Policy Text
Policy
1033Garden Grove Police Department
Policy Manual
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DepartmentPolice Management Administrative Leave - 1Police Management Administrative Leave
1033.1 PURPOSE AND SCOPE
The purpose of this Policy is to provide information and establish procedures for an Administrative
Leave policy for full-time sworn Garden Grove Police Department management personnel.
This will apply to all Garden Grove Police Department captains and lieutenants, and will be
Administrative Leave hours separate to those hours provided by City Administrative Regulation
Section 6.18, pages 176-178.
1033.2 POLICY
This Administrative Leave program provides, at the discretion of the Chief of Police, all full- time
sworn police managers and civilian managers with forty (40) hours of Administrative Leave to use
for each calendar year, beginning on January 1. The employee has the entire calendar year in
which to use these hours.
1033.3 USAGE
The request to use these Administrative Leave hours must be approved by the Chief of Police
or his designee. There is no limit on the number of these Administrative Leave hours that may
be used during a pay period, provided that the Chief of Police or his designee agrees, and the
employee does not exceed the maximum number of hours available for use.
1033.4 NEW EMPLOYEES
Employees entering the ranks of a full-time sworn Garden Grove Police Department manager
between January 1 and June 30 may be allowed to use up to forty (40) hours of these
Administrative Leave hours during that year.
Employees entering the ranks of a full-time sworn Garden Grove Police Department manager
between July 1 and December 31 may be allowed to use up to twenty (20) hours of these
Administrative Leave hours during that year.
1033.5 ADDITIONAL HOURS
The Chief of Police has the sole discretion to grant or deny additional hours of these Administrative
Leave hours. The Chief of Police also has the authority to grant additional hours at the time of
hiring into the rank of sworn police management.