Update from Your Chief Steward October 2019 - Issue #19

CID Chief Shop Steward Marinos Marinos

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Crime in the District of Columbia has been on the rise. That, in turn,
increases the workload of every Union member in the CID Union Shop. With Update from your Chief Steward Page 1
those increased workloads, I would like to remind our members of the harsh
reality when it comes to completing your investigations. Management is Understanding Pay Raises Page 2
infamous for second guessing our members and issuing unreasonable
discipline, even when our members are acting in good faith. Retirement Plaques Page 3

Crime Scene –Evidence Collection: It will come as no surprise to say that

Calendar Page 3
the response time of DFS can be extremely frustrating. Sometimes the
delays can even become detrimental to your case (Having to hold a crime
scene on private property and upsetting the residents who may be
witnesses, etc). Unfortunately, our Mobile Crime Technicians are
disappearing through attrition so we are losing are the quick and efficient
service we are used to. I want to remind all our members to follow all
applicable General Orders concerning crime scene management. We must
remember that our actions will be reviewed by management, who in many
cases, have little to no investigative experience.

BWC Footage – Review: At least 95% of criminal cases will have some
type of BWC footage associated with them. It is becoming increasingly
common for defense attorneys and even management to challenge
detectives to see if they reviewed any of the BWC Footage related to the
detective’s case. While there is not a current policy outlining BWC footage Please sign up to receive this regular
review, I recommend that everyone tries their best to review the footage as CID Union Newsletter by emailing
there could be valuable information contained in it, and it could become a mmarinos@dcpoliceunion.com with the
subject “newsletter”.
liability if you’re not familiar with such an elaborate piece of evidence in
your case. CONT’D ON PG. 2

DC Police Union CID Stewards

Marinos Marinos, CID Chief Shop Steward 202-276-8509 mmarinos@dcpoliceunion.com
Russell Mullins, CID Shop Steward 202-487-3760 mullinsrejrdcpu@gmail.com
Gregory Archer, CID Shop Steward 202-664-2842 gharcher4685@gmailcom
Justin Bolding, CID Shop Steward 202-604-3366 jnbolding@gmail.com
DC Police Union, Newsletter, February 2017
Adam Shaatal, CID Shop Steward 301-915-4283 shaataldcpu@gmail.com
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Sean Moore, CID Shop Steward 301-641-7081 sean.mooreFOP@gmail.com
Jeff Jones, 7D Shop Steward (Assigned to 6DDU) 240-299-4425 laj12602@hotmail.com
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FOP Lodge #1 elections: General Elections for
FOP Lodge #1 are being held Wednesday,
November 13, 2019 from 0700 to 1900 hours,
with the only voting poll being at the FOP Lodge
at 411 4th Street, NW. As a reminder, FOP Lodge
#1 is a social organization and club which is
different than the DC Police Union which is a
labor committee (a Union) that negotiates your
collective bargaining rights. It should be noted
that CID Shop Steward Russell Mullins is a
candidate for the position of treasurer in the FOP
Lodge election.
VCB Detectives manage a homicide scene circa 1990s
Understanding How Raises are
Calculated into the Union Pay Scale
Gregg Pemberton, Treasurer
MPD has recently advised the Union that the 3.5%
raises for FY2020 will take effect on October 13, 2019
and will be reflected in the paycheck dated
11/9/2019.
I have often received questions in the past when
raises take effect about the percentage amounts that
are reflected in member’s Peoplesoft accounts.
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This screen shot to the left is from the “Job
Information” page of a member’s
Peoplesoft account. It shows the calculated
raises the member has received over their
career. As you can see, the numbers are not
whole numbers. Particularly, the 2.942,
2.940, 2.935, and 3.910 are actually the
calculated amounts for raises from the
previous contract that was approved for 3%,
3%, 3%, and 4%.
So this obviously begs the question as to why the
calculated raises are a fraction less than the actual
whole number that was approved by the DC Council
and the Mayor.
The answer to this is somewhat complicated but
important for members to know.
The way that the pay scale numbers are calculated is
codified in the Comprehensive Merit Personnel Act
(DC Code Title 1, Chapter 6) and the District
Personnel Manual in Chapter 11B, Section 1131.4.
In the below chart from 2020, you can see there are
nine steps for the Class 1 - Officer pay scale.
2020 Union (Police) MPD Pay Scale
Section 1131.4 of the DPM states, in part, that to
calculate the raises in all nine steps, the following
formula must be used:
(1) Multiply the old step 4 of each
grade by the percentage of the
increase to derive the new step 4; (2)
Multiply the old step 5 of each grade
 by the percentage of the increase to
derive the new step 5; (3) Subtract the
new step 4 from the new step 5 to
derive the new step increment.

What this is saying is that only step 4 and step 5 get

raises that will be exactly the percentage increase
that was approved by the City. Once the amount of
the difference between steps 4 and 5 is determined,
CID Detectives manage a crime scene
that amount will be subtracted to determine the
steps going back down to step 1 and that amount
Reminder on Retirement Plaques
will be added to determine the steps going up to
Marinos Marinos, CID Chief Shop Steward
step 9.
I still receive questions about the Union issuing
Once these calculations are made, the actual amount retirement plaques. The Union is still issuing
of the raises in steps 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, will not be the retirement plaques upon request from the actual
precise amount of the “approved” raise. This is member who is retiring. If a member would like a
retirement plaque he/she should email me at
because those steps are calculated by merely adding
mmarinos@dcpoliceunion.com from a non-DC.gov
or subtracting the new “step increment”.
email address with the following information:

It might seem questionable to see that the DC 1. How they would like their name to appear on
Council and the Mayor have approved a 3% raise the plaque.
only to learn that you only actually are credited with a 2. Their rank
2.92% raise, but that is precisely what DCHR is 3. Date of Hire
4. Date of Retirement
directed to do by the current legislation in the CMPA
and the DPM.
CALENDAR AND UPCOMING EVENTS
If anyone has any questions about how these
December (TBD) DC Police Union General
amounts are calculated, feel free to contact DCHR,
Membership Meeting (Location
Monday – Friday from 8:30 am – 5:00pm at (202) 442-
Pending)
7627, or send me an email at
November 13, 7am-7pm FOP Lodge Elections 441 4th Street
gpemberton@dcpoliceunion.com.
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