Rule 24-Arrest of Employee

ARREST OF EMPLOYEE; SUBPOENAS OR OTHER PROCESS; TESTIMONY IN ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS;
UNAUTHORIZED INSPECTION OF EQUIPMENT

NYCT Rule 24
24(a) When an employee is placed under arrest, whether on or off duty, he/she must at the earliest possible moment notify his/her divisional authority of the fact of such arrest and submit a report of the occasion thereof. The divisional authority must at once notify the Office of Labor Relations/designee of all facts and circumstances.

1. All employees convicted of a crime must notify their Division Head/designee in writing of such
   conviction no later than five (5) calendar days after the conviction. Arrested employees must
   notify their Division Head/designee in writing of the updates on their court appearances, as
   well as the ultimate disposition of their criminal case within five (5) calendar days.
2. An employee convicted of a crime for a violation of a criminal drug statute occurring in the
   workplace must notify his/her Division Head/designee no later than five (5) calendar days after
   such conviction. The Division Head/designee shall be responsible for notifying the Authority’s
   Office of Labor Relations/designee in writing of such conviction. The Office of Labor
   Relations/designee will ensure that appropriate disciplinary action, if not already taken, is
   initiated and/or processed. The Office of Labor Relations will notify the Metropolitan
   Transportation Authority’s Chief of Staff of such conviction.
   24(b) When an employee is served with a subpoena, summons or other legal process and is requested to or
   intends to testify in any action or proceeding in which the Authority (or any employee thereof in
   performance of his/her duties), or a subsidiary of the Authority or the South Brooklyn Railway
   Company is or may be involved, he/she must at once notify his/her divisional authority of the fact of
   such service, request or intention and submit a written report containing a full statement of his/her
   knowledge of all matters having any relation to the action, proceeding, or controversy. The divisional
   authority must at once notify the Department of Law of all facts and circumstances.
   24(c) Whether or not served with a subpoena, summons or other legal process, no employee shall give
   evidence as an expert witness on behalf of any litigant against the City of New York, the Authority, its
   subsidiaries or the South Brooklyn Railway Company, unless he/she is called to testify by the City of
   New York, the Authority, its subsidiaries or the South Brooklyn Railway Company and while so
   testifying, is required to give such evidence.
   24(d) Employees must forbid retired Authority employees and other former employees engaged to appear
   as expert witnesses on behalf of any litigant against the City of New York, the Authority, its subsidiary
   or the South Brooklyn Railway Company access to shops, yards, terminals, signal towers,
   dispatchers’ offices, buses, cars or Train Operator’s cabs on any of the lines of the New York City
   Transit System for unauthorized inspection of equipment.
   24(e) When an employee is served with a subpoena, summons or other legal process and is requested to
   provide records of the Authority, he/she must at once notify his/her divisional authority. The