Mr. Kenneth Brynien

President

Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO

1168-70 Troy-Schenectady Road

P.O. Box 12414

Albany, New York 12212-2414

 

Dear Mr. Brynien:

 

Mr. Kenneth Brynien

President

Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO

1168-70 Troy-Schenectady Road

P.O. Box 12414

Albany, New York 12212-2414

 

Dear Mr. Brynien:

 

            This letter will confirm the understandings reached by the parties during negotiation of the 2007-2011 State/PEF Agreement regarding the development of a Pilot Firearms Training and Safety Incentive Program for peace officers in the PS&T bargaining unit.  The parties hereby agree that the Joint Health and Safety Committee shall develop and implement a Firearms Training and Safety Incentive Program (hereafter Pilot Program).  Pilot Program years shall run concurrently with State fiscal years.  The first year in which the program will be offered is State fiscal year 2008-2009.

 

            Under this Pilot Program, bargaining unit employees with peace officer status under section 2.10 of the New York State Criminal Procedure Law shall be eligible to receive an incentive payment in return for participating in an agency-directed training program designed to promote firearms proficiency and safety.  To be eligible for inclusion in this pilot program, agency-directed firearms proficiency and safety training programs must meet criteria promulgated by the Joint Committee on Health and Safety.  Employees who successfully complete such training programs shall receive the incentive payment as soon as practicable upon conclusion of each fiscal year covered by the Pilot Program.

 

            The incentive payment amounts shall be as follows:

 

            Training in State fiscal year 2008-09                        $150

            Training in State fiscal year 2009-10                        $200

            Training in State fiscal year 2010-11                        $250

 

            As soon as practicable after ratification of this Agreement, but no later than September 2008, the Joint Committee on Health and Safety shall deliberate and agree upon criteria that agency-directed training programs must meet to qualify employees for receipt of an incentive under this Pilot Program. 

 

            The program shall sunset on April 1, 2011, unless extended by mutual agreement of the parties.  No aspect of this program shall be grievable under Article 34 of the 2007-2011 State/PEF Agreement.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

 

John Currier
Deputy Director for Contract Negotiations and Administration
Governor’s Office of Employee Relations

 

 

Countersigned for PEF:

 

 

Kenneth Brynien

President.

 

 

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