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23.07 The grievance procedure set forth in this article shall be the sole and exclusive method for <br />resolving matters that constitute grievances under this Agreement. Any decisions, results or <br />settlements reached under the terms of this grievance procedure, whether reached by an arbitrator's <br />decision or at any pre -arbitration step of the procedure, shall be final, conclusive and binding upon <br />the City, FOP and the employees. <br />23.08 The grievance committee shall consist of bargaining unit members designated by the FOP. <br />For any discipline or grievance involving union representation, union representatives shall <br />represent members of their bargaining unit only. <br />ARTICLE 24 TRAINING <br />24.01 When an employee is assigned to one (1) or more full days of training as an instructor or <br />student, such assignment shall be considered as a change of schedule and the duty day shall start <br />and be credited in the same manner as a regularly scheduled shift change. <br />24.02 When an employee is assigned one (1) or more full days of training, such days shall be <br />credited as training days and employees will be relieved of working their regularly assigned duties. <br />Further, when an employee is assigned to one (1) or more days of training and is scheduled to work <br />the third shift on the day previous to the training day, that employee shall be assigned such previous <br />day as a regular day off to be credited against the employee's total accumulation for the year and <br />made up as is mutually agreeable with the employee's supervisor. <br />24.03 At the employee's option, the employee may elect to do any of the following, provided the <br />employee has necessary accumulated time or days to their credit to allow same <br />A. Take the preceding day as a vacation/holiday (8 or 12 hours), or <br />B. Take the preceding day as an overtime granted day (8 or 12 hours), or <br />C. Be marked as a training day for the preceding day, working the third shift on the last <br />training day while being credited only with time actually worked on such third shift. <br />The third' option would be available only when all training is completed within the <br />time the employee is on the third shift. <br />24.04 Employees shall not be required nor permitted to work more than twelve (12) consecutive <br />hours as a result of scheduled training, except upon direct order or permission of the Chief of <br />Police or, in the event of an emergency, any superior officer. <br />24.05 A training day will be comprised of eight (8) hours for officers scheduled on a twelve (12) <br />hour shift. A training day will be comprised of five (5) hours for officers scheduled on an eight <br />(8) hour shift. <br />24.06 When an employee is assigned to training and such assignment conflicts with the <br />employee's scheduled time off, the employee may, at the employee's option, reschedule such time <br />off as is mutually agreeable with the employee's shift and division commanders. For employees <br />®1 <br />