It is the purpose of this policy to establish
the authority for transitional duty assignments and procedures for
granting transitional duty to police personnel within the agency.
Use of transitional duty can provide employees
with an opportunity to remain productive while convalescing as well
as provide a work option for employees who may otherwise risk their
health and safety or the safety of others by remaining on duty when
physically unfit for their regular assignment. Therefore, at the approval
of the City Physician, based upon the medical condition of the employee,
police personnel on work-related or non-work-related injury leave
may receive preliminary medical approval to return to duty for the
purpose of temporarily performing transitional duties commensurate
with their position's normal requirements for a period not to exceed
six months. The City Physician may give preliminary medical approval
to grant a single six-month extension of transitional duty pending
further evaluation. Transitional duties will never be permitted to
exceed more than one year.