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Originally Posted by SILVERHAWK
The officer will receive compensation to show up at court is he's not working its a job related function and has to be compensated....its wether or not he will be disciplined by his admin for not appearing that matters. Some departments don't regulate it, then there are depts like mine that suspend you if you don't appear usually 4 hrs or more.
I'm not giving up my money for anyone or any ticket. For an off duty court appearance its time and a half and there are minimums... usually 2-3 hrs paid just for appearing depending on the shift I am working. Who wouldn't show up for 15 minutes worth of work to make 3 hours overtime. These terms are widely used in FOP contracts... its either overtime or compensation time paid at time and a half. If the officer is working then he's already getting paid to show up and alot of depts will use a liason to contact the officer for court appearances.
That being said....its a gamble to see if the officer is going to show up, but you are correct, if he's not there the case will most likely be dismissed for lack of the witness.
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SILVERHAWK
You have a good contract. I was on the job thirty years and had a contract like yours. If off, traffic court was time and half min. 4 hrs even if only 15 Min's. of course they would try to schedule trial when I was working. When budgets got tight some new contracts for other Dept's stopped paying off duty traffic court OT and they would have on-duty Officer who was in traffic court that day negotiate other Officers tickets. Looks like dept's run the same way no matter what state you work in. Needless to say with this type of contract I spent a lot of time there.