Shifts

Does ZPD work 8.5 or 12 hour shifts?

Thanks for the help.

We show up for 12 hrs., that's it.

Off every other weekend?

Yes, to get our wits back to return for another week of hell!

[Food for thought. Why not talk to your union reps to thow a little request in the game of contract negotiations. We used to work 5 8hr shifts, some times OT in an in an emergancy. The shifts rotated every 28 days and your reported to your next shift after your 2 days off. (Just think 28 days on Days, 28 days on 4-12, and 28 days mids. Half our personnel on shift worked 7-3, 3-11 & 11-7 to make sure we had the public safety in mind and there was always an officer in his assigned zone.) Just something to think about. Former TPD Badge 136 & retired state leo :) We also had rotation shifts and rotating days off. That way everyone got a weekend off when theier time came. quote="ZPD Slave"]Yes, to get our wits back to return for another week of hell![/quote]

:( [Your union needs to look at these 12 hour shifts. Ask qualified medical personnel and mental health personnel about 12 hour shifts. In an emergancy that's one thing. Prolonged periods of time break down a persons constitution, weakens his or her immune systems, not to say the least for deminished mental health and stress. One can do this for a short period of time without effect but after weeks of this, the human ability to think completely rational suffers and in a blink of an eye, could cost an officer his life due to his alertness to body english, eyes, etc. when involved in a felony stop. I don't know what the upper brass are thinking about, they all leave and go home. Wake up Zephyrhills. Former TPD #136 :wink: just a thought about your safety. :( quote="ZPD Slave"]We show up for 12 hrs., that's it.[/quote]

WE HAVE NO INTEREST IN YOUR TAMPA PROBLEMS, WE HAVE OUR OWN!

Police Union, City Clash Over Officers' Shift Assignments

By NICOLA M. WHITE The Tampa Tribune

Published: Jan 31, 2007

ZEPHYRHILLS - In the latest beef between the city and the police union, the union says officers with seniority should have their pick of shifts.

Police department brass and city administrators disagree, saying department supervisors need the flexibility to assign officers where they are needed most.

Last week, City Manager Steve Spina denied a formal union grievance. He sided with the police department's higher-ups, saying it wouldn't be in the public's best interest to assign all rookies to one shift - the night shift, for example - and all the experienced officers to another.

That's not the point, union officials say. Tuesday, the union told city officials it plans to take the issue to arbitration - a process whereby an outsider makes both sides sit down to try to reach an agreement.

"It should be based on seniority," union representative Jeff Hupp said Tuesday.

A department captain has always made shift assignments. Until this year, there were no major complaints. Recently, though, the captain started assigning senior officers to shifts they didn't want, Hupp said. Ignoring seniority hurts morale, Hupp said.

Officers cited low morale as one reason they decided to organize a union last year.

A date has yet to be set for the arbitration hearing. Spina said he and police department administrators stand by their decision to deny the union's grievance.

Reviewing how the shifts were being assigned helped address inequities, he said.

"There's a couple of officers that have never worked a night shift," he said. "One had one for three years."

Reporter Nicola M. White can be reached at (813) 779-4613 or nwhite1@tampatrib.com.