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Section 6. The official personnel filed will be located in the office of the Chief of Police. No notice will be required to inspect the file by the Employee, except that the Employee is liihited to fifteem (15) minutes of the shift. The Employee may inspecz his file-during his 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 an Employee's official personnel file shall be first initialed and dated by the Employee concerned. The initialing of any materials to be placed into any employee's 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 bnployee 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 question- ing to locate and review any written docwnents 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 is under arrest, or is a suspect in a criminal investigation and the answers which the Employee is asked to make to interrogators, and information derived from such answers, will be used in a criminal trial, the Employee shall be completely informed of, all his Constitutional Rights prior to the commencement of any interroga- tion. Section 9. The Employee under investigation shall be informed of the names and addresses of all complainants and on request the complainant may be informed of the name of the Employee. The Employee will be provided a copy of the complaint upon request. The investigating officer of the complaint may be the complainant. Section 10. In imposing discipline on a current charge, the City will not base progressive discipline on prior disciplinary action which is more than three (3) years old, except for prior disciplinary action involving cases of violence or theft. -4-