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any crirninal charge against him shall be advised of his constitutional rights before any questioning starts. SECTION 3: Before an employee may be charged with any violation of the Rules and Regulations for a refusal to answer questions or participate in any investigation, he shall be advised that his refusal to answer such questions or participate in such investigation will be the basis of such a charge. SECTION 4: Questioning or interviewing of an employee in the course of an internal investigation will be conducted at hours reasonab(e related to the employee's shift, unless operational necessities require otherwise. fnterrogation sessions shall be for reasonable periods of time, and time shall be provided for rest periods and attendance to physical necessities. In addition, tapes will only be made by the City. The Dispatcher and his attorney may have access to the tapes, if approved by the Law Director, Prosecutor's Office, or the Civil Service Commission. Employees may have a transcript of such recording at the employee's expense. SECTION 5: An employee will be informed of the nature of the investigation of himself prior to any questioning. If the employee being questioned is, at that time, a witness and not under investigation, he shall be so advised. SECTION 6: The official personnel file will be located in the office of the Chief of Police. No notice wifl be required to inspect the file by the employee, except that the employee is limited to fifteen (15) minutes of the shift. The employee may inspect his file during non-working hours, but in any event should the Chief of Police or his Secretary not be available upon a file inspection visit, his inability to inspect the file at that time shall not be the basis of a grievance. The City shall insure that all documents placed in the employees' official personnel file shall be first initialed and dated by the employee concerned. The initialing of any material to be placed into any ernployees' personnel record will not indicate an agreement by the employee as to the contents of the material, but does acknowledge he has seen it. SECTION 7: The employee shall be informed of the nature of the investigation prior to any questioning and shall be informed, to the extent known at the time, whether the investigation is focused on the member for a potential charge. If the employee requests it, he shall be given brief time prior to any questioning to locate and review any documents he possesses regarding the event(s) being investigated in order to fully prepare himself to accurately and completely respond to the questioning. An investigating officer may accompany the member during his brief search and review of documents. The Employee shall have a reasonable time period in which to obtain legal counsel or a representative of the bargaining unit. SECTION 8; If the employee about to be interrogated shall be under arrest, or is a suspect in a criminal investigation and the answers which the employee is asked to 5