All officers who bid for Transportation Officer/Sergeant, K-9 Officer/Sergeant or Warrant Unit Officer/Sergeant shall successfully complete the Municipal Police Training Committee Reserve Intermittent Academy and have current certification and in-service training prior to commencing employment in said position. The Department will sponsor all interested candidates in order of seniority for all required training.

The probationary period for Student Police Officers is one (1) year after successfully completing a Municipal Police Training Committee certified Academy (M.G.L. Chapter 31, section 65). The probationary period for lateral transfers is one year from their date of hire, and for reinstatements one year from the date of rehire. 26.

The probationary period for Student Police Officers is one (1) year after successfully completing a Municipal Police Training Committee certified Academy (M.G.L. Chapter 31, section 65). The probationary period for lateral transfers is one year from their date of hire, and for reinstatements one year from the date of rehire. 26.

The Chief shall make all due effort to meet the requirements of the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC), or any successor agency, for annual in-service training. This training assignment may include distance learning which will be credited to the Officers owed time at a rate equivalent to the corresponding Continuing Education Units (CEUs) designation as provided by the MPTC or any successor training agency.

Officers shall complete TOWN OF STERLING AND FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE LODGE 44 26 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT successfully a firearms proficiency/marksmanship test based on standards which are reasonably determined by the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee. Officers schedules may be adjusted to attend firearms training and no overtime must be paid. B.

The Town will pay the required training fee, authorized by Chapter 38, Section 305 of the Acts of 1995, for a Town-appointed Student Officer (Officer) to attend training at the municipal police recruit training academy (the "Academy") operated by the Massachusetts Municipal Police Training Committee or its successor, provided, however, that said Officer remains in the employ of the Town for a period of three (3) years following completion of the Academy

This probationary period shall consist of the period of time during which the employee is attending the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC) Basic Police Recruit Academy or any other Police Academy and the first one (1) year of actual service after the successful completion of the Academy training.

The Chief shall make all due effort to meet the requirements of the Municipal Police Training Committee (MPTC), or any successor agency, for annual in-service training. This training assignment may include distance learning which will be credited to the Officer's owed time at a rate equivalent to the corresponding Continuing Education Units (CEUs) designation as provided by the MPTC or any successor training. agency.

Any other rounds fired during this process shall be at the employee's own expense. 25.5 Failure to complete the qualification requirements within the one practice round or one qualification round, as funded by the Town, shall make the burden of cost rest solely on the employee until standards of qualifications are met. 25.6 Each employee covered by this agreement shall be certified by the Municipal Police Training Committee in CPR and First Responder

In that file, you will see a list of individuals who, according to the Municipal Police Training Committees records, were employed by your agency in the past and are currently employed by a different law enforcement agency in the Commonwealth. In the rest of this note, | will refer to the individuals on those lists as Transferred Officers.