Policy Text
Revisions or additions are highlighted 1 (04/10/2020 ) ST. PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL ORDER
Subject: MILITARY LEAVE AND REINTEGRATION
Index as: Active Duty
Agency Point of Contact
Long -term Military Leave
Military Active Duty Checklist: Pre -Deployment 31+ Days
Military Leave
Reintegration
Short -term Military Leave
Telephone Reporting Unit
Training Requirements
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA )
USERRA
Accreditation Standards: 22.1.2, 22.1.9
Cross Reference: Fiscal SOP X -01, Human Resource Specialist – FMLA, Workers Compensation and Military
City of St. Petersburg Rules and Regulations of the Personnel Management System
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA )
Replaces : G.O. III -35, Militar y Leave and Reintegration ( March 12, 2019)
This Order establish es guidelines regarding the management of military leave. It consists of the following section s:
I. Policy
II. Definitions
III. Procedures
I. POLICY
It is the policy of the St. Petersburg Police Department to ensure all employees on military leave are protected per the
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA ).
II. DEFINITIONS
1. Long -term Military Leave – Activation exceeding one hundred eighty (180) days.
2. Short -term Military Leave – Military leave that is a sudde n, short -term absence due to military obligations and could
be considered the same as regularly scheduled drills or administrative leave, g enerally one hundred eighty (180) days or
less.
DATE OF
ISSUE EFFECTIVE DATE NUMBER
April 2016 Immediately III-35
Distribution: All Employees
General Order III -35
Revisions or additions are highlighted 2 (04/10/2020 ) III. PROCEDURES
A. Active Duty
1. When an employee is activated for military servic e, the Department shall compensate the employe e's salary for
the first thirty ( 30) days of military leave in accordance with §115.09 and §115. 14, Florida State Statute s.
2. Short -term Military Leave
a. When an employee receives notice of military activatio n, they shall complete the Leave Request Form and
submit it to their Assistant Chief via Chain of Comman d. Notice shall be provided at least two (2) weeks in advance of the
date the employee is to report for training or service, or as soon as possible if orders are not given to the employee at least
two weeks in advance of duty.
b. The employe e's immediate Supervisor shall be the Department's point of contact for short -term military
leave for a period of thirty (30) days or less .
c. The employe e's immediate Supervisor may confirm the military activation with the employe e's Military
Commande r.
d. An employe e, who is ordered to short -term military active duty by an appropriate authorit y for a period of
thirty -one (31) days or more, shall complete the J:\Forms \Military Active Duty Checklist_Predeployment_31+ Days.pdf
and shall return designated agency -issued equipment/property to the appropriate Division . It is the employe e's
responsibility to ensure the Military Active Duty Checklist: Pre -Deployment 31+ Days form is completed prior to deployment.
e. The employee’s immediate S upervisor shall:
1) Schedule a meeting between the employee and the employe e's Assistant Chief , or designee , prior to
the employee's deployment.
2) Coordinate the return and storage of designated agency owned equipment and propert y.
3) Place a copy of the Military Active Duty Checklist: Pre -Deployment 31+ Days in the employee' s
personnel file .
3. Long -term Military Leave
a. When an employee receives notice of military activation, they shall complete the Leave Request Form and
submit it to the employe e's Assistant Chief via Chain of Comman d. Notice shall be provided at least two (2) weeks in
advance of the date the employee is to report for training or service, or as soon as possibl e if orders are not given to the
employee at least two weeks in advance of duty.
b. The employee's immediate Supervisor may confirm the military activation with the employe e's Military
Commande r.
c. An employee, who is ordered to military active duty by an appropriate authority for a period of thirty -one
(31) days or more, shall complete the J:\Forms \Military Active Duty Checklist_Predeployment_31+ Days.pdf and shall
return designated agency -issued equipment/pr operty to the appropriate Division