For the convenience of those persons and entities
which utilize the services of off-duty law enforcement officers of
the City of Garfield Police Department and to authorize the outside
employment of City police while off duty, the City hereby establishes
a policy regarding the use of said officers.
A. Members of the Police Department shall be permitted
to accept police-related employment for private employers or school
districts only during off-duty hours and at such times as will not
interfere with the efficient performance of regularly scheduled or
emergency duty for the City.
B. Any person or entity wishing to employ off-duty police
shall first obtain the approval of the Chief of Police, which approval
shall be granted if, in the opinion of the Chief, such employment
would not be inconsistent with the efficient functioning and good
reputation of the Police Department, and would not unreasonably endanger
or threaten the safety of the officer or officers who are to perform
the work.
All requests to the City for the services of
off-duty enforcement officers in the City of Garfield Police Department
for a period of one week or longer shall be forwarded to the Chief
of Police for posting at least 10 days before such services are required.
Any law enforcement officers, when employed by the City of Garfield,
shall be treated as an employee of the City; provided, however, that
wages earned outside employment shall not be applied toward the pension
benefits of law enforcement officers so employed, nor shall hours
worked for outside employment be considered in any way compensable
as overtime.
[Amended 1-25-2005 by Ord. No. 2420; 4-24-2007 by Ord. No. 2490; 1-12-2016 by Ord. No. 2728]
A. Rates of compensation for contracting the services of off-duty law
enforcement officers shall be established from time to time by the
City Council. Rates of compensation for contracting the services of
off-duty law enforcement are established as follows:
(1) Rate of compensation per hour for off-duty time: $75, except as set forth in Subsection
A(2) below.
(2) Rate of compensation per hour for certain other off-duty law enforcement
services, to include school functions, Fire Department functions,
City functions and church functions: $50.
(3) An additional fee of $25 per hour is hereby established to cover
administration costs, overhead, and out-of-pocket expenses of the
City of Garfield.
(4) An additional fee of $25 per vehicle per hour is hereby established
to compensate the City of Garfield for use of vehicles.
B. Payment to off-duty law enforcement officers for outside employment
shall be made through the City's payroll process.
[Added 8-1-2022 by Ord. No. 2945]
A. The City may choose to utilize a secondary service to administrate
and perform the actions related to the off-duty employment process.
These actions include, but are not limited to: communicating with
said person or company to schedule off-duty jobs, scheduling the officers
for said jobs, invoicing the person or company and receiving escrow
and/or payments from the person or company in a manner set forth by
the secondary service provider. The secondary service provider may
charge an additional fee for services that are above and in addition
to the fee structure stated in this chapter and utilize business-type
collections rules as set forth in the contract/agreement between the
City and the secondary provider.
B. The secondary service provider will reimburse the City via ACH or
other funds transfer methods, according to the fees set forth in this
chapter, due to the City and officer, in a timely manner, usually
coinciding with payroll periods for the jobs that the officers have
performed or were scheduled for in that period in accordance with
the above-listed rules of employment between the City and the person
or company seeking off-duty services.