Policy Text
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL ORDER D-9 Rev.
9 Dec 99
Index as: Duty Hours and Meal Periods Hours of Duty and Meal Periods Meal Periods and Hours of Duty
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HOURS OF DUTY AND MEAL PERIODS
The purpose of this order is to state policy and procedures regarding members’
and employees’ duty hours and meal periods.
I. DUTY HOURS: FIVE CONSECUTIV E 8-HOUR DAYS PER WEEK
OR FOUR CONSECUTIVE 10-HOUR DAYS PER WEEK
A. Members
1. All non-patrol members shall work a daily 8-hour tour of duty. When authorized by the appropriate bureau DeputyChief, non-patrol members may work a four-day 10-hour shift.
2. Patrol Division members assigned to 1
st and 2nd Watches shall
work a four-day, 10-hour shift. Patrol Division members assigned to the 3
rd Watch shall work a four-day, 10 ½-hour
shift. Compensation for the extra ½ hour shall be based on the member’s hourly base pay.
B. Employees
1. With certain exceptions, employees in Units A, D, H, M, and W shall work a daily 7 ½-hour tour of duty, and those in Units B and C shall work a daily 8-hour tour of duty.
2. Police Communications Supervisors, Dispatchers, Complaint Operators, Senior Animal Control Officers, and Store Keepers shall work an 8-hour tour of duty.
DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL ORDER D-9 Rev.
9 Dec 99 OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT
II. LENGTH OF MEAL PERIODS
A. Members
Members may take a daily meal period not to exceed ½ hour when the demands for police service permit.
B. Employees
Employees shall take a meal peri od of no longer than one hour, nor
less than ½ hour at or about the midpoint of each tour of duty.
III. REGULATIONS REGARDING MEMBERS’ MEAL PERIOD
A. Calls for immediate police service shall take precedence over requests for meal periods. Since compensation is provided for the entire tour of duty, no additional compensation will be provided for missed meal periods.
B. Unit commanders and their subordina te supervisors shall take all
reasonable measures to allow members to eat a meal during their tour of duty.
C. Members who are not normally subject to radio assignment may
suspend their duties for a daily ½-hour meal break as directed by their commanding officers.
D. While in the field, members normally subject to radio assignment, including those in the Patrol, Traffic, Criminal Investigation, and Youth Services Divisions, shall request permission from the
Communications Division to take meal periods. Members shall
request permission by radio before leaving their vehicles.
1. Meal periods shall not be taken during the first or last hour of the tour of duty or during other hours specified by the unit commander, except as permitted by a supervisory or command officer.
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DEPARTMENTAL GENERAL ORDER D-9 Rev.
9 Dec 99 OAKLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT
2. Members shall take their meal periods within their assigned
district unless otherwise authorized by a superior officer for good reason.
3. Under no circumstances shall members subject to radio
assignment take their meal periods outside the City limits.
4. No more than two units per district may take meal periods at the same time, except as permitted by a supervisory or command officer.
5. No more than two uniformed officers may eat at the same establishment at the same time. Exceptions may be authorized by the district supervisor when appropriate.
6. Meals taken in public places shall be consumed in public view.
7. Field officers shall notify the Communications Division of the address where they take their meal periods or, if the meal is
consumed in the vehicle, the location of the vehicle.
By order of Richard L. Word Chief of Police
GO49/D-9
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