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CHARTER TOWNSHIP OF CLINTON
DISTRACTED DRIVING POLICY
In order to increase employee safety and eliminate unnecessary risks behind the wheel, Clinton Township Recreation has enacted a Distracted Driving Policy, effective 4/1/2015. We are committed to ending the epidemic of distracted driving, and have created the following rules, which apply to any employee operating a company vehicle or using a company- issued cell phone while operating a personal vehicle:
 Company employees may not use a hand-held cell phone while operating a vehicle – whether the vehicle is in motion or stopped at a traffic light. This includes, but is not limited to, answering or making phone calls, engaging in phone conversations, and reading or responding to emails, instant messages, and text messages.
 If company employees need to use their phones, they must pull over safely to the side of the road or another safe location.
 Additionally, company employees are required to:
o Turn cell phones off or put them on silent or vibrate before starting the car.
o Consider modifying voice mail greetings to indicate that you are unavailable to answer calls or return
messages while driving.
o Inform clients, associates and business partners of this policy as an explanation of why calls may not be
returned immediately.
 Failure to comply will result in disciplinary action
SOCIAL MEDIA
PHOTO/VIDEO AUTHORIZATION
Parents must give the Township written authorization in order for us to use photos and/or videos from our programs. If given permission, only the administrative staff are permitted to use authorized photos in our promotions.
Some parents opt out of photo permission and we can NEVER take a picture featuring a child whose parents have opted out or an adult who has opted out for themselves. You must check your roster and ensure that children without parental permission DO NOT appear in photos and/or videos.
AUTHORIZATION LIMITS
This authorization permission from parents gives the Charter Township of Clinton permission to use photos and/or videos; this permission does not transfer to individual employees. No seasonal staff member can publish or post pictures and/or videos of minor children from our program. If you have pictures or videos from your site that you would like to share (that include only children who have permission for their images to be used) – share them with our department by sending them to the Drop Box. Remember to tag the site, event and year for each one. The administrative staff can then use the photos and/or videos in the authorized formats. Only official links from the CTPR social media accounts may be shared.
CONSEQUENCES
If there is a possibility that seasonal staff members social media accounts have had participants’ images posted, the following disciplinary actions may be taken.
Failure to respect the privacy of the participants of our programs, children or adults, will result in a disciplinary action, which can range from a 1⁄2 day suspension without pay to an immediate dismissal. If a suspension is given upon a first offense, a second offense will require immediate dismissal.
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