353.3. A police officer who is the holder of a permanent position or holds a managerial position within a municipal police force that is abolished because the services in the territory served by the officer are to be provided by the Sûreté du Québec becomes a member of the Sûreté du Québec, subject to the police officer not having reached 65 years of age and subject to the officer’s right of refusal. A police officer so transferred shall be reclassified within the Sûreté du Québec according to the officer’s accumulated years of service and, where applicable, according to the officer’s former responsibilities, with the remuneration attaching thereto.
If the remuneration received by the police officer exceeds the remuneration payable within the Sûreté du Québec, it shall be maintained until the salary scale applicable to the police officer progresses to attain the level of the officer’s remuneration.
The other conditions of employment applicable to the transferred police officer, including employment benefits, shall be the same, taking into account the officer’s recognized seniority, as those applicable to the members of the Sûreté du Québec.
A police officer who is not the holder of a permanent position within a municipal police force becomes an auxiliary member of the Sûreté du Québec, subject to the officer’s right of refusal, and shall be subject to the conditions that apply to auxiliary members.
The transfer of police officers from a municipal police force to the Sûreté du Québec shall be made according to staffing requirements, the level of responsibilities and the number of managerial positions existing within the municipal police force at the time it is abolished.
2001, c. 19, s. 12; 2006, c. 55, s. 61; 2012, c. 13, s. 5.