Municipal Executives' Association, Police (July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2026)

Article 1: Representation

1. This Agreement is entered into by the City and County of San Francisco (hereinafter "City") and the Municipal Executives Association (hereinafter "Association").  It is agreed that the delivery of municipal services in the most efficient, effective, and courteous manner is of paramount importance to the City, the Association, and represented employees.  Such achievement is recognized to be a mutual obligation of the parties to this Agreement within their respective roles and responsibilities. 
2. It is the intent of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement shall become binding upon adoption or acceptance by the City and ratification by the covered members, or upon a final decision rendered by an arbitration panel pursuant to the interest arbitration procedure under Charter Section A8.590-1, et seq.

I.A. Recognition

3. The City acknowledges that the Association has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as the recognized employee representative, pursuant to the provisions set forth in the City's Employee Relations Ordinance for the bargaining units listed below:

P-3-0    0390 Chief of Police
               0395 Assistant Chief of Police
               0400 Deputy Chief
               0401 Deputy Chief 2
               0402 Deputy Chief 3
               0488 Commander, Police Department
               0489 Commander II
               0490 Commander III

4. Recognition shall only be extended to individual jobcodes (ranks) accreted to existing bargaining units covered by this Agreement.  Application of this provision shall not extend to bargaining units acquired through affiliations or service agreements.  Upon request of the Association the City will meet and confer concerning proposed changes to bargaining units.