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hires and employees terminating employment with the City and will be included in the <br />employee's regular paycheck. <br />19.02 When an employee is newly assigned to a non -uniformed, investigative position in excess <br />of thirty-one (31) days, that employee shall receive a supplementary maintenance of $400.00 one <br />(1) time and will be included in the employee's regular paycheck. <br />19.03 The cost of replacement and/or repair of uniform items damaged in the line of duty will <br />be considered as a separate item outside any cash uniform allowance, but subject to the following <br />conditions: <br />A. Line -of -duty damage shall be reported immediately to the employee member's duty <br />supervisor and a written report filed. The supervisor shall investigate the matter and <br />file a report and recommendation concurring or not concurring that an item needs <br />replacement, and that it should or should not be considered as line -of -duty damage. <br />Reports shall be forwarded for approval, through channels, to the Chief of Police. <br />B. Employee members whose uniform items are damaged as the result of an action in <br />which the person responsible is charged in the Lakewood Municipal Court shall <br />advise the Court of the fact, in writing, and will include the amount of the damage. <br />A complete notation under "Statement of Facts, etc.," on a citation or as part of a <br />separate report shall satisfy this requirement. Department payment for repair and/or <br />replacement shall not be predicated on the ability of the person responsible to pay <br />such costs, the finding of the Court or timeliness of the trial. <br />C. On approval of the Chief of Police, the employee member shall determine the <br />supplier and cost involved and obtain a purchase order from the Chiefs secretary. <br />No purchase shall be made without a purchase order and no other item(s) beyond <br />those approved shall be purchased on that order number. <br />D. Should departmental payment be approved and the person responsible indicates a <br />willingness and ability to pay such costs, the employee member involved shall make <br />an immediate, direct, personal referral to the Commander, Division of <br />Administration and Services, who shall accept payment in the name of the City of <br />Lakewood, Division of Police. Employee members shall not accept direct payment <br />from persons responsible for damage when replacement or repair costs have been <br />approved as a departmental expenditure. <br />E. No request for replacement or repair costs shall be considered for approval, nor shall <br />consideration be given to validation of prior expense for necessary replacement costs <br />as the result of an employee member's gross negligence, gross misconduct or <br />violation of the rules and regulations of the department. <br />19.04 Personal items damaged or lost in the line -of -duty will be eligible for reimbursement <br />from the petty cash account. Reimbursement from petty cash will be subject to the policy, <br />subject to the requirements in Section 19.03(A) above. <br />16 <br />