To: Board of Supervisors
From: Sheriff
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Approve Advanced Step for Deputy Sheriff Recruits or Deputy Sheriff I's that voluntarily demote to a Correctional Deputy I or Community Services Officer (4/5 Vote Required)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve advanced step at Salary Range 360, Step D, Job Class 0424A, for any Deputy Sheriff Recruits or Deputy Sheriff I's that have obtained their POST Academy certification prior to voluntary demotion to a Correctional Deputy I effective immediately and through June 30, 2023. (4/5 vote required)
2. Approve advanced step at Salary Range 358, Step C, Job Class 0415, for any Deputy Sheriff Recruits or Deputy Sheriff I's that have obtained their POST Academy certification prior to voluntary demotion to a Community Services Officer effective immediately and through June 30, 2023. (4/5 vote required)
3. Approve advanced step at Salary Range 358, Step C, Job Class 0415 for Austin Christian retroactive to Oct. 31, 2021, the effective date of his voluntary demotion to Community Services Officer (4/5 vote required).
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
General Fund (1100)
DISCUSSION:
The Humboldt County Sheriff's Office (HCSO) invests significant resources in Deputy Sheriff Recruits (Recruits). The Recruits attend a 6-month academy, graduate with their POST Academy certificate and then are promoted to the rank of Deputy Sheriff I. As a Deputy Sheriff I, they spend a minimum of 4 months in the HCSO field training program (FTO) to prepare them to work out in the field independently. There are times that a Recruit graduates with their POST Academy certificate but does not promote to a Deputy Sheriff I or that a Deputy Sheriff I does not pass the FTO program. Often it is determined that being a Deputy Sheriff is not the best fit for the employee at this stage in their career and the employee would be better serving in the role of Correctional Dep...
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