epar

atio

n w

ill

be h

andl

ed

as f

ollo

ws:

30

FO

P A

eree

men

t 20

15-

20

19

Ter

min

atio

n fo

r C

ause

N

o P

ay o

ut o

f vac

atio

n (i

nclu

ding

job

aba

ndon

men

t)

Vol

unta

ry S

epar

atio

n or

dea

th

No

Pay

out

of v

acat

ion

from

cau

ses

othe

r th

an s

peci

fied

be

low

L

ay o

ff o

r D

eath

in

the

line

of

Up

to 1

20 h

ours

of u

nuse

d va

cati

on f

or l

ayof

f; up

to

duty

or

deat

h du

e to

16

0 ho

urs

of

unu

sed

vaca

tion

for

dea

th i

n th

e lin

e o

f em

ploy

men

t-re

late

d ca

uses

or

duty

or

deat

h du

e to

em

ploy

men

t re

late

d ca

uses

or

cond

itio

ns

cond

itio

ns a

nd a

n ad

diti

onal

40

hour

s.

AR

TIC

LE

XX

II

UN

IFO

RM

S

NJI

T s

hall

pro

vide

the

fol

low

ing

sche

dule

d un

ifor

m a

llow

ance

to

all

elig

ible

Off

icer

s:

A.

New

ly h

ired

Off

icer

s sh

all

be

requ

ired

to

pu

rcha

se t

heir

ow

n N

JlT

, st

anda

rd

issu

e, u

nifo

rm.

Aft

er s

ix (

6) m

onth

s o

f co

ntin

uous

em

ploy

men

t in

goo

d st

andi

ng,

as a

N

ew J

erse

y In

stit

ute

of

Tec

hnol

ogy

com

mis

sion

ed P

olic

e O

ffic

er,

the

enti

re c

ost

of

the

init

ial

issu

e sh

all

be r

eim

burs

ed t

o sa

id O

ffic

ers.

B.

Eac

h O

ffic

er

shal

l be

en

tire

ly

resp

onsi

ble

for

repa

ir

and/

or

repl

acem

ent

of

dam

aged

and

/or

wor

n ou

t un

ifor

m a

rtic

les.

T

his

resp

onsi

bili

ty i

nclu

des

the

cost

for

suc

h ne

cess

ary

repa

ir a

nd/o

r re

plac

emen

t.

The

Dep

artm

ent

of P

ubli

c S

afet

y un

ifor

m s

tand

ards

m

ust

be m

aint

aine

d an

d w

ill b

e en

forc

ed.

C.

Mai

nten

ance

of

the

NJI

T O

ffic

er's

uni

form

sha

ll be

the

ent

ire

resp

onsi

bili

ty o

f ea

ch O

ffic

er, i

nclu

ding

the

cos

t o

f cle

anin

g an

d pr

essi

ng a

s ne

cess

ary.

D.

NJI

T s

hall

pay

eli

gibl

e P

olic

e O

ffic

ers

a un

ifor

m a

llow

ance

in

the

amou

nt o

f on

e th

ousa

nd f

our

hund

red

and

seve

nty

five

dol

lars

, ($

1475

.00)

for

FY

201

6, o

ne t

hous

and

five

hun

dred

and

tw

enty

-fiv

e do

llar

s, (

$152

5.00

) fo

r FY

201

7, o

ne t

hous

and

five

hun

dred

se

vent

y-fi

ve d

olla

rs (

$157

5) f

or F

Y 2

018

and

FY

20

19.

Pol

ice

Off

icer

s as

sign

ed t

o th

e M

ount

ain

Bik

e S

quad

sha

ll

be e

ligi

ble

for

an

addi

tion

al

unif

orm

all

owan

ce o

f fo

ur

hund

red

doll

ars,

($4

00.0

0) f

or F

Y 2

016,

FY

201

7, F

Y 2

018

and

2019

.

1.

Pay

men

t o

f th

e sc

hedu

led

unif

orm

all

owan

ce s

hall

be

sem

i-an

nual

ly a

s fo

llow

s:

(a.)

A

n O

ffic

er,

wit

h le

ss t

han

six

(6)

mon

ths

full

­ti

me

serv

ice

prio

r to

Jul

y I

of

each

fis

cal

year

o

f se

rvic

e, s

hall

re

ceiv

e on

e-ha

lf (

1;2)

o

f th

e al

low

ance

fu

rthe

r pr

orat

ed

as a

ppro

pria

te,

to

FO

P A

gre

emen

t 20

15-

20 1

9

31

the

near

est

mon

th o

f se

rvic

e, p

ayab

le t

he l

ast

st

payr

oll

of

the

firs

t ( 1

) c

alen

dar

year

of

serv

ice

and

one-

half

(Y2

) o

f th

e al

low

ance

, pr

orat

ed a

s ap

prop

riat

e, a

nd p

ayab

le t

he l

ast

payr

oll

of

the

St

firs

t (1

)

full

fisc

aJ y

ear

of s

erv

ice.

(b.)

A

n O

ffic

er w

ith

at

leas

t si

x (6

) m

onth

s fu

ll­

tim

e se

rvic

e pr

ior

to J

uly

1 o

f ea

ch f

isca

l ye

ar

of

serv

ice

shal

l re

ceiv

e o

ne-

hal

f (Y

2)

of

the

Sl

allo

wan

ce i

n th

e fi

rst

(I

) pa

yrol

l o

f ea

ch f

isca

l ye

ar o

r se

rvic

e un

der

this

Agr

eem

ent

and

the

rem

aind

er i

n th

e la

st p

ayro

ll o

f ea

ch c

alen

dar

year

of

serv

ice

unde

r th

is A

gree

men

t.

E.

The

all

owan

ce i

s in

terc

hang

eabl

e an

d us

eabl

e fo

r m

aint

enan

ce a

nd

repa

ir a

nd r

epla

cem

ent,

as

need

ed, o

n an

ind

ivid

ual

basi

s.

F.

Pay

men

t C

ondi

tion

s:

1.

A c

ondi

tion

pre

cede

nt t

o el

igib

ilit

y fo

r u

nif

orm

all

owan

ces,

as

set

out

abov

e,

shal

l be

act

ive

or

appr

oved

in

acti

ve e

mpl

oy

men

t st

atus

at

bo

th t

he

tim

e o

f sc

hedu

led

paym

ent

and

at t

he t

ime

of

rati

fica

tion

of

this

Agr

eem

ent.

AR

TIC

LE

XX

JII

RE

TIR

EM

EN

T*

Off

icer

s sh

all

be e

ligib

le t

o pr

utic

ipat

e in

the

Pol

ice

and

Fir

eman

Ret

irem

ent

Sys

tem

co

nsis

tent

wit

h it

s ru

les

and

regu

lati

ons

. S

houl

d th

ere

be c

hang

es m

ade

in t

his

Pla

n by

le

gisl

atio

n du

ring

the

ter

ms

of

this

Agr

eem

ent,

all

such

cha

nges

app

ropr

iate

to

mem

bers

o

f the

neg

otia

ting

uni

t sh

all

be m

ade

in a

ccor

danc

e w

ith

the

prov

isio

n o

f su

ch l

egis

lati

on.

*For

inf

orm

atio

n o

nly

AR

TIC

LE

XX

JV

OV

ER

TIM

E/W

OR

K S

CH

ED

UL

ES

/CO

UR

T A

PP

EA

RA

NC

ES

A.

Ove

rtim

e re

ques

ted

and

auth

oriz

ed b

y th

e D

epar

tmen

t o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y sh

all

be

com

pen

sate

d at

tim

e an

d on

e-ha

lf (

1 lh

) fo

r ho

urs

wor

ked

in e

xces

s o

f fo

rty

( 40)

ho

urs

in t

he w

orkw

eek.

B.

NJI

T w

ill,

ins

ofa

r as

po

ssib

le,

prov

ide

equa

l op

port

unit

y fo

r ov

erti

me

wo

rk a

nd

shal

l m

aint

ain

an o

vert

ime

log

for

this

pur

pose

whi

ch s

hall

be

avai

labl

e to

FO

P fo

r re

vtew

.

32

FOP

A_g

reem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

1.

If a

n em

ploy

ee v

olun

teer

s fo

r, a

nd a

ctua

lly

wor

ks,

a sh

ift

of

at l

east

eig

ht (

8)

hour

s o

f ov

erti

me,

he

or s

he w

ill

be m

oved

to

the

bott

om o

f th

e m

anda

tory

over

tim

e li

st.

2.

In t

he e

vent

tha

t th

ere

are

an i

nsuf

fici

ent

num

ber

of

Off

icer

s w

illi

ng t

o co

ver

a gi

ven

over

tim

e as

sign

men

t, N

JIT

wil

l as

sign

the

nec

essa

ry n

umbe

r o

f Off

icer

s to

co

ver

the

assi

gnm

ent.

In

ass

ignm

ent

of

over

tim

e, s

enio

rity

will

be

cons

ider

ed a

s w

ill t

he n

umbe

r o

f in

volu

ntar

y ov

erti

me

assi

gnm

ents

to

an O

ffic

er o

ver

the

past

m

onth

. A

ny O

ffic

er c

alle

d ba

ck t

o w

ork

afte

r he

has

com

plet

ed h

is/h

er r

egul

ar

wor

k sh

ift

and

has

left

his

/her

pla

ce o

f w

ork

shal

l be

gua

rant

eed

a m

inim

um o

f fo

ur (

4) h

ours

pay

. S

uch

Off

icer

s sh

all

be r

equi

red

to w

ork

all

hour

s w

hich

are

re

quir

ed.

If th

e O

ffic

er e

lect

s to

lea

ve b

efor

e th

e en

d o

f the

fou

r ( 4

) ho

urs,

and

the

su

perv

isor

app

rove

s, t

he O

ffic

er w

ill

be p

aid

only

for

the

tim

e ac

tual

ly w

orke

d.

Suc

h O

ffic

er s

hall

also

be

reim

burs

ed o

ne (

I) m

eal

allo

wan

ce a

mou

nt n

ot

to

exce

ed $

8.00

whe

re th

e O

ffic

er is

cal

led

back

to w

ork

ifth

e O

ffic

er w

orks

at

leas

t th

ree

(3)

of t

he g

uara

ntee

d m

inim

um f

our

(4)

hour

s m

enti

oned

abo

ve.

Mea

ls s

hall

be

ord

ered

fro

m N

JIT

din

ing

faci

liti

es,

and

eate

n on

cam

pus

whe

re N

JIT

din

ing

faci

liti

es a

re a

vail

able

. 3.

O

ffic

ers

shal

l no

t be

req

uire

d to

wor

k m

ore

than

eig

htee

n (1

8) h

ours

in

a gi

ven

shif

t (e

xcep

t in

an

emer

genc

y).

Any

off

icer

who

wor

ks s

ixte

en (

1 6)

or m

ore

cons

ecut

ive

hour

s m

ust

have

at

leas

t eig

ht (

8) h

ours

off

bef

ore

his

or

her

next

shi

ft

begi

ns.

4.

In

the

even

t an

O

ffic

er

is

requ

ired

to

w

ork

twen

ty-f

our

(24)

ho

urs

stra

ight

, m

anag

emen

t w

ill c

hoos

e to

eit

her

prov

ide

the

Off

icer

wit

h a

room

to

rest

/sle

ep o

r pr

ovid

e th

e O

ffic

er w

ith

tran

spor

tati

on h

ome

and

then

bac

k to

ret

riev

e hi

s o

r he

r ve

hicl

e (i

f nec

essa

ry).

F.

Exc

ept

for

emer

genc

ies,

w

hich

sh

all

be

as

reas

onab

ly

dete

rmin

ed

by

NJI

T,

Off

icer

s w

ill

be g

iven

at

leas

t on

e (I

) w

eek'

s no

tice

of c

hang

e in

shi

ft p

rior

to

effe

ctin

g th

e ch

ange

. T

he c

hang

e m

ay b

e in

hou

rs w

orke

d, d

ays

wor

ked

or b

oth

.

G.

Whe

n an

Off

icer

is o

ff d

uty

and

is r

equi

red

to a

ppea

r as

a w

itne

ss b

efor

e an

y co

urt,

judi

cial

or

quas

i-ju

dici

al b

ody

or a

genc

y in

con

nect

ion

wit

h th

e re

spon

sibi

liti

es

rela

ted

to o

ffic

ial

duti

es, h

e/sh

e sh

all

be c

ompe

nsat

ed f

or s

uch

tim

e, a

nd s

hall

be

paid

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

the

call

bac

k pr

ovis

ions

of A

rtic

le X

XV

C O

vert

ime/

Wor

k S

ched

ules

. T

he O

ffic

er s

hall

be

reim

burs

ed f

or t

rave

l, pa

rkin

g an

d to

ll fe

es i

n ac

cord

ance

wit

h th

e U

nive

rsit

y T

rave

l P

olic

y.

33

FO

P A

gree

men

t 201

5-20

19

AR

TIC

LE

XX

V

SA

LA

RY

PR

OG

RA

M A

ND

CO

MP

EN

SA

TIO

N

A.

Yea

rly

Eva

luat

ion

All

Off

icer

s sh

all

rece

ive

a ye

arly

eva

luat

ion

on a

n e

valu

atio

n fo

rm d

evel

oped

jo

intl

y by

the

par

ties

.

B.

Sal

ary

Pro

gram

: Ju

ly 1

, 201

5 th

rou

gh J

un

e 30

,201

9:

It i

s ag

reed

tha

t du

ring

the

ter

m o

f thi

s A

gree

men

t, f

or t

he p

erio

d Ju

ly I

, 201

5 -J

une

30,

2019

, th

e fo

llow

ing

sala

ry a

nd f

ring

e be

nefi

t im

prov

emen

ts s

hall

be p

rovi

ded

to e

ligi

ble

Off

icer

s in

the

uni

t, w

ithi

n th

e ap

plic

able

pol

icie

s an

d pr

acti

ces

of

NJI

T a

nd i

n ke

epin

g w

ith

the

cond

itio

ns s

et f

orth

her

ein:

Sub

ject

to

th

e S

tate

L

egis

latu

re

enac

ting

ap

prop

natJ

On

of

fund

s fo

r th

ese

spec

ific

pu

rpos

es,

NJI

T a

gree

s to

pro

vide

the

fol

low

ing

bene

fits

, ef

fect

ive

at

the

tim

e st

ated

he

rein

. 1.

Incr

emen

tal

(Ste

p)

Ad

van

cem

ent:

The

exi

stin

g S

alar

y M

atri

x w

ith

15 S

tep

incr

emen

ts s

hall

be

reta

ined

. H

owev

er, S

tep

mov

emen

t w

ill b

e di

ctat

ed b

y th

e fo

llow

ing

para

met

ers:

a.

For

All

Yea

rs o

f the

Agr

eem

ent

Off

icer

s w

ho s

ucce

ssfu

lly

com

plet

e th

eir

prob

atio

nary

per

iod

will

, as

of

com

plet

ion

of t

he p

roba

tion

ary

peri

od, a

dvan

ce to

Ste

p I

on t

he S

alar

y M

atri

x ef

fect

ive

on t

he O

ffic

er's

ann

iver

sary

dat

e.

b.

Yea

r 1

-Ju

ly L

201

5 th

roug

h Ju

ne 3

0,20

16

All

Off

icer

s in

the

uni

t sha

ll r

emai

n on

the

Ste

p th

at h

e/sh

e w

as o

n as

of J

une

30,

2015

, exc

ept

for

prob

atio

nary

Off

icer

s, w

ho s

hall

be m

oved

to

Ste

p 1,

if

appl

icab

le, a

s de

scri

bed

in p

arag

raph

a, a

bove

.

c.

Yea

r 2

-Ju

ly I

. 20

16 t

hrou

gh J

une

30, 2

017

For

adv

ance

men

t to

Ste

ps 2

thr

ough

1 5

of t

he S

alar

y M

atri

x, a

nnua

l m

ovem

ent

from

one

Ste

p to

the

nex

t S

tep

wil

l oc

cur

on th

e fi

rst

full

pay

of J

uly

2016

, pr

ovid

ing

the

Off

icer

's p

erfo

rman

ce w

arra

nts

the

sala

ry a

djus

tmen

t, a

nd t

he

Off

icer

has

ser

ved

at l

east

six

(6)

mon

ths

at h

is/h

er c

urre

nt S

tep.

"P

erfo

rman

ce

War

rant

s" m

eans

tha

t sai

d of

fice

r ha

s be

en e

valu

ated

and

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

that

ev

alua

tion

has

pro

perl

y pe

rfor

med

the

job

res

pons

ibil

itie

s o

f the

pos

itio

n du

ring

th

e pa

st fu

ll ye

ar p

rior

to t

he e

ffec

tive

dat

e o

f ste

p m

ovem

ent.

F

urth

er,

if th

e

34

FO

P A

gree

men

t 201

5-20

19

Off

icer

was

eva

luat

ed a

s "n

ot m

eeti

ng p

erfo

rman

ce, t

he O

ffic

er s

hall

hav

e a

six

mon

th p

erio

d to

im

prov

e hi

s/he

r pe

rfor

man

ce, a

nd i

f suc

h im

prov

emen

t occ

urs,

th

e O

ffic

er s

hall

be

mov

ed o

ne S

tep

on th

e sa

lary

Mat

rix.

If

the

of

fice

r ha

s re

ceiv

ed

disc

ipli

nary

ac

tion

o

f tw

o or

m

ore

wri

tten

rep

rim

ands

, or

is

susp

ende

d sa

id o

ffic

er s

hall

not

rec

eive

th

e in

crem

ent.

d.

Yea

r 3

-Ju

ly 1

, 201

7 th

roug

h Ju

ne 3

0,20

18

All

Off

icer

s in

the

uni

t sh

all

rem

ain

on t

he S

tep

that

he/

she

was

on

as o

f Jun

e 30

, 20

17, e

xcep

t fo

r pr

obat

iona

ry O

ffic

ers

who

sha

ll be

mov

ed t

o S

tep

1, if

ap

plic

able

, as

desc

ribe

d in

par

agra

ph a

, abo

ve.

e.

Yea

r 4

-Ju

ly 1

. 201

8 th

roug

h Ju

ne 3

0, 2

019

For

adv

ance

men

t to

Ste

ps 2

thr

ough

15

of t

he S

alar

y M

atri

x, a

nnua

l m

ovem

ent

from

one

Ste

p to

the

nex

t Ste

p w

ill

occu

r on

the

fir

st f

ull

pay

of J

uly

2018

, pr

ovid

ing

the

Off

icer

's p

erfo

rman

ce w

arra

nts

the

sala

ry a

djus

tmen

t and

the

O

ffic

er h

as s

erve

d at

lea

st s

ix (

6) m

onth

s at

his

/her

cur

rent

Ste

p.

"Per

form

ance

W

arra

nts"

mea

ns t

hat

said

off

icer

has

bee

n ev

al.u

ated

and

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

that

ev

alua

tion

has

pro

perl

y pe

rfor

med

the

job

res

pons

ibil

itie

s o

f the

pos

itio

n du

ring

th

e pa

st f

ull

year

pri

or to

the

eff

ecti

ve d

ate

of s

tep

mov

emen

t. F

urth

er, i

f the

O

ffic

er w

as e

valu

ated

as

"not

mee

ting

per

form

ance

, the

Off

icer

sha

ll ha

ve a

six

m

onth

per

iod

to i

mpr

ove

his/

her

perf

orm

ance

, and

if s

uch

impr

ovem

ent

occu

rs,

the

Off

icer

sha

ll b

e m

oved

one

Ste

p on

the

sal

ary

Mat

rix

. If

the

of

fice

r ha

s re

ceiv

ed

disc

ipli

nary

act

ion

of

two

or m

ore

wri

tten

rep

rim

ands

or

is s

uspe

nded

sai

d of

fice

r sh

all

not

rece

ive

the

incr

emen

t.

f. O

ffic

ers

who

are

on

the

max

imum

Ste

p pr

ior

to a

sch

edul

ed S

tep

incr

ease

as

set

out

abo

ve, s

hall

ins

tead

rec

eive

2%

of h

is/h

er e

xist

ing

sala

ry a

s a

cash

pa

ymen

t.

2.

Pay

men

t C

ondi

tion

s:

In o

rder

to

rece

ive

any

and

all

paym

ents

set

out

her

ein,

inc

ludi

ng

sche

dule

d en

hanc

emen

ts t

o th

ose

paym

ents

, an

O

ffic

er m

ust

be

empl

oyed

at

the

tim

e o

f act

ual

paym

ent.

FOP

Agr

eem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

35

AR

TIC

LE

XX

VI

HE

AL

TH

BE

NE

FIT

S

A.

Sta

te H

ealt

h B

enef

its

Pro

gram

It is

agr

eed

that

the

Sta

te H

ealt

h B

enef

its

Pro

gram

, and

any

rul

es a

nd r

egul

atio

ns

gove

rnin

g its

app

lica

tion

, inc

ludi

ng a

men

dmen

ts o

r re

visi

ons

ther

eto

shal

l be

ap

plic

able

to e

mpl

oyee

s co

vere

d by

this

Agr

eem

ent.

The

Uni

vers

ity

agre

es to

co

ntin

ue to

par

tici

pate

in

the

Sta

te H

ealt

h B

enef

its

Pro

gram

for

the

dura

tion

of

this

agr

eem

ent.

It i

s ag

reed

that

cha

nges

in

bene

fits

or

open

enr

ollm

ent p

erio

ds a

dopt

ed b

y th

e S

tate

Div

isio

n o

f P

ensi

ons

and

Ben

efit

s fo

r S

tate

em

ploy

ees

are

a re

quir

emen

t fo

r co

ntin

ued

part

icip

atio

n in

the

Sta

te H

ealt

h B

enef

its P

rogr

am a

nd t

he p

arti

es

reco

gniz

e th

at s

uch

chan

ges

shal

l ap

ply

to e

mpl

oyee

s re

pres

ente

d by

the

Uni

on.

It i

s ag

reed

tha

t cha

nges

, cor

rect

ions

or

rein

terp

reta

tion

s o

f the

Pro

gram

pr

omul

gate

d by

th

e S

tate

incl

udin

g ch

ange

s in

pla

n op

erat

ions

, in

co-p

aym

ents

an

d co

ntri

buti

ons,

or

othe

r ch

ange

s or

mod

ific

atio

ns, a

re a

ppli

cabl

e to

em

plo

yees

co

vere

d by

this

Agr

eem

ent

and

shal

l be

inc

orpo

rate

d in

to t

he A

gre

emen

t and

th

erea

fter

be

appl

icab

le t

o al

l em

ploy

ees.

It

is s

peci

fica

lly u

nder

stoo

d th

at t

he

prov

isio

ns o

f the

Pen

sion

and

Hea

lth B

enef

its

Ref

orm

20

II l

egis

lati

on u

nder

C

hapt

er 7

8, P

.L.

shal

l be

app

lica

ble

to

all

empl

oyee

s co

vere

d by

thi

s A

gree

men

t.

Whe

re a

n em

ploy

ee u

tiliz

es a

ny t

ype

of l

eave

, w

heth

er p

aid

or

unpa

id, h

e or

she

sh

all

cont

inue

pay

men

t of h

ealt

h pl

an p

rem

ium

s at

the

sam

e le

vel a

s th

ose

that

he

paid

pri

or to

the

lea

ve a

s ap

plic

able

und

er t

he S

tate

Hea

lth

Ben

efit

s P

rogr

am.

If

the

prem

ium

s ar

e ra

ised

or

low

ered

, the

em

ploy

ees

will

be

requ

ired

to

pay

the

then

-app

lica

ble

prem

ium

rat

es.

If th

e em

ploy

ee c

harg

es h

is a

ccru

ed v

acat

ion

sick

, and

/or

adm

inis

trat

ive

leav

e ac

crua

ls f

or a

ny l

eave

, his

sha

re o

f pre

miu

ms

will

be

paid

by

payr

oll

dedu

ctio

ns

cont

inue

d in

the

sam

e m

etho

d as

uti

lize

d du

ring

act

ive

empl

oym

ent s

tatu

s.

If th

e le

ave

is u

npai

d, N

JIT

wil

l ad

vanc

e pa

ymen

t of t

he e

mpl

oyee

's h

ealt

h pl

an

prem

ium

s fo

r th

e pe

riod

ofl

eav

e (u

p to

thr

ee f

ull

mon

ths)

and

will

bill

the

em

ploy

ee f

or t

hose

pre

miu

ms.

P

rior

to t

he e

mpl

oyee

's r

etur

n fr

om l

eave

to

acti

ve

empl

oym

ent

stat

us, t

he D

epar

tmen

t of H

uman

Res

ourc

es w

ill

advi

se t

he

empl

oyee

in

wri

ting

of t

he f

ull

amou

nt o

f hea

lth

plan

pre

miu

ms

adva

nced

on

his

or h

er b

ehal

f ofN

JIT

. W

ithi

n se

ven

(7)

busi

ness

day

s o

f hi

s re

turn

to

acti

ve

empl

oym

ent

stat

us,

the

em

ploy

ee m

ust

indi

cate

, in

wri

ting

, hi

s or

her

sel

ecte

d m

etho

d o

f rep

aym

ent

of t

he h

ealt

h pl

an p

rem

ium

s; (

1) f

ull

repa

ymen

t th

roug

h th

e B

ursa

r's O

ffic

e w

ithi

n te

n (1

0)

busi

ness

day

s, (

2) a

ddit

iona

l pa

yrol

l de

duct

ion

at

the

sam

e am

ount

and

rat

e as

that

of t

he e

mpl

oyee

's b

iwee

kly

payr

oll

dedu

ctio

n fo

r he

alth

pla

n pr

emiu

m p

aym

ent,

or

(3)

a re

paym

ent p

lan

appr

oved

, in

wri

ting

, by

th

e V

ice

Pre

side

nt o

f H

uman

Res

ourc

es.

lf th

e em

ploy

ee f

ails

to

sele

ct a

36

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

019

repa

ymen

t op

tion

or

does

not

mak

e ti

mel

y pa

ymen

ts, N

JIT

. up

on w

ritt

en n

otic

e,

may

cha

rge

addi

tion

al p

ayro

ll d

educ

tion

s un

til

the

full

amou

nt o

f he

alth

pla

n pr

emiu

ms

paid

on

the

empl

oyee

's b

ehal

f dur

ing

his

unpa

id l

eave

has

bee

n re

paid

in

ful

l.

B.

Eye

Car

e P

rogr

am

lt i

s ag

reed

tha

t th

e E

ye C

are

Pro

gram

sha

JI i

nclu

de a

ll e

mpl

oyee

s an

d th

eir

elig

ible

dep

ende

nts

(spo

use,

dom

estic

par

tner

, civ

il u

nion

par

tner

and

unm

arri

ed

chil

dren

und

er 2

6 y

ears

of

age

who

liv

e w

ith

the

empl

oyee

in t

he r

egul

ar p

aren

t­ch

ild

rela

tion

ship

).

Th

e co

vera

ge s

hall

be

$35

for

regu

lar

glas

ses

and

$40

for

bifo

cal

unde

r th

e cu

rren

t pl

an.

Th

e ex

tens

ion

of

bene

fits

to d

epen

dent

s sh

all

be e

ffec

tive

onl

y af

ter

the

empl

oyee

ha

s be

en c

onti

nuou

sly

empl

oyed

for

a m

inim

um o

f six

ty (

60)

days

.

Ful

l-ti

me

empl

oyee

s an

d el

igib

le d

epen

dent

s as

def

ined

abo

ve s

hall

be

elig

ible

for

a

max

imum

pay

men

t of $

35 o

n th

e co

st,

whi

chev

er is

les

s, o

f an

ey

e ex

amin

atio

n by

an

Oph

thal

mol

ogis

t or

an O

ptom

etri

st.

Eac

h el

igib

le e

mpl

oyee

and

dep

ende

nt m

ay r

ecei

ve o

nly

on

e (1

) pa

ymen

t fo

r gl

asse

s an

d o

ne

paym

ent

for

exam

inat

ions

dur

ing

the

peri

od o

f Jul

y I,

201

5 to

Ju

ne 3

0,2

01

7,

and

one

(1)

paym

ent f

or t

he p

erio

d Ju

ly I

, 201

7 to

Jun

e 3

0,20

19.

Thi

s pr

ogra

m e

nds

on J

une

30, 2

019.

P

rope

r af

fida

vit

and

subm

issi

on o

f rec

eipt

s ar

e re

quir

ed o

f the

em

ploy

ee in

ord

er to

rec

eive

pay

men

t.

C.

Tu

itio

n R

emis

sion

Pol

icy

Uni

t m

embe

rs a

re e

ntit

led

to t

uiti

on r

emis

sion

as

per

NJI

T's

exi

stin

g tu

itio

n re

mis

sion

pol

icy

and

subj

ect t

o th

e ap

plic

able

rul

es a

nd r

egul

atio

ns g

over

ning

the

plan

.

AR

TIC

LE

XX

VII

SH

IFT

PR

EM

IUM

Onl

y du

ring

the

ter

m o

f th

is A

gree

men

t, a

s re

stri

cted

by

the

foll

owin

g pa

ram

eter

s, a

S

hift

Pre

miu

m s

hall

be

affe

cted

for

eli

gibl

e O

ffic

ers

in t

he b

arga

inin

g un

it:

I.

For

mem

bers

fol

low

ing

a fi

ve d

ay o

n, t

wo

day

off

sche

dule

: a.

A

ny b

arga

inin

g un

it m

embe

r w

ho

is a

ssig

ned

to w

ork

a fi

rst

shif

t, fo

r a

min

imum

of

one

hund

red

and

fift

y (I

50)

ful

l sh

ifts

in

a fi

scal

yea

r un

der

this

Agr

eem

ent,

sh

all

be e

ntit

led

to a

one

-tim

e ca

sh p

aym

ent

in t

he a

mou

nt o

f Fi

ve H

undr

ed D

olla

rs (

$500

.00)

fo

r ea

ch F

isca

l Y

ear

duri

ng w

hich

he

or s

he w

orks

the

req

uisi

te n

umbe

r o

f shi

fts.

37

FOP

Af!

.reem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

b.

Fir

st s

hift

sha

ll b

e de

fine

d fo

r pu

rpos

es o

f th

is p

rovi

sion

onl

y, a

s an

y sh

ift

begi

nnin

g af

ter

I 0:0

0p.m

. on

a gi

ven

day

and

befo

re 5

:00a

.m. o

n a

give

n da

y.

2 F

or

mem

bers

fo

llow

ing

a fo

ur

day

on,

thre

e da

y o

ff s

ched

ule

(Pit

man

S

ched

ule)

: a.

A

ny

barg

aini

ng u

nit

mem

ber

who

is

ass

igne

d to

wor

k a

firs

t sh

ift,

for

a

min

imum

of n

inet

y-fi

ve (

95)

full

shif

ts i

n a

fisc

al y

ear

unde

r th

is A

gree

men

t, sh

all

be e

ntit

led

to a

one

-tim

e ca

sh p

aym

ent

in t

he a

mou

nt o

f F

ive

Hun

dred

Dol

lars

($5

00.0

0) f

or e

ach

Fis

cal

Yea

r du

ring

whi

ch h

e or

she

wor

ks t

he r

equi

site

num

ber

of s

hift

s.

b.

Fir

st s

hift

sha

ll be

def

ined

for

pur

pose

s o

f th

is p

rovi

sion

onl

y, a

s an

y sh

ift

whi

ch i

s in

clus

ive

of t

he h

ours

bet

wee

n 12

:00

a.m

. an

d 7:

00a.

m. o

n a

give

n da

y.

3.

Shi

ft

Pre

miu

m

elig

ibil

ity

is

cond

itio

ned

upon

ac

tual

ly

wor

king

th

e de

sign

ated

num

ber

of

shif

ts,

as s

et o

ut a

bove

, in

the

pre

scri

bed

tim

e pe

riod

. E

xcus

ed,

paid

o

r un

paid

ab

senc

e fr

om

a fi

rst

shif

t do

es

not

coun

t to

war

d S

hift

P

rem

ium

qu

alif

icat

ion.

F

urth

er,

an e

xten

ded

wor

kday

int

o a

firs

t sh

ift,

fro

m a

ny o

ther

shi

ft,

and

for

whi

ch o

vert

ime

com

pens

atio

n is

pai

d pu

rsua

nt t

o A

gree

men

t, d

oes

not

coun

t to

war

d S

hift

Pre

miu

m q

uali

fica

tion

.

4.

Pay

men

t fo

r S

hift

Pre

miu

m w

ill

be m

ade

in t

he s

econ

d fu

ll p

ay p

erio

d in

A

ugus

t o

f th

e fi

scal

yea

r fo

llow

ing

the

year

of s

hift

pre

miu

m q

uali

fica

tion

.

AR

TIC

LE

XX

VII

I

DE

FE

RR

ED

CO

MP

EN

SA

TIO

N

A.

It is

un

ders

tood

th

at

the

Sta

te s

hall

co

ntin

ue t

he p

rogr

am w

hich

w

ill

perm

it

elig

ible

em

ploy

ees

in t

his

nego

tiat

ing

unit

to

volu

ntar

ily

auth

oriz

e de

ferm

ent

of

a po

rtio

n o

f th

eir

earn

ed b

ase

sala

ry s

o th

at th

e fu

nds

defe

rred

can

be

plac

ed i

n an

Int

erna

l R

even

ue

Ser

vice

app

rove

d F

eder

al I

ncom

e T

ax e

xem

pt i

nves

tmen

t pl

an.

The

def

erre

d in

com

e so

in

vest

ed a

nd t

he i

nter

est

or

othe

r in

com

e re

turn

on

the

inv

estm

ents

are

int

ende

d to

be

exem

pt f

rom

cur

rent

Fed

eral

Inc

ome

Tax

atio

n un

til

the

indi

vidu

al e

mpl

oyee

wit

hdra

ws

or

othe

rwis

e re

ceiv

es s

uch

fund

s as

pro

vide

d in

the

Pla

n.

B.

It is

und

erst

ood

that

the

Sta

te s

hall

be

sole

ly r

espo

nsib

le f

or t

he a

dmin

istr

atio

n o

f th

e P

lan

and

the

dete

rmin

atio

n o

f po

lici

es,

cond

itio

ns a

nd

regu

lati

ons

gove

rnin

g its

im

plem

enta

tion

and

use

.

C.

Th

e S

tate

sh

all

prov

ide

lite

ratu

re

desc

ribi

ng

the

Pla

n as

w

ell

as

a re

quir

ed

enro

llm

ent

or

othe

r fo

rms

to a

ll e

mpl

oyee

s w

hen

the

Pla

n ha

s be

en e

stab

lish

ed.

D.

It is

fur

ther

und

erst

ood

that

the

max

imum

am

ount

of d

efer

rabl

e in

com

e un

der

this

P

lan

shal

l be

as

dete

rmin

ed b

y th

e F

eder

al I

nter

nal

Rev

enue

Ser

vice

(IR

S).

P

rese

ntly

, th

e IR

S h

as d

eten

nine

d th

at t

he m

axim

um d

efer

ral

lim

it w

ill

be a

djus

ted

for

infl

atio

n o

n a

ca

lend

ar y

ear

basi

s in

$50

0 in

crem

ents

38

FO

P A

gre

em

en

t 20

15-2

0 19

AR

TIC

LE

XX

IX

DR

UG

SC

RE

EN

ING

PO

LIC

Y &

PR

OC

ED

UR

E

NJI

T a

nd

FO

P a

gree

to

the

NJI

T/F

OP

Dru

g S

cree

ning

Po

licy

and

Pro

ced

ure

as

set

ou

t in

Ap

pen

dix

B h

erei

n.

AR

TIC

LE

XX

X

JOB

AC

TIO

N

It is

rec

ogni

zed

by b

oth

NJI

T a

nd F

OP

tha

t th

e co

ntin

ued

and

uni

nter

rupt

ed o

pera

tion

of

NJI

T i

s o

f pa

ram

ount

im

port

ance

. T

her

efo

re F

OP

agr

ees

that

it

wil

l re

frai

n fr

om a

ny

act

co

ntra

ry t

o la

w s

uch

as s

trik

e, w

ork

sto

pp

age,

slo

w d

ow

n,

or

oth

er j

ob

act

ion

duri

ng t

he

life

of

this

Ag

reem

ent

and

wil

l es

chew

an

y t

hrea

t, e

nco

ura

gem

ent,

su

ppo

rt,

or

con

do

nin

g

of a

ny

suc

h jo

b a

ctio

n.

AR

TIC

LE

XX

XI

PA

RK

ING

A. P

rogr

am a

nd F

ees

The

fo

llow

ing

park

ing

fees

sha

ll be

cha

rged

and

col

lect

ed t

hrou

gh p

ayro

ll d

educ

tion

s fo

r al

l m

embe

rs o

f the

bar

gain

ing

unit

des

irin

g to

par

k an

d du

ly r

egis

teri

ng h

is/h

er

mot

or v

ehic

le w

ith t

he U

niv

ersi

ty a

ccor

ding

to p

ubli

shed

Uni

vers

ity r

egul

atio

ns,

enab

ling

and

enti

tlin

g hi

m/h

er to

dai

ly p

arki

ng p

rivi

lege

s on

Un

iver

sity

pre

mis

es:

I. A

ll p

arki

ng a

t all

avai

lab

le l

ocat

ions

, inc

ludi

ng N

JIT

's p

arki

ng d

eck,

sha

ll b

e on

a

firs

t co

me,

fir

st s

erve

d ba

sis

foll

owin

g re

gis

trat

ion

or

a ba

rgai

ning

uni

t m

embe

r's

mot

or v

ehic

le, e

ntit

ling

him

/her

to p

arki

ng p

rivi

lege

s at

the

fee

sch

edul

e ra

te s

et o

ut

belo

w.

2. P

arki

ng f

ees

for

all

barg

aini

ng u

nit

mem

bers

sha

ll be

cal

cula

ted

as .

4% (

.004

) o

f th

e m

embe

r's

annu

al s

alar

y, a

nd s

hall

be d

educ

ted

in t

wen

ty-f

our

(24)

ins

tall

men

ts

thro

ugho

ut t

he f

isca

l ye

ar.

3 F

or th

e le

ngth

of t

his

cont

ract

, the

fol

low

ing

univ

ersi

ty p

arki

ng r

ules

wil

l be

ap

pli

cab

le:

a. I

t w

ill b

e as

sum

ed t

hat

all

empl

oyee

s cu

rren

tly

util

izin

g N

JIT

par

king

wil

l co

ntin

ue

to p

ark

at N

JIT

dur

ing

the

upco

min

g pa

rkin

g pe

rmit

per

iod

and

perm

its

will

ren

ew

auto

mat

ical

ly.

b. E

mpl

oyee

s w

ho w

ish

to o

pt-o

ut o

f pa

rkin

g m

ust

noti

fy t

he O

ffic

e o

f S

ecur

ity

Sys

tem

s, P

hoto

Ide

ntif

icat

ion

, & P

arki

ng S

ervi

ces

and

retu

rn t

heir

par

king

per

mit

by 39

FO

P A

eree

men

t 20

I S-2

0 19

no l

ater

than

Jun

e 15

th f

or t

he J

uly

1-D

ecem

ber

31 p

arki

ng p

erio

d, a

nd/o

r no

lat

er

than

Dec

embe

r 15

th f

or th

e Ja

nuar

y I

-Jun

e 30

par

king

per

iod

.

c. T

here

will

be

no r

ebat

es o

r di

scou

nts

for

part

ial

use

of p

arki

ng p

erm

its. R

etur

ning

a

park

ing

perm

it be

fore

the

end

of a

par

king

per

mit

peri

od w

ill n

ot e

limin

ate

the

park

ing

fee.

Als

o, u

nuse

d pa

rkin

g da

ys c

anno

t be

use

d in

a n

ew p

erio

d.

d. E

mpl

oyee

s w

ho r

eque

st a

par

king

per

mit

for

the

first

tim

e w

ill b

egin

inc

urri

ng

fees

as

of

the

date

thei

r ve

hicl

e is

reg

iste

red

with

the

Off

ice

of S

ecur

ity

Syst

ems,

Pho

to

Iden

tific

atio

n, &

Par

king

Ser

vice

s.

e. N

ew h

ires

wh

o w

ould

lik

e to

par

k at

NJI

T w

ill b

e pr

ovid

ed a

par

king

reg

istra

tion

ap

plic

atio

n du

ring

thei

r in

itial

onb

oard

ing

proc

ess.

The

new

em

ploy

ee m

ust b

ring

the

park

ing

regi

stra

tion

appl

icat

ion

to t

he O

ffic

e of

Sec

urity

Sys

tem

s. P

hoto

Id

entif

icat

ion,

&Pa

rkin

g S

ervi

ces,

in

orde

r to

rec

eive

a p

arki

ng p

erm

it. O

nce

the

park

ing

perm

it is

issu

ed, t

he O

ffic

e o

f Sec

urity

Sys

tem

s, P

hoto

Ide

ntif

icat

ion,

&

Park

ing

Ser

vice

s w

ill n

otif

y th

e Pa

yro

ll D

epar

tmen

t to

init

iate

the

biw

eek

ly p

arki

ng

fee

dedu

ctio

n.

f. R

eque

sts

for

a ha

rdsh

ip e

xcep

tion

mu

st b

e su

bmitt

ed in

wri

ting

, with

the

ap

prop

riat

e su

ppor

ting

docu

men

tati

on, t

o th

e O

ffic

e o

f Sec

urit

y Sy

stem

s, P

hoto

Id

entif

icat

ion

& P

arki

ng S

ervi

ces

and

will

be

revi

ewed

and

res

olv

ed b

y th

e U

nive

rsity

Par

king

Com

mit

tee.

FO

P A

eree

men

t 2

01

5-2

019

40

AR

TIC

LE

XX

XII

DU

RA

TIO

N

Thi

s A

gree

men

t sh

all

be e

ffec

tive

as

of

July

I,

2015

, an

d sh

all

term

inat

e as

of

June

30,

20

19.

AR

TIC

LE

XX

XII

I

SU

CC

ES

SO

R A

GR

EE

ME

NT

The

par

ties

agr

ee t

o en

ter

into

col

lect

ive

nego

tiat

ions

con

cern

ing

a su

cces

sor

Agr

eem

ent

to b

ecom

e ef

fect

ive

on o

r af

ter

July

1,

2019

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bjec

t to

the

pro

visi

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set

fort

h in

Art

icle

II

, Neg

otia

ting

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res.

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rtie

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reby

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know

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e an

d ag

ree

to

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term

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d co

ndit

ions

o

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e af

orem

enti

oned

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gree

men

t be

twee

n N

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d th

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EN

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PO

LIC

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PR

OC

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UR

E

FOR

PO

LIC

E O

FF

ICE

RS

New

Jer

sey

Inst

itut

e o

f T

echn

olo

gy's

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

Dep

artm

ent

has

a le

gal

resp

onsi

bili

ty a

nd m

anag

eria

l ob

liga

tion

to

mai

ntai

n a

safe

wor

k en

viro

nmen

t fo

r it

s of

fice

rs,

and

empl

oyee

s, a

s w

ell

as a

dut

y to

pro

tect

the

com

mun

ity

that

it

is

swor

n to

se

rve.

T

he

prof

essi

onal

re

spon

sibi

liti

es,

lega

l pr

ero

gati

ve a

nd

the

inte

grit

y of

an

y la

w

enfo

rcem

ent

agen

cy

dem

ands

th

at

its

Poli

ce

Off

icer

s (O

ffic

ers)

ref

rain

, w

itho

ut e

xcus

e or

exc

epti

on,

fro

m t

he u

se a

nd p

osse

ssio

n o

f il

lega

l or

m

edic

ally

un

auth

oriz

ed

cont

roll

ed

dang

erou

s su

bsta

nces

(h

erei

n "d

rugs

").

No

pers

on c

an f

unc t

ion

"wel

l" w

hile

abu

sing

dru

gs a

ccor

ding

to

the

New

Jer

sey

Dep

artm

ent

of

Law

and

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

Div

isio

n o

f C

rim

inal

Jus

tice

. T

here

is

conc

lusi

ve p

roo

f th

at t

he u

se a

nd/o

r ab

use

of

man

y ty

pes

of

drug

s ca

n an

d do

es p

rodu

ce n

egat

ive

effe

cts

on a

n in

div

idua

l's c

ogni

tive

, em

otio

nal

and

phys

ical

hea

lth a

nd c

ond

uct.

Off

icer

s, b

eing

in

posi

tion

s o

f pu

blic

tru

st,

may

not

op

erat

e o

utsi

de o

f th

e la

w.

The

pos

sess

ion

and

use

of

drug

s in

its

elf

is a

cri

me

in

this

jur

isd

icti

on,

a nd

gro

unds

fo

r ar

rest

, p

rose

cuti

on,

inca

rcer

atio

n an

d di

smis

sal.

A c

ondi

tion

of

empl

oym

ent

mus

t an

d sh

all

be a

n O

ffic

er w

ho i

s fr

ee f

rom

dru

g po

sses

sion

, us

e an

d/or

dep

ende

nce.

lt

is,

the

refo

re,

the

poli

cy o

f N

JIT

's P

ubli

c S

afet

y D

epar

tmen

t th

at a

n O

ffic

er s

hall

poss

ess

or u

se a

ny d

rugs

, w

heth

er o

n o

r o

ff d

uty,

unl

ess

the

drug

has

bee

n le

gall

y pr

escr

ibed

for

the

Off

icer

by

a ph

ysic

ian

lice

nsed

to

pra

ctic

e m

edic

ine

and

used

in t

he m

anne

r pr

escr

ibed

.

II. P

urp

ose

The

pur

pose

of

this

pol

icy

is t

o pr

otec

t th

e in

tegr

ity,

cre

dibi

lity

and

eff

ecti

vene

ss

of

NJI

T's

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

Dep

artm

ent;

to

pres

erve

the

pub

lic's

tru

st e

arne

d by

its

O

ffic

ers;

and

to

ensu

re a

dru

g fr

ee w

orkp

lace

for

Dep

artm

ent

mem

bers

. T

estin

g O

ffic

ers

for

subs

tan

ce a

buse

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

lega

lly a

utho

rize

d pa

ram

eter

s,

will

hel

p en

sure

tha

t th

ese

obje

ctiv

es a

re a

ccom

plis

hed,

whi

le b

alan

cing

the

nee

d to

saf

egua

rd

the

righ

ts o

f th

e in

divi

dual

m

embe

rs t

este

d ag

ains

t un

reas

onab

le

intr

usio

ns i

nto

thei

r pe

rson

. It

is

ackn

ow

ledg

ed t

hat

l ega

l re

quir

emen

ts p

erta

inin

g to

dru

g te

stin

g m

ay c

han

ge a

nd e

volv

e; t

he p

olic

y m

ay b

e am

ende

d fr

om t

ime

to

tim

e to

ref

lect

cha

nges

in

l e

gal

requ

irem

ents

and

pa

ram

eter

s, a

s w

ell

as

the

nego

tiat

ed p

acts

of

the

univ

ersi

ty a

nd i

ts u

nio

nize

d O

ffic

ers.

44

FOP

Agr

eem

ent

20 I

5-20

19

III.

Def

init

ion

of T

erm

s

IV.

A.

B. c.

D.

E.

F.

Off

icer

s:

All

non

-sup

ervi

sory

pol

ice

offi

cers

ser

ving

wit

hin

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

othe

r th

an t

hose

em

ploy

ed a

s P

olic

e S

erge

ants

.

Supe

rvis

ors:

S

wor

n su

peri

or

offi

cers

o

r ad

min

istr

ativ

e,

supe

rvis

ory

pers

onne

l as

sign

ed t

o po

siti

ons

havi

ng d

ay-t

o-da

y re

spon

sibi

liti

es f

or s

uper

visi

on o

f Off

icer

s.

Uri

naly

sis:

A

ur

ine

test

ad

min

iste

red

unde

r ap

prov

ed

cond

itio

ns a

nd p

roce

dure

for

det

ecti

ng i

lleg

al d

rug

usag

e.

Rea

son

able

Ind

ivid

uali

zed

Susp

icio

n:

An

app

aren

t st

ate

of

fact

s an

d/o

r ci

rcum

stan

ces

foun

d to

exi

st u

pon

inqu

iry

by t

he

supe

rvis

or,

as d

eter

min

ed b

y th

e D

irec

tor

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

or

Ch

ief o

f P

olic

e, w

hich

ever

is

appl

icab

le,

whi

ch w

ould

ind

uce

a re

ason

ably

int

elli

gent

and

pru

dent

per

son

to b

elie

ve t

hat

a re

ason

able

, ob

ject

ive

basi

s ex

ists

to

susp

ect

that

a u

rina

lysi

s w

ill p

rodu

ce e

vide

nce

of a

dru

g as

def

ined

by

this

pol

icy.

Ran

dom

D

rug

Tes

tin

g:

A

stan

dard

ized

ra

ndom

sel

ecti

on

met

hodo

logy

of

test

ing

indi

vidu

al O

ffic

ers

for

drug

s th

at d

oes

not

depe

nd u

pon

reas

onab

le i

ndiv

idua

lize

d su

spic

ion

and

does

no

t pr

edet

erm

ine

who

wil

l be

tes

ted

.

Dru

gs:

Con

trol

led

subs

tanc

es o

r il

lega

l dr

ugs,

as

follo

ws:

am

phet

amin

e/m

etha

mph

etam

ine;

ba

rbit

urat

es;

ben

zodi

azep

ene;

ca

nnob

inoi

ds;

coca

ine;

m

etha

done

; ph

ency

clid

ine;

opi

ates

and

ill

egal

ste

roid

s.

Dru

g T

esti

ng

Par

amet

ers

A.

Pre

-em

plo

ymen

t or

Pro

bati

onar

y P

erio

d S

cree

nin

g -

Dru

g sc

reen

ing

shal

l oc

cur

as p

art

of

the

pre-

empl

oym

ent

med

ical

exa

min

atio

n ad

min

iste

red

to p

erso

ns

appl

ying

fo

r an

y O

ffic

er

posi

tion

s w

ith

the

NJI

T

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

Dep

artm

ent.

A

ddit

iona

lly,

scr

eeni

ng a

t th

e di

scre

tion

of

NJI

T m

ay t

ake

plac

e at

any

tim

e du

ring

an

Off

icer

's p

roba

tio

nary

per

iod

wit

h th

e D

epar

tmen

t o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y.

B.

Em

plo

ymen

t S

cree

nin

g -

In b

alan

cing

the

NJI

T c

omm

unit

y's

righ

t an

d ob

liga

tion

to

have

a d

rug-

free

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

Dep

artm

ent

agai

nst

the

Off

icer

's r

ight

to

priv

acy,

ur

inal

ysis

w

ill

be

the

chos

en

met

hod

of

scre

enin

g.

Scr

eeni

ng

wil

l be

ad

min

iste

red

as f

ollo

ws:

( 1

) sc

reen

ing

of

any

Off

icer

in

the

abse

nce

of

"rea

sona

ble

indi

vidu

aliz

ed s

uspi

cion

" m

ay b

e co

nduc

ted

at N

JIT

's d

iscr

etio

n at

any

tim

e fo

llow

ing

rand

om

sele

ctio

n,

or

(2)

Indi

vid

ual

scre

enin

g w

ill

be

adm

inis

tere

d w

hen

ther

e is

a

45

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

0 19

"rea

sona

ble

indi

vidu

aliz

ed s

uspi

cion

" to

bel

ieve

tha

t an

ind

ivid

ual

Off

icer

is

usin

g dr

ugs

in v

iola

tion

of

this

pol

icy

. T

esti

ng o

n th

e ba

sis

of

"rea

sona

ble

indi

vidu

aliz

ed s

uspi

cion

" w

ill

be

requ

ired

bas

ed o

n th

e ob

ject

ive

fact

s an

d on

rat

iona

l in

fere

nces

, dr

awn

by a

su

perv

isor

, to

ind

icat

e th

at t

he u

sage

of

any

drug

may

be

the

caus

e o

f an

unf

it c

ondi

tion

w

here

the

Off

icer

is:

1.

Impa

ired

in, o

r in

capa

ble

of

perf

orm

ing

thei

r as

sign

ed d

utie

s,

and

/or

2.

The

sub

ject

of

inve

stig

atio

n w

here

suf

fici

ent

evid

ence

an

d fa

cts

are

pres

ent

to

cons

titu

te

a "r

easo

nabl

e/in

divi

dual

ized

su

spic

ion

" th

at

they

ar

e in

volv

ed i

n th

e us

e, p

osse

ssio

n or

sal

e o

f dru

gs;

and

/or

3.

Exp

erie

ncin

g (w

itho

ut

plau

sibl

e,

legi

tim

ate

expl

anat

ion

prof

fere

d an

d fu

lly

vali

date

d) e

xces

sive

ab

sent

eeis

m

a nd

sign

ific

antl

y re

duce

d pr

oduc

tivi

ty,

and/

or

4.

Fou

nd t

o ha

ve e

xces

sive

or

othe

rwis

e su

spic

ious

on­

duty

in

juri

es

or

mot

or

vehi

cle

acci

dent

s in

dica

ting

n e

glig

ence

in

rela

tion

to

assi

gned

dut

ies;

and

/or

5.

Exh

ibit

ing

unus

ual

and/

or

biza

rre

beha

vior

pat

tern

s,

reas

onab

ly

deem

ed

inco

nsis

tent

w

ith

regu

lar

and

appr

opri

ate

beha

vior

pat

tern

s.

V.

Tes

tin

g P

roce

dure

s

A.

Any

de

part

men

t m

embe

r w

ho

is

cons

umin

g a

pres

crib

ed

med

icat

ion

whi

ch m

ay n

ot o

ther

wis

e be

def

ined

as

a dr

ug u

nder

thi

s po

licy

or

inge

stin

g ov

er-t

he­

coun

ter

drug

s, s

hall

, upo

n be

ing

orde

red

to s

ubm

it to

dru

g te

stin

g, i

nfon

n th

eir

imm

edia

te

supe

rvis

or o

f th

e na

ture

o

f th

e il

lnes

s or

in

jury

, al

ong

wit

h th

e na

me

and

type

of

med

icat

ion

bein

g ta

ken

and

the

phys

icia

n pr

escr

ibin

g sa

me.

B.

Rea

son

able

In

divi

dual

ized

Su

spic

ion:

S

uper

vis

ors

shal

l pr

epar

e a

wri

tten

re

port

re

ques

ting

ur

inal

ysis

, w

here

th

ere

is

a cr

edib

ilit

y to

th

e so

urce

s o

f in

form

atio

n,

e.g.

, by

ti

p,

info

rman

t,

pers

onal

kn

owle

dge,

ob

serv

atio

ns,

othe

r do

cum

enta

tion

or

reli

able

inf

orm

atio

n th

at a

mem

ber

is a

use

r o

f dr

ugs.

T

he r

epor

t,

whi

ch s

hall

be

conf

iden

tial

, sh

all

be f

orw

arde

d to

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y o

r C

hief

o

f P

olic

e, w

hich

ever

is

appl

icab

le, d

ocum

enti

ng t

he s

peci

fic

reas

ons

for

the

requ

est

wit

h al

l ci

rcum

stan

ces

and/

or c

orro

bora

ting

evi

denc

e su

ppor

ting

ind

ivid

uali

zed,

rea

sona

ble

susp

icio

n (e

.g.,

rele

vant

fac

ts e

xhib

ited

by

the

Off

icer

).

1.

The

dec

isio

n to

tes

t an

Off

icer

for

dru

gs b

ased

upo

n sa

tisf

acti

on

of

the

stan

dard

s fo

r re

ason

able

FO

P A

gree

men

t 2

01

5-2

01

9

46

indi

vidu

aliz

ed s

uspi

cion

, sh

all

be m

ade

by t

he D

irec

tor

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

or

Ch

ief

of

Pol

ice,

w

hich

ever

is

ap

plic

able

. U

nder

em

erge

nt

circ

umst

ance

s,

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y or

Ch

ief o

f Pol

ice,

whi

chev

er

is a

ppli

cabl

e,

may

ord

er d

rug

test

ing

base

d up

on a

n or

al r

epor

t. If

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y o

r C

hief

of

Pol

ice,

whi

chev

er i

s ap

plic

able

, ca

nnot

be

cont

acte

d w

ithi

n a

reas

onab

le p

erio

d o

f ti

me,

an

NJI

T d

esig

nee

(nor

mal

ly a

Lie

uten

ant)

may

(ac

ting

in

his

abse

nce)

or

der

such

test

.

A.

Ran

dom

D

rug

Tes

tin

g:

In

the

case

o

f ra

ndom

dr

ug

test

ing,

a

publ

ishe

d st

anda

rdiz

ed,

sele

ctio

n pr

oced

ure

shal

l be

uti

lize

d to

sel

ect

no m

ore

than

tw

enty

per

cent

(2

0%)

of

the

pool

of

Off

icer

s fo

r dr

ug t

esti

ng a

t an

y on

e ti

me.

T

his

proc

edur

e m

ust

conf

orm

wit

h th

e fo

llow

ing

guid

elin

es:

I.

The

sel

ecti

on o

f an

y of

fice

r m

ust

be b

ased

pur

ely

upon

ch

ance

, w

hich

m

ay

only

in

clud

e m

athe

mat

ical

pr

obab

ilit

y as

a l

ikel

ihoo

d o

f sel

ecti

on.

2.

The

sel

ecti

on p

roce

dure

sha

ll no

t be

con

duct

ed b

y an

y m

embe

r o

f the

Dep

artm

ent

of P

ub! i

c S

afet

y, b

ut a

ny o

f th

e fo

llow

ing

mem

bers

ofN

JIT

adm

inis

trat

ion

(or

thei

r su

cces

sors

in p

osit

ion

resp

onsi

bili

ty)

may

be

pres

ent

to

wit

ness

the

sel

ecti

on p

roce

ss:

a. P

resi

dent

, b.

V

ice

Pre

side

nt

for

Rea

l E

stat

e D

evel

opm

ent

and

Cap

ital

O

pera

tion

s,

c.

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y or

C

hie

f o

f P

olic

e,

whi

chev

er

ts

appl

icab

le,

orex

pres

sly

auth

oriz

ed S

uper

ior

Pol

ice

Off

icer

s,

d. V

ice

Pre

side

nt o

f Hum

an R

esou

rces

or

her

desi

gnee

.

3.

The

FO

P h

as t

he r

ight

, at

its

req

uest

, to

hav

e a

duly

au

thor

ized

, L

odge

#9

3,

repr

esen

tati

ve

pres

ent

as

a w

itne

ss to

the

sel

ecti

on p

roce

ss.

4.

To

reac

h th

e m

axim

um a

llow

able

num

b er

of

Off

icer

s te

sted

at

any

one

tim

e, y

ou w

ould

rou

nd t

o th

e nu

mbe

r o

f Off

icer

s ne

ares

t tw

enty

per

cent

(20

%)

at t

he t

ime

of

sele

ctio

n.

For

ex

ampl

e,

if t

here

ar

e si

xtee

n (1

6)

offi

cers

in

th

e te

stin

g po

ol,

thre

e (3

) of

fice

rs e

qual

ei

ghte

en p

oint

se

vent

y-fi

ve

perc

ent

(18.

75%

) o

f th

e po

ol a

nd f

our

(4)

offi

cers

equ

al t

wen

ty-f

ive

perc

ent

(25%

) o

f th

e po

ol.

Th

e m

axim

um n

umbe

r o

f of

fice

rs,

FOP

Agr

eem

ent 2

0 I 5

-20

I 9

47

unde

r th

is e

xam

ple,

tha

t m

ay b

e se

lect

ed i

s th

ree

(3).

5.

As

the

sele

ctio

n is

tru

ly r

ando

m,

ther

e is

no

lim

it o

n th

e nu

mbe

r o

f ti

mes

one

may

be

rand

omly

sel

ecte

d no

r w

i ll

ther

e be

any

alt

erat

ion

in t

he s

elec

tion

pro

cedu

re

rega

rdle

ss o

f co

mpa

rabl

e di

ffer

ence

s am

ong

Off

icer

s in

tim

es s

elec

ted.

6.

The

re w

ill

be n

o m

ore

than

six

(6)

ran

dom

tes

ts p

er y

ear

to b

e sc

hedu

led

at N

JIT

's d

iscr

etio

n.

7.

As

the

proc

edur

e is

pub

lish

able

, it

will

be

avai

labl

e to

the

FO

P

for

vali

dity

tes

ting

as

a ra

ndom

pro

cess

.

8.

Con

fide

ntia

litv

: T

he

iden

tifi

cati

on

of

Off

icer

s se

lect

ed f

or r

ando

m t

esti

ng a

s w

ell

as t

he f

act

that

a

rand

om

sele

ctio

n an

d te

stin

g pr

oced

ure

has

been

de

term

ined

an

d sc

hedu

led

to

occu

r,

prio

r to

th

e co

llec

tion

of

spec

imen

s, s

hall

rem

ain

conf

iden

tial

to

the

exte

nt

prac

tica

ble.

A

ny

Off

icer

w

ho

wit

hout

au

thor

izat

ion

from

NJI

T,

disc

lose

s ei

ther

the

ide

ntit

y o

f se

lect

ed

Off

icer

s o

r th

e pl

anni

ng

of

a ra

ndom

se

lect

ion

and

test

ing,

sh

all

be

subj

ect

to

seve

re

disc

ipli

ne.

Thi

s,

wit

hout

m

itig

atio

n o

f an

ex

trao

rdin

ary

natu

re,

is a

ter

min

able

off

ense

.

9.

The

onl

y m

atte

r gr

ieva

ble

unde

r th

is P

olic

y is

whe

ther

the

test

ing

proc

edur

e re

ason

ably

lea

ds t

o tr

uly

rand

om s

elec

tion

.

D.

Not

ific

atio

n o

f Dru

g S

cree

nin

g

1.

An

Off

icer

tes

ted

on t

he g

roun

ds

of

"rea

sona

ble

indi

vidu

aliz

ed

susp

icio

n",

disc

retj

onar

y te

stin

g du

ring

hi

s/he

r pr

obat

iona

ry

peri

od,

or

rand

om t

esti

ng,

need

rec

eive

no

min

imum

not

ific

atio

n th

at d

rug

scre

enin

g, t

hrou

gh u

rina

lysi

s, w

ill

be c

ondu

cted

pri

or t

o re

port

ing

to t

he t

esti

ng l

ocat

ion,

oth

er t

han

that

not

ific

atio

n ti

me

that

is

ne

cess

ary

for

tran

spor

tati

on

purp

oses

. W

hene

ver

prac

tica

ble,

Off

icer

s sh

all

be n

otif

ied

duri

ng t

heir

tou

r o

f du

ty o

n th

e da

te o

f th

e te

st,

and

test

ing

itse

lf w

ill

be c

ondu

cted

dur

ing

a to

ur o

f dut

y.

2.

Any

Off

icer

who

ref

uses

to a

ppea

r fo

r te

stin

g at

the

tim

e an

d pl

ace

desi

gnat

ed b

y th

e D

epar

tmen

t af

ter

bein

g no

tifi

ed t

o do

so,

sha

ll b

e su

bjec

ted

to t

he s

ame

pena

ltie

s an

d co

nseq

uenc

es a

s th

ose

Off

icer

s w

ho t

est

posi

tive

for

the

pre

senc

e o

f il

lega

l dr

ugs

incl

udin

g, b

ut

not

lim

ited

to

, th

e te

rmin

atio

n o

f em

ploy

men

t fr

om

Nn

T,

48

FO

P A

gre

em

en

t 20

I 5

-20

19

foll

owin

g pr

ovis

ion

of a

ppli

cabl

e du

e pr

oces

s o

f la

w.

E.

Res

pons

ibil

ity

-A

sup

ervi

sor

desi

gnat

ed b

y th

e D

irec

tor

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

or

Ch

ief

of

Pol

ice,

w

hich

ever

is

ap

plic

able

, sh

all

be

dire

ctly

re

spon

sibl

e fo

r sc

hedu

ling

and

sup

ervi

sing

the

cond

ucti

ng o

f all

dru

g sc

reen

ing

for

Off

icer

s.

F.

Pro

cess

ing

of

Uri

ne

Sp

ecim

en

1.

Des

igna

ted

Lab

orat

ory

and

Tes

t -

The

New

Jer

sey

Sta

te T

oxic

olog

y L

abor

ator

y w

ithi

n th

e D

ivis

ion

of

Cri

min

al J

usti

ce,

shal

l be

the

sol

e fa

cili

ty f

or t

esti

ng

proc

edur

es f

or O

ffic

ers.

T

he f

ollo

win

g tw

o (2

) st

ep

test

ing

proc

ess

wil

l be

fol

low

ed:

a.

The

Enz

yme

Mul

tipl

ied

Imm

unoa

ssay

T

est

(EM

IT)

and

Thi

n L

ayer

Chr

omat

ogra

phy

(TL

C)

wil

l be

us

ed

as

init

ial

dru

g s

cree

ning

pr

oced

ures

.

b.

Gas

C

hrom

atog

raph

y/M

ass

Spe

ctro

met

ry

(GC

MS

) te

chni

que

is

used

to

co

nfim

1 al

l po

siti

ve r

esul

ts o

f in

itia

l dr

ug s

cree

ning

.

2.

Pre

lim

inar

y A

cqui

siti

on P

roce

dure

s B

efor

e an

Off

icer

is o

rder

ed t

o su

bmit

to

a dr

ug t

est

on

th

e ba

sis

of

"rea

sona

ble

indi

vidu

aliz

ed s

uspi

cion

", t

he

Dep

artm

ent

shal

l pr

epar

e a

conf

iden

tial

rep

ort

whi

ch

docu

men

ts t

he b

asis

the

reof

. T

he

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y o

r C

hie

f of

Pol

ice,

whi

chev

er i

s ap

plic

able

, (o

r su

ch

indi

vidu

al

desi

gnat

ed

by

this

pol

icy

to

rend

er

appr

oval

of

test

ing)

sha

ll b

ase

his/

her

deci

sion

on

the

cont

ents

of

this

con

fide

ntia

l re

port

. N

o s

uch

repo

rt

shal

l be

re

quir

ed

in

the

even

t o

f ei

ther

em

erge

nt

circ

umst

ance

s m

anda

ting

im

med

iate

te

stin

g,

or

allo

wab

le r

ando

m te

stin

g.

Pri

or t

o th

e su

bmis

sion

of

a ur

ine

sam

ple

for

any

type

o

f te

stin

g,

the

Off

icer

sh

all

com

plet

e a

med

ical

qu

esti

onna

ire

whi

ch c

lear

ly d

escr

ibes

all

med

icat

ions

, bo

th p

resc

ript

ion

or

over

the

cou

nter

, w

hich

he

or s

he

inge

sted

dur

ing

the

prio

r th

irty

(30

) da

ys.

The

D

irec

tor

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

or

Ch

ief

of

Pol

ice,

w

hich

ever

is

ap

plic

able

, sh

all

desi

gnat

e an

off

icia

l m

onit

or r

espo

nsib

le f

or u

rine

sam

ple

acqu

isit

ions

. T

he

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15

-20

19

49

mor

utor

m

ay,

but

need

no

t be

, an

N

JIT

S

uper

ior

Off

icer

. T

he m

onit

or s

hall

, w

hene

ver

prac

tica

ble,

be

of

the

sam

e ge

nder

as

the

Off

icer

(s)

prod

ucin

g th

e re

quir

ed s

ampl

es.

As

the

offi

cial

mon

itor

, he

/she

sha

ll

be r

espo

nsib

le f

or

ensu

ring

tha

t al

l re

leva

nt d

iscl

osur

e fo

rms

have

bee

n th

orou

ghly

com

plet

ed b

y th

e O

ffic

er,

and

that

th

e sp

ecim

en

cont

aine

rs

used

du

ring

th

e sa

mp

le a

cqui

siti

on p

roce

ss h

ave

been

app

rove

d by

the

N

ew J

erse

y S

tate

Tox

icol

ogy

Lab

orat

ory.

T

he o

ffic

ial

mon

itor

sha

ll a

lso

take

all

reas

onab

le s

teps

to

ensu

re t

o th

e ex

tent

pra

ctic

able

tha

t th

e in

vasi

on o

f th

e O

ffic

er's

pr

ivac

y is

m

inim

ized

du

ring

th

e sa

mpl

e ac

quis

itio

n pr

oces

s.

Pri

or t

o su

bmit

ting

the

uri

ne s

ampl

e to

the

la

bora

tory

for

tes

ting

, bo

th t

he o

ffic

ial

mor

utor

and

the

O

ffic

er s

hall

in

spec

t th

e sp

ecim

en

bott

le p

acke

t fo

r in

dica

tion

s o

f pr

e-vo

id

tam

peri

ng.

Th

e of

fici

al

mon

itor

may

als

o ch

oose

to

desi

gnat

e an

othe

r w

itne

ss

to t

he s

ampl

e ac

quis

itio

ns.

3.

Sp

ecim

en A

cqui

siti

on P

roce

du

re

a.

Aft

er

the

offi

cial

m

onit

or

has

revi

ewed

th

e ap

prop

riat

e fo

rms

for

accu

racy

and

in

spec

ted

the

empt

y sp

ecim

en

coll

ecti

on

cont

aine

r fo

r si

gns

of

tam

peri

ng,

the

Off

icer

sha

ll v

oid

into

th

e co

ntai

ner.

T

he

Off

icer

sh

all

seal

th

e sp

ecim

en c

onta

iner

and

del

iver

it

to t

he o

ffic

ial

mon

itor

.

b.

At

the

tim

e th

e ur

ine

sam

ple

is p

rovi

ded

, th

e O

ffic

er w

ill

have

the

opt

ion

to s

ubm

it t

wo

(2)

sam

ples

. B

oth

sam

ples

w

ill

be

acqu

ired

ac

cord

ing

to

the

proc

edur

es

outl

ined

he

rein

. O

ne w

ill

be f

orw

arde

d to

the

Sta

te T

oxic

olog

y L

abor

ator

y fo

r te

stin

g.

The

off

icia

l m

onit

or

wil

l st

ore

the

rem

aini

ng s

an1p

le

in

a fr

ozen

st

ate

wit

hin,

or

acce

ssib

le t

o,

the

Dep

artm

ent

acco

rdin

g to

D

epar

tmen

tal

proc

edur

es

rega

rdin

g ch

ain

of

cust

ody

and

evid

ence

st

orag

e, i

n ac

cord

ance

wit

h A

ttor

ney

Gen

eral

G

uide

line

s.

The

sam

ples

wil

l re

mai

n in

sto

rage

fo

r si

xty

(60)

day

s o

r un

til n

otif

icat

ion

by t

he

Sta

te

Tox

icol

ogy

Lab

orat

ory

that

th

e fi

rst

spec

imen

tes

ted

nega

tive

. T

his

sam

ple

wil

l be

m

ade

avai

labl

e up

on

requ

est

thro

ugh

the

appr

opri

ate

chan

nels

to

the

Off

icer

or

at

the

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

019

50

Off

icer

's

elec

tion

, hi

s/he

r au

thor

ized

em

ploy

men

t re

pres

enta

tive

(w

hich

fo

r th

is

proc

ess

only

may

inc

lude

ret

aine

d co

unse

l).

c.

To

the

max

imum

ext

ent

poss

ible

, pr

ivac

y w

ill

be m

aint

aine

d du

ring

the

spe

cim

en p

rodu

ctio

n pr

oces

s,

how

ever

, sh

ould

th

e D

epar

tmen

t o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y ha

ve

docu

men

ted

reas

on

to

beli

eve

the

Off

icer

wil

l ad

ulte

rate

the

spe

cim

en

or

othe

rwis

e co

mpr

omis

e th

e in

tegr

ity

of

the

test

pr

oces

s,

the

offi

cial

m

onit

or

or

his/

her

desi

gnee

(o

f th

e sa

me

gend

er a

s th

e O

ffic

er)

may

dir

ectl

y ob

serv

e th

e O

ffic

er w

hile

he/

she

prod

uces

the

spec

imen

.

d.

In t

he e

vent

an

Off

icer

is

unab

le t

o pr

oduc

e a

urin

e sp

ecim

en,

the

Off

icer

may

rem

ain

unde

r th

e su

perv

isio

n o

f th

e of

fici

al

mon

itor

un

til

he/s

he

is

sati

sfie

d th

at

the

Off

icer

ca

nnot

pr

oduc

e a

spec

imen

. A

t su

ch t

ime,

the

off

icia

l m

onit

or m

ay a

llow

the

Off

icer

to d

rink

flu

ids

in

an a

ttem

pt t

o in

duce

pro

duct

ion

of

a sp

ecim

en.

An

Off

icer

's c

onti

nued

ina

bili

ty t

o pr

oduc

e a

spec

imen

m

ay

resu

lt

in

the

Off

icer

be

ing

exam

ined

by

a ph

ysic

ian

of

NJI

T's

cho

ice

and

at N

JIT

's e

xpen

se t

o de

term

ine

if th

e in

abil

ity

to

prod

uce

the

sam

ple

is

the

resu

lt

of

a m

edic

al/p

hysi

cal

infi

rmit

y or

a

refu

sal

to

coop

erat

e w

ith

the

drug

te

stin

g pr

oces

s.

A

dete

rmin

atio

n by

the

exa

min

ing

phys

icia

n, t

hat

the

inab

ilit

y to

pr

oduc

e a

urin

e sp

ecim

en

is

base

d up

on a

ref

usal

to

coop

erat

e w

ith

the

drug

te

stin

g pr

oces

s sh

all

be c

ause

for

ter

min

atio

n o

f th

e O

ffic

er.

e.

Upo

n su

cces

sful

pro

duct

ion

and

deli

very

of

a re

quir

ed

urin

e sa

mpl

e to

the

off

icia

l m

onit

or,

he/s

he s

hall

mai

ntai

n th

e ch

ain

of

cust

ody

by

subm

itti

ng t

he s

eale

d sp

ecim

en c

onta

iner

(s)

to

the

New

Jer

sey

Sta

te T

oxic

olog

y L

abor

ator

y,

Div

isio

n o

f C

rim

inal

Ju

stic

e w

ithi

n on

e (I

) w

orki

ng d

ay

of

coll

ecti

on.

In

the

even

t th

e sp

ecim

en c

anno

t be

sub

mit

ted

wit

hin

one

(1)

wor

king

day

, it

shal

l be

sto

red

in a

con

trol

led

acce

ss

refr

iger

ated

st

orag

e ar

ea

until

su

bmis

sion

to t

he S

tate

Tox

icol

ogy

Lab

orat

ory.

FO

P A

gre

emen

t 20

15-

201

9

51

f. T

hrou

ghou

t th

e te

stin

g pr

oces

s, t

he i

dent

itie

s o

f th

e te

sted

Off

icer

s sh

all

rem

ain

conf

iden

tial

to

the

exte

nt

prac

tica

ble.

In

divi

dual

sp

ecim

ens

shal

l be

ide

ntif

ied

by s

ocia

l se

curi

ty n

umbe

rs

only

. O

ffic

ers'

na

mes

sh

all

not

appe

ar

on

sp

ecim

en c

onta

iner

s or

for

ms

subm

itte

d to

the

S

tate

Tox

icol

ogy

Lab

orat

ory.

G.

Dru

g T

est

Res

ults

1.

Not

ific

atio

n It

is

the

proc

edur

e o

f th

e S

tate

Tox

icol

ogy

Lab

orat

ory

to

noti

fy

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y o

r C

hie

f o

f P

olic

e, w

hich

ever

is

appl

icab

le,

as t

o th

e re

sult

of

the

urin

alys

is,

imm

edia

tely

upo

n co

mpl

etio

n o

f th

e te

st.

The

lab

orat

ory

wil

l re

tain

onl

y th

ose

sam

ples

whi

ch

have

bee

n co

nfir

med

to

be p

osit

ive

for

the

pres

ence

of

drug

s.

All

or

al

noti

fica

tion

s w

ill

be

conf

im1e

d by

w

ritt

en

repo

rts

wit

hin

fift

een

(15)

w

orki

ng

days

o

f su

bmis

sion

of

the

spec

imen

.

2.

Pos

itiv

e R

esul

ts

All

Off

icer

s w

ho a

re t

este

d,

and

are

conf

irm

ed t

o be

po

siti

ve f

or t

he p

rese

nce

of d

rugs

, sha

ll:

a.

Be

noti

fied

of

this

fac

t by

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y o

r C

hie

f of

Pol

ice,

whi

chev

er i

s ap

plic

able

, as

soo

n as

pra

ctic

able

aft

er o

ral

noti

fica

tion

is

rece

ived

fr

om t

he l

abor

ator

y.

b.

Be

prov

ided

w

ith

a co

py

of

the

labo

rato

ry

repo

rt,

as s

oon

as p

ract

icab

le a

fter

rec

eipt

of

sam

e.

c.

Be

susp

ende

d fr

om d

uty

imm

edia

tely

wit

hout

pa

y, p

ursu

ant

to A

rtic

le V

II,

Inve

stig

atio

n, D

ue

Pro

cess

, D

isci

plin

e an

d C

hall

enge

, o

f th

e co

llec

tive

bar

gain

ing

agre

emen

t pe

ndin

g a

due

proc

ess

hear

ing

for

dism

issa

l fr

om

empl

oym

ent.

d.

Be

term

inat

ed f

rom

em

ploy

men

t, i

n ac

cord

ance

w

ith

Art

icle

V

II,

Inve

stig

atio

n, D

ue P

roce

ss,

Dis

cipl

ine

and

Cha

Jlen

ge,

of

the

coll

ecti

ve

barg

aini

ng a

gree

men

t.

FOP

Agr

eem

ent

20 1

5-20

19

52

e.

Be

give

n th

e op

port

unit

y to

ch

alle

nge

a te

rmin

atio

n fr

om

empl

oym

ent

base

d up

on

a co

nfir

med

pos

itiv

e re

sult

in

the

sam

e m

anne

r as

pr

ovid

ed i

n th

e co

llec

tive

bar

gain

ing

agre

emen

t fo

r ch

all e

ngin

g di

scip

lina

ry

impo

siti

ons

invo

lvin

g po

tent

ial

term

inat

ion

of

empl

oym

ent.

T

he

only

gr

ieva

ble

issu

es

wit

h re

gard

to

di

scip

line

res

ulti

ng f

rom

a p

osit

ive

drug

tes

t ar

e as

fol

low

s:

(i.)

a

chal

leng

e to

the

tes

ting

res

ults

or

proc

edur

e;

or

(ii.)

in

the

cas

e o

f dr

ug t

esti

ng b

ased

upo

n "r

easo

nabl

e in

divi

dual

ized

sus

pici

on",

a

clai

m

that

re

ason

able

gr

ound

s fo

r te

stin

g di

d no

t ex

ist.

f. In

ad

diti

on

to

the

abov

e m

easu

res,

an

y de

part

men

t m

embe

r w

ho p

rodu

ces

a co

nfir

med

po

siti

ve r

esul

t fo

r us

e o

f dru

gs s

hall

als

o be

:

(i.)

incl

uded

in

a ce

ntra

l re

gist

ry m

aint

aine

d by

th

e D

ivis

ion

of

Sta

te P

olic

e, t

o be

ac

cess

ed o

nly

thro

ugh

cour

t or

der

or

as

part

o

f a

conf

iden

tial

in

vest

igat

ion

rela

ted

to

law

en

forc

emen

t em

ploy

men

t;

(ii.)

re

port

ed t

o th

e E

ssex

Cou

nty

Pro

secu

tor;

(iii

.) pe

rman

entl

y ba

rred

fr

om

swor

n la

w

enfo

rcem

ent

empl

oym

ent

m

New

Je

rsey

.

g.

Off

icer

s w

ho

have

pr

oduc

ed

two

(2)

sim

ulta

neou

s sa

mpl

es

may

, up

on

noti

fica

tion

o

f a

posi

tive

tes

t re

sult

, re

ques

t th

at t

he D

irec

tor

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

or C

hie

f o

f P

olic

e,

whi

chev

er

is

appl

icab

le,

nd

rele

ase

the

seco

nd (

2 )

sam

ple

for

the

sole

pur

pose

or

havi

ng t

he s

ame

inde

pend

entl

y te

sted

. U

nder

suc

h ci

rcum

stan

ces,

th

e O

ffic

er

mus

t de

sign

ate

as

the

inde

pend

ent

test

ing

faci

lity

a

labo

rato

ry

lice

nsed

to

co

ndu c

t su

ch t

ests

by

the

New

Jer

sey

Dep

artm

ent

of

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

019

53

Hea

lth

unde

r th

e N

ew

Jers

ey

Cri

min

al

Lab

orat

ory

Impr

ovem

ent

Act

. If

an

auth

oriz

ed r

epre

sent

ativ

e o

f th

e de

sign

ated

lab

orat

ory

does

not

tak

e po

sses

sion

of

nd

the

seco

nd

(2

) sa

mpl

e m

aint

aini

ng

an

appr

opri

ate

chai

n o

f cu

stod

y,

wit

hin

sixt

y (6

0) d

ays

of

prod

ucti

on,

the

Dep

artm

ent

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

wil

l de

stro

y th

e sa

mpl

e.

3.

Neg

ativ

e R

esul

ts

a.

If th

e te

st r

esul

t as

det

erm

ined

at

any

stag

e o

f th

e pr

oces

s is

neg

ativ

e, t

he a

lleg

atio

n o

f dr

ug

abus

e ag

ains

t th

e O

ffic

er s

hall

be

clas

sifi

ed a

s "u

nfou

nded

".

b.

Any

O

ffic

er w

hose

spe

cim

en

is

foun

d to

be

ne

gati

ve, o

r w

ho h

as a

ver

ified

, la

wfu

lly

issu

ed,

med

ical

ly

valid

pr

escr

ipti

on

expl

aini

ng

a po

siti

ve r

esul

t, sh

all

rece

ive

a le

tter

fro

m t

he

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y o

r C

hief

of

Pol

ice,

w

hich

ever

is

appl

icab

le,

stat

ing

that

no

ille

gal

subs

tanc

es

wer

e fo

und

and

no

nega

tive

in

fere

nces

may

be

draw

n fr

om t

he te

stin

g it

self

. A

cop

y o

f th

e le

tter

wil

l be

pr

ovid

ed t

o th

e O

ffic

er,

and

at t

he O

ffic

er's

ele

ctio

n pl

aced

in

the

Off

icer

's

pers

onne

l fi

le.

Rec

ords

an

d do

cum

ents

re

lati

ng

to

a te

st

base

d up

on

asse

rted

re

ason

able

in

divi

dual

ized

su

spic

ion

wil

l be

m

ade

avai

labl

e to

th

e O

ffic

er

in

acco

rdan

ce w

ith

lega

l m

anda

te,

or t

he t

erm

s o

f th

eir

Col

lect

ive

Bar

gain

ing

Agr

eem

ent.

c.

Neg

ativ

e sp

ecim

ens

shal

l be

de

stro

yed

imm

edia

tely

upo

n co

mpl

etio

n o

f ur

inal

ysis

by

the

Med

ical

E

xam

iner

's

Tox

icol

ogy

Lab

orat

ory.

VI.

R

ecor

d K

eepi

ng

A.

The

Off

ice

of

Hum

an R

esou

rces

sha

ll m

aint

ain

the

foll

owin

g re

cord

s o

f ra

ndom

and

ind

ivid

uali

zed

reas

onab

le s

uspi

cion

tes

ting

:

1.

the

iden

titi

es o

f all

Off

icer

s or

dere

d to

sub

mit

uri

ne s

ampl

es;

54

FO

P A

gree

men

t 20

15-2

019

2.

the

reas

on f

or t

he o

rder

; 3.

th

e da

te t

he u

rine

sam

ple

was

col

lect

ed;

4.

the

iden

tity

of t

he o

ffic

ial

mon

itor

of t

he c

oll

ecti

on p

roce

ss;

5.

the

chai

n o

f cus

tody

oft

he

urin

e sa

mpl

e(s)

fro

m t

he t

ime

of

coll

ecti

on t

o th

e ti

me

of s

ubm

issi

on t

o th

e S

tate

Tox

icol

ogy

Lab

orat

ory

(or

the

lice

nsed

alt

erna

tive

test

ing

faci

lity

set

out

un

d er

prov

isio

n V

.G.

abov

e).

6.

the

resu

lts

of t

he t

esti

ng;

7.

copi

es o

f not

ific

atio

ns t

o O

ffic

ers

sele

cted

or

orde

red

to

unde

rgo

test

ing;

8.

docu

men

tati

on o

f dis

cipl

inar

y ac

tion

tak

en a

gain

st a

ny

Off

icer

who

tes

ts p

osit

ive

or

refu

ses

to s

ubm

it to

tes

ting

.

B.

The

O

ffic

e o

f H

uman

R

esou

rces

sh

all

also

m

aint

ain

the

foll

owin

g re

cord

s fo

r al

l ra

ndom

tes

ting

:

I.

a de

scri

ptio

n o

f the

pro

cess

use

d to

ran

dom

ly s

elec

t O

ffic

ers

for

drug

test

ing;

2.

the

dat

e se

lect

ion

was

mad

e;

3.

a co

py o

f the

doc

umen

t li

stin

g th

e id

enti

ties

of t

hose

se

lect

ed f

or d

rug

test

ing;

4.

a li

st o

f tho

se w

ho w

ere

actu

ally

tes

ted

; and

5.

a ro

ster

o

f N

JIT

per

sonn

el

wit

h kn

owle

dge

of

the

spec

ific

tes

ting

pro

cess

and

tho

se i

dent

ifie

d fo

r te

stin

g.

(To

the

exte

nt p

ract

icab

le,

this

ros

ter

wil

l be

con

fine

d to

th

ose

with

a

need

to

kn

ow i

n ac

cord

ance

wit

hin

lega

l pa

ram

eter

s,

man

ager

ial

prer

ogat

ive

and

publ

ic

poli

cy.)

VII

. C

entr

al D

rug

Reg

istr

y

A.

The

Dep

artm

ent

of

Pub

lic

Saf

ety

shal

l in

clud

e in

its

sub

mis

sion

to

the

Div

isio

n o

f

Sta

te P

olic

e fo

r in

clus

ion

in i

ts c

entr

al d

rug

regi

stry

, th

e fo

llow

ing

info

rmat

ion

as t

o ea

ch

indi

vidu

al:

55

FOP

Agr

eem

ent

20 1

5-20

19

1.

nam

e o

f the

ind

ivid

ual

wh

o t

este

d po

siti

ve, o

r w

ho

refu

sed

to s

ubm

it t

o dr

ug te

stin

g;

2.

last

kno

wn

addr

ess

of

the

indi

vidu

al;

3.

date

of

birt

h;

4.

soci

al s

ecur

ity

num

ber;

5.

SBI

num

ber

(if a

ppli

cabl

e):

6.

subs

tanc

e th

e in

divi

dual

tes

ted

posi

tive

for

, or

circ

umst

ance

s o

f th

e re

fusa

l to

sub

mit

a u

rine

sam

ple

;

7.

date

of d

ism

issa

l fr

om t

he a

genc

y; a

nd

8.

whe

ther

the

indi

vidu

al w

as a

n a

ppli

cant

, tra

inee

, pr

obat

iona

ry o

r no

n-pr

obat

iona

ry O

ffic

er.

B.

Info

rmat

ion

cont

aine

d in

the

cen

tral

re

gist

ry w

ill

be

rele

ased

to

th

ose

outs

ide

ofN

JIT

, by

the

Div

isio

n o

f Sta

te P

olic

e on

ly u

nder

the

fol

low

ing

circ

umst

ance

s:

1.

In

resp

onse

to

an

inqu

iry

from

a

law

enf

orce

men

t ag

ency

as

part

of

the

back

grou

nd i

nves

tiga

tion

pro

cess

fo

r pr

ospe

ctiv

e o

r ne

wly

app

oint

ed p

erso

nnel

.

2.

In r

espo

nse

to a

cou

rt o

rder

.

VII

I.

Res

pons

ibil

itie

s T

o R

epor

t

A.

Off

icer

s' a

nd S

erge

ants

' R

espo

nsib

ilit

ies-

Whe

n an

Off

icer

obs

erve

s a

fell

ow o

ffic

er o

r su

bord

inat

e se

emin

gly

in a

stu

por

or r

ecei

ves

othe

r in

form

atio

n th

at

supp

orts

the

obs

ervi

ng O

ffic

er's

sus

pici

on t

hat

the

depa

rtm

ent

mem

ber

is u

nfit

to

per

form

hi

s/he

r du

ties

and

tha

t us

e or

abu

se o

f dr

ugs

is r

elat

ed t

o th

e O

ffic

er's

con

diti

on,

the

Off

icer

sha

ll:

1.

Imm

edia

tely

not

ify

thei

r su

perv

i sor

(s)

of t

he e

vide

nce

of

susp

ecte

d dr

ug u

se;

2.

A s

uper

viso

r m

ust

also

exe

cute

an

"Adm

inis

trat

ive

Sub

mis

sion

" an

d re

cord

obs

erva

tion

s an

d ot

her

pert

inen

t dat

a.

B.

Lie

uten

ant'

s R

espo

nsib

iliti

es -

Upo

n pe

rson

ally

obs

ervi

ng o

r re

ceiv

ing

info

rmat

ion

from

a

supe

rvis

or o

r ot

her

Off

icer

hav

ing

info

rmat

ion

that

an

Off

icer

is

56

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eem

ent 2

0 15

-20

19

invo

lved

in

dru

g re

late

d ac

tivi

ties

or

is

unab

le t

o pe

rfor

m

his/

her

assi

gned

fu

ncti

on

beca

use

of t

he p

ossi

ble

use

or

abus

e o

f dru

gs, L

ieut

enan

ts s

hall

:

I.

Not

ify

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y or

Chi

ef o

f P

olic

e, w

hich

ever

is

app

lica

ble,

and

com

ply

wit

h in

stru

ctio

ns r

ecei

ved.

2.

Con

duct

an

inve

stig

atio

n to

det

erm

ine

whe

ther

ther

e ar

e su

ffic

ient

fac

ts t

o co

nsti

tute

a r

easo

nabl

e in

divi

dual

ized

su

spic

ion

that

a d

epar

tmen

t m

embe

r is

usi

ng d

rugs

.

3.

Mak

e ne

cess

ary

noti

fica

tion

s an

d sc

hedu

ling

for

tes

ting

pu

rsua

nt to

thi

s po

licy

.

4.

Tra

nspo

rt o

r m

eet

the

depa

rtm

ent

mem

ber

and

his/

her

supe

rvis

or

at

the

Sta

te

of

New

Je

rsey

M

edic

al

Exa

min

er

Tox

icol

ogy

Lab

orat

ory,

N

ewar

k,

New

Je

rsey

.

5.

Imm

edia

tely

for

war

d a

prel

imin

ary

repo

rt o

f the

dru

g-re

late

d in

cide

nt

to

the

Dir

ecto

r o

f P

ubli

c S

afet

y o

r C

hie

f o

f P

olic

e,

whi

chev

er is

app

lica

ble.

6.

For

war

d a

fina

l re

port

to t

he D

irec

tor o

f Pub

lic

Saf

ety

or

Chi

ef o

f P

olic

e, w

hich

ever

is a

ppli

cabl

e, w

ith

find

ings

, rec

omm

enda

tion

s an

d co

nclu

sion

s.

lX.

Res

pons

ibil

ity

For

Com

pli

ance

All

per

sonn

el a

re r

espo

nsib

le f

or b

oth

the

unde

rsta

ndin

g an

d en

forc

emen

t o

f th

is

poli

cy a

nd p

roce

dure

. In

adeq

uaci

es o

n th

e pa

rt o

f th

e op

erat

ing

pers

onne

l re

flec

t di

rect

ly

on t

he s

uper

viso

ry a

nd c

omm

and

pers

onne

l an

d ge

nera

lly

on t

he c

redi

bili

ty o

f th

e en

tire

de

part

men

t.

57

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P A

gree

men

t 20

15-

2019

AT

TA

CH

ME

NT

A

CE

RT

IFIC

AT

ION

In

acc

orda

nce

wit

h co

ntro

llin

g un

iver

sity

pol

icy

and

coll

ecti

ve a

gree

men

t,

I, (O

ffic

er's

Nam

e), h

ereb

y ce

rtif

y as

fo

llow

s:

(Ple

ase

Pri

nt)

(CO

MP

LE

TE

AP

PL

ICA

BL

E S

EC

TIO

N)

1.

I am

cur

rent

ly e

mpl

oyed

in

acti

ve s

tatu

s as

a c

omm

issi

oned

Pol

ice

Off

icer

in

the

Dep

artm

ent

of P

ubli

c S

afet

y;

AN

D

2.

I am

cun

·ent

ly b

eing

tre

ated

by

a li

cens

ed h

ealt

h ca

re p

ract

itio

ner

wit

h th

e fo

llow

ing

duly

pre

scri

bed,

med

icat

ions

:

Med

icat

ion:

P

resc

ribe

d by

: S

tart

ing

date

: E

nd D

ate:

AN

D/O

R

3.

I am

cur

rent

ly u

sing

, o

r ha

ve u

sed

wit

hin

the

last

thi

rty

(30)

day

s, t

he

foll

owin

g no

n-pr

escr

ipti

on m

edic

atio

ns o

r su

bsta

nces

for

tre

atm

ent o

f a h

ealt

h co

ndit

ion

:

Med

icat

ion:

S

tart

ing

Dat

e:

En

d D

ate:

4.

I he

reby

aut

hori

ze t

he C

hie

f of P

olic

e, D

epar

tmen

t o

f Pub

lic

Saf

ety

or

his/

her

desi

gnee

hav

ing

the

rank

of L

ieut

enan

t or

gre

ater

to

cont

act m

y he

alth

car

e pr

acti

tion

er(s

) sp

ecif

ied

here

in s

olel

y fo

r th

e pu

rpos

e o

f con

firm

ing

that

the

pr

escr

ibed

med

icat

ion

and/

or s

ubst

ance

s to

whi

ch I

hav

e ce

rtif

ied

here

in w

as d

uly

pres

crib

ed b

y sa

id h

ealt

h ca

re p

ract

itio

ner(

s).

Sig

ned

to a

nd C

erti

fied

by:

(Sig

natu

re)

on t

his _

__

day

of. _

__

__

__

__

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P A

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0 1

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AP

PE

ND

IX C

LE

TT

ER

OF

AG

RE

EM

EN

T

New

Jer

sey

Inst

itut

e o

f Tec

hnol

ogy

("N

JIT

") a

nd F

rate

rnal

Ord

er o

f Po

lice

("F

OP"

) in

co

nsid

erat

ion

of t

he m

utua

l ex

chan

ge o

f cov

enan

ts m

ade

and

enfo

rcea

ble

in t

he p

arti

es'

succ

esso

r co

llec

tive

neg

otia

tion

s ag

reem

ent

wit

h th

e te

rm J

uly

1, 2

015

thr

oug

h Ju

ne 3

0, 2

019

here

by a

gree

as

foll

ows:

I.

Ove

rtim

e C

alcu

lati

on-

Th

e pa

rtie

s w

ill

ente

r in

to a

n M

OA

for

a

tria

l pe

riod

of

six

mon

ths

whe

reby

vac

atio

n an

d ad

min

istr

ativ

e le

ave

will

be

incl

uded

in

the

calc

ulat

ion

of

hour

s fo

r th

e pu

rpos

es

of o

vert

ime

if th

e ov

erti

me

was

man

date

d.

2.

NJJ

T P

olic

e an

d C

onst

ruct

ion

on

cam

pus

-M

anag

emen

t ag

rees

to

dis

cuss

thi

s is

sue

wit

h th

e U

nion

to

see

ifN

JlT

Pol

ice

can

be

call

ed i

nste

ad o

f New

ark

Pol

ice

whe

n th

ere

is c

onst

ruct

ion

proj

ect

on c

ampu

s or

sur

roun

ding

str

eets

. 3.

M

odif

ied

Pit

tman

Sch

edu

le-

the

part

ies

will

dis

cuss

con

tinu

atio

n o

f th

e M

odif

ied

Pit

tman

Sch

edul

e o

n a

year

to y

ear

bas

is,

and

shal

l en

ter

into

MO

A's

for

the

pur

pose

of e

stab

lish

ing

the

Mod

ifie

d P

ittm

an S

ched

ule

for

each

yea

r o

f the

agr

eem

ent

that

the

y de

cide

to

im

pose

sai

d sc

hedu

le.

Exe

cute

d th

is (

date

)

FO

R N

JJT

:

FO

R F

OP:

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