[Adopted 1-9-2006 by L.L. No. 1-2006]
[Amended 2-11-2008 by L.L. No. 1-2008]
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Maybrook and the Mayor are authorized to make a policy by resolution to govern the implementation of this Part 1.
All newly hired police officers of the Village of Maybrook who have been appointed by the Board of Trustees to a full-time position with the Police Department of the Village of Maybrook shall be obligated to pay for the entire cost of their basic police training that is required by New York General Municipal Law § 209-q, except that the Village of Maybrook Board of Trustees may pay the cost of such training for each newly hired police officer who commits to serve the Village Police Department as a sworn officer for three years after successfully completing the prescribed training program. Such commitment shall be in written form as prescribed by the Board of Trustees, and shall provide that in the event a police officer who has executed a commitment to serve three years as prescribed above breaches his or her commitment, the Village shall be entitled to be reimbursed for the costs incurred by the Village for the police officer's basic training, after due demand for payment by the Village.
All newly hired police officers of the Village of Maybrook who have been appointed by the Board of Trustees to a full-time position with the Police Department of the Village of Maybrook shall be responsible for the cost of uniforms and body armor, except that the Village of Maybrook will pay the cost of uniforms and body armor for officers who make a written commitment to serve the Village of Maybrook as a sworn police officer for the requisite three-year period after receiving training certification as prescribed above, and upon a breach of that commitment by a police officer, the Village shall be entitled to reimbursement by such police officer of such costs after due demand for payment.
Where a police officer is obligated to reimburse the Village for costs of attendance at the police training academy and/or for uniforms or equipment as provided above by reason of a breach thereof, the Village shall inform the officer of the amount due, and may submit the dispute to an arbitrator for final and binding disposition. The Board of Trustees is authorized to waive claims for reasons of equity or where just cause is shown.
Where a police officer employed by the Village of Maybrook in a full-time capacity has breached the commitment to serve for three years as provided herein, the Village of Maybrook may, in addition to other remedies provided herein, be reimbursed by such police officer for compensation required to be paid by the Village to another police officer for his or her attendance at the basic police training academy required by General Municipal Law § 209-q, incurred due to the failure of the resigning police officer to satisfy his or her three-year commitment, measured as liquidated damages. Such policy may be established by resolution of the Board of Trustees.
Full-time police officers shall have the same holiday schedule that applies to other employees of the Village, except that the Board of Trustees shall also specify what additional compensation is due to full-time police officers for hours worked on holidays.
Full-time police officers may be entitled to retirement benefits as set by Board of Trustees resolution from time to time.
Full-time police officers may be entitled to health insurance benefits as set by Board of Trustees resolution from time to time.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Maybrook shall provide by resolution for the base compensation to be paid to newly hired full-time police officers and such periodic steps in compensation as such police officers shall be entitled to receive during the initial two-year commitment and thereafter.