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ARTICLE 18 LIFE INSURANCE <br />r y <br />18.01 The City will purchase a life insurance policy, which will provide, subject to its terms, a <br />death benefit of at least $175,000 in the event a swan Police Officer dies in the line of duty. The <br />benefit shall be paid in one payment. The policy shall also provide for dismemberment coverage. <br />18.02 The City agrees to provide life insurance coverage to each employee covered by this <br />Agreement in the amount of 1.5 x the employee's annual salary up to $180,000. <br />18.03 The FOP shall be provided copies of such current policies and coverage. <br />ARTICLE 19 CLOTHING MAINTENANCE <br />19.01 All employees shall receive an annual clothing maintenance of $2,000, paid in installments <br />in March and September. This maintenance allowance shall be pro -rated, for new -hires and <br />employees terminating employment with the City and will be included in the employee's regular <br />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. Supervisors, and officers newly <br />promoted to supervisory status, will be provided a $300.00 allowance for the purchase of a "Class <br />A" uniform blouse coat. The allowance will be provided when the member submits documentation <br />that the item has been ordered. The department may, with the agreement of the members, arrange <br />for a group purchase of the new item. If the purchase is done in such manner, the department will <br />handle the.payment for the items directly with the vendor. <br />19.03 The cost of replacement and/or repair of uniform items damaged in the line of duty will be <br />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 advise <br />the Court of the fact, in writing, and will include the amount of the damage. A <br />complete notation under "Statement of Facts, etc.," on a citation or as part of a separate <br />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 such <br />costs, the finding of the Court or timeliness of the trial. <br />15 <br />