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Resolution to Approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Ann Arbor and Ann Arbor Police Officers Association effective January 1, 2020 - December 31, 2022
Memorandum
Human Resources Services recommends approval of the new Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City of Ann Arbor and the Ann Arbor Police Officers Association. This is the second tentative agreement reached between the union and city for this collective bargaining agreement, after the first tentative agreement was ratified by the union on March 12, 2020 but ultimately voted down by City Council. On July 6, 2020 City Council approved resolution R-20-271, endorsing a list of bargaining objectives for this second round of negotiations.
Important changes that have been achieved in this contract include:
1) The chief has gained nearly complete authority to schedule and assign training to officers. In the old contract, the chief was limited to two weeks of training per year per officer, and severely limited in his ability to change schedules so afternoon and night shift officers could participate in day-time training activities. The new abilities the chief has gained will allow him the authority to create and implement a new and robust training curriculum for all officers in the department.
2) Specialty assignments may now be given at the discretion of the Chief. In the old contract specialty assignments were listed in the contract. In the new contact, specialty assignments have been removed from the document completely, giving the chief the freedom to create a training and advancement program as a management right using the rotation of specialty assignments as an important component of the program.
3) The chief has gained greater flexibility to issue discipline and extend probationary periods for new officers. In the new contract language, the chief may suspend an officer without pay for up to six months (960 hours), while in the old contract the chief was limited t...
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