5334047 Police Department, Metropolitan - Notice of Final Rulemaking - Evening and Night Shift Differential for MPD Captains and Lieutenants

METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

 

NOTICE OF FINAL RULEMAKING

 

The Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (Chief), pursuant to the authority under Section 1106 of the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (CMPA), effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-611.06 (2014 Repl.)) and Mayor’s Order 2012-28, dated February 21, 2012, hereby gives notice of the adoption of an amendment to Chapter 1 (Organization of the Metropolitan Police Department) of Title 6, Subtitle A (Police Personnel) of the District of Columbia Municipal Regulations (DCMR), by adding a new Section 117 (Shift Differential).

 

This rulemaking will provide evening and night differential to Metropolitan Police Department Captains and Lieutenants in accordance with § 1104(d) of the CMPA (D.C. Official Code § 1-611.04(d) (2014 Repl.)).

 

A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was previously published in the D.C. Register on December 12, 2014 at 61 DCR 12619. No comments were received in response to the proposed rulemaking and no changes have been made.

 

In accordance with D.C. Official Code § 1-611.06, an approval resolution, the Metropolitan Police Department Captain and Lieutenant Shift Differential Approval Resolution of 2014 (PR20-1062), was transmitted to the Council of the District of Columbia on September 30, 2014. The resolution was approved by the Council of the District of Columbia on November 18, 2014 (R20-0683).

 

The Chief adopted these rules as final on February 13, 2015. These final rules will be effective upon publication of this notice in the D.C. Register.

 

Chapter 1, ORGANIZATION OF THE METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, of Title 6-A, POLICE PERSONNEL, of the DCMR is amended by adding a new Section 117 to read as follows:

 

117                  SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL

 

117.1               Captains and Lieutenants may receive pay at their scheduled rate plus a differential of three percent (3%) for regularly scheduled non-overtime work when the majority of their work hours occur between 3 p.m. and midnight; four percent (4%) of their scheduled rate if the majority of their work hours occur between 11 p.m. and 8 a.m.