File #: 19-252    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Informational Report Status: Passed
File created: 2/13/2019 In control: Sheriff
On agenda: 3/5/2019 Final action: 3/5/2019
Title: Establishment of Hiring Incentives Program for Deputy Sheriff II Lateral Police Officer Candidates as Defined in the Discussion Section ("Deputy Sheriff II Lateral Hires")
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office Agenda Item to Establish Hiring Incentives

To: Board of Supervisors

From: Sheriff

Agenda Section: Consent

SUBJECT:
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Establishment of Hiring Incentives Program for Deputy Sheriff II Lateral Police Officer Candidates as Defined in the Discussion Section ("Deputy Sheriff II Lateral Hires")
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Retroactively approve the establishment of a hiring incentive program for class 0416B Deputy Sheriff II Lateral Hires effective June 19, 2018 as follows:
a. $3,000.00 upon hire
b. $3,000.00 upon completion of probation
c. $3,000.00 upon completion of two years
d. $3,000.00 upon completion of three years;
2. Continue the incentive program until such time that the Deputy Sheriff I/II positions are filled or until such time that the Sheriff's Department requests the program to be discontinued, whichever comes first; and
3. Instruct payroll to retroactively pay any Deputy Sheriff II Lateral Hires hired on or after June 19, 2018 and to pay any new Deputy Sheriff II Lateral Hires until the incentive program is discontinued.

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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Sheriff's Seized Funds State Trust 3642

DISCUSSION:
At the June 29, 2018 Board of Supervisors meeting your Board approved a supplemental budget request to establish hiring incentives for lateral recruitment of Deputy Sheriff II's. The details of the hiring incentive program were outlined in the discussion section of the agenda item (Attachment 1). The intent of the June 29, 2018 agenda item was for the hiring incentive program to be approved in addition to the supplemental budget request. However, this was not clearly outlined in the recommendations. The purpose of today's agenda item is to clarify the recommendations and seek approval of the program retro-active to the original agenda date.

A Deputy Sheriff II Lateral Hire is a lateral police officer candidate as defined by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) as someone who has complet...

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