§ 6.120.020. Additional information.

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1. No person shall be employed under Item 9309 (Deputy Sheriff, NC) in the sheriff's department unless and until the Sheriff has issued a proclamation that an emergency exists and that the employment of persons under said item is necessary for the preservation of the peace or life and property.

Persons employed under Item 9308 (Deputy Sheriff, NC) shall be paid $1.00 at the end of each calendar year in which they have been employed any fraction thereof. The limitations of Sections 6.16.010 and 6.18.110 of this code do not apply insofar as work under this item is concerned.

In addition to any other compensation provided by this subsection A2, persons so employed who are assigned to work as a result of any contract entered into with the approval of the Board of Supervisors between the county of Los Angeles and another public jurisdiction or private individual or entity to provide services at special events, such as the Tournament of Roses Parade and the 1984 Olympic Games shall receive payment at an hourly rate equivalent to that provided in Section 6.28.050 of this code for Deputy Sheriff, NC (Item No. 9309).

In addition to any other compensation provided by this subsection A2, when authorized by the Sheriff, any person so employed may receive payment at the hourly equivalent of the rate provided in Section 6.28.050 of this code for Deputy Sheriff, NC (Item No. 9309), for court appearances resulting from subpoenas.

Any person employed under Item 9309 (Deputy Sheriff, NC) shall be eligible for additional compensation of 26 standard salary levels for possession of a Basic POST Certificate, or 38 standard salary levels for possession of an Intermediate POST Certificate, or 50 standard salary levels for possession of an Advanced POST Certificate or Management POST Certificate.

a. In any case where the chief executive officer finds, upon investigation, that sworn personnel who are employed in the sheriff's department are assigned to the aero detail as helicopter pilots on a permanent, full-time basis and as a part of their duties, are required to fly on a regular basis, they shall be entitled to receive compensation in addition to that provided for their classifications in Section 6.28.050 or under Section 6.28.140 of this code as follows:

Item No.	Title
2708	Deputy Sheriff—Bonus II Compensation and two schedules
2717	Sergeant—Six Schedules
2719	Lieutenant—Four Schedules
2721	Captain—Four Schedules

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, all provisions in Section 6.120.020, subsection B.1.a shall remain in effect except that such persons meeting the aforementioned requirements shall be entitled to receive compensation in addition to that provided for their classifications in Section 6.28.050 or under Section 6.28.140 of this code as follows:

Item No.	Title
2708	Deputy Sheriff—Bonus II Compensation and 5.6468 percent
2717	Sergeant—17.9150 percent
2719	Lieutenant—11.6125 percent
2721	Captain—11.6125 percent

Persons employed on the items of Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708) or Sergeant (Item No. 2717), shall be entitled to compensation at a rate two schedules higher than that established for their positions in Section 6.28.140 of this code when they have successfully completed special training and are assigned on a full-time, permanent basis to aerial patrol observer duty.

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, all provisions in Section 6.120.020, subsection B.2.a shall remain in effect except that such persons meeting the aforementioned requirements shall be entitled to compensation at a rate 5.6468 percent higher than that established for their positions in Section 6.28.140 of this code.

Persons employed in the sheriff's department who are assigned to work on a permanent basis on Catalina Island and are required during such assignment to reside on Catalina Island, shall be entitled to compensation at a rate four schedules higher than that established for their respective positions in Section 6.28.140 of this code provided that any such employee who is offered and accepts housing in a residence provided by the county at no cost to the employee shall not be entitled to the compensation provided by this subsection B.3.a.

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, all provisions in Section 6.120.020, subsection B.3.a shall remain in effect except that such persons meeting the aforementioned requirements shall be entitled to compensation at a rate 11.6125 percent higher than that established for their respective positions in Section 6.28.140 of this code. Furthermore, such employee who is offered and accepts housing in a residence provided by the county at no cost to the employee shall not be entitled to the compensation provided by this subsection B.3.b.

Persons employed on items of Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708A), Sergeant (Item No. 2717A), or Lieutenant (Item No. 2719A), shall be entitled to compensation at a rate two schedules higher than that established for their positions in Section 6.28.140 of this code when regularly assigned on a permanent basis to the emergency services detail or to the marine unit underwater recovery team and actively engaged in diving operations.

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, all provisions in Section 6.120.020, subsection B.4.a shall remain in effect except that such persons meeting the aforementioned requirements shall be entitled to compensation at a rate 5.6468 percent higher than that established for their positions in Section 6.28.140 of this code.

Persons employed on the items of Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708), Sergeant (Item No. 2717), or Lieutenant (Item No. 2719), shall be entitled to compensation at a rate four schedules higher than that established for their positions in Section 6.28.140 of this code when they have successfully completed special training and are assigned on a full-time, permanent basis to explosives detail duty.

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, all provisions in Section 6.120.020, subsection B.5.a shall remain in effect except that such persons meeting the aforementioned requirements shall be entitled to compensation at a rate 11.6125 percent higher than that established for their positions in Section 6.28.140 of this code.

A maximum of one person employed in the position of Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708), who is regularly assigned on a permanent basis to serve as sergeant-at-arms for the board of supervisors shall, in lieu of compensation provided by Section 6.28.140 of this code for the position he holds, be compensated while so assigned as if he were temporarily promoted to the position of Sergeant (Item No. 2717).

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any person initially employed in a position of Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708) who has at least two years of active law enforcement experience in a Post-Certified California police agency shall be compensated upon appointment at the first step of the salary range. Persons so employed with four or more years of such qualifying experience shall be compensated upon appointment at the second step of the salary range. The rate or rates established by these provisions constitute a base rate.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B of Section 6.08.010 of this code, persons employed as a Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708) must have successfully completed patrol and custody training, and six years' service as a Deputy Sheriff Trainee or higher before advancing to the eighth step of the range for deputy sheriff.

A person employed as a Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708) who is assigned to a position which has been designated by the sheriff and the chief executive officer as a bonus-level position shall be entitled to compensation as follows:

(1)

Persons assigned to a Bonus Level I position shall be entitled to additional compensation at a rate two schedules higher than that established for his class in Section 6.28.140 of this code, or the number of schedules to which he is entitled pursuant to subsection C3b below if he has been reassigned from a Bonus Level II position, whichever is greater. Upon reassignment from a Bonus Level I position, additional compensation provided by this subsection C.3.a.(1) shall be discontinued.

(2)

(1)

Persons assigned to a Bonus Level II position shall be entitled to additional compensation at a rate four salary schedules higher than that established for the class of Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708) in Section 6.28.140 of this code. Two additional standard salary schedules shall be granted for each continuous year of satisfactory performance on the Bonus Level II position, except that in no case shall the total compensation provided by this subsection C exceed the fifth step rate of the class of Sergeant (Item No. 2717), as provided in Section 6.28.140 of this code. Upon reassignment from a Bonus Level II position, any additional compensation provided by this subsection C.3.b.(1) shall be reduced in the same manner and order in which it was increased until the appropriate salary for the assignment is reached.

(2)

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, persons assigned to a Bonus Level II position shall be entitled to additional compensation at a rate 11.6125 percent higher than that established for the class of Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708) in Section 6.28.140 of this code. An additional 5.6468 percent shall be granted for each continuous year of satisfactory performance on the Bonus Level II position, except that in no case shall the total compensation provided by this subsection C exceed the fifth step rate of the class of Sergeant (Item No. 2717) as provided in Section 6.28.140 of this code. Upon reassignment from a Bonus Level II position, any additional compensation provided by this subsection C.3.b.(2) shall be reduced in the same manner and order in which it was increased until the appropriate salary for the assignment is reached.

The rate or rates established by this provision constitute a base rate.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, persons employed as a Deputy Sheriff IV (Item No. 2712) as of May 31, 1981 will on June 1, 1981 be assigned to a position of Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708), but will retain status in the class of Deputy Sheriff IV (Item No. 2712). Such persons will be entitled to receive, in addition to that compensation provided for the class of Deputy Sheriff IV in Section 6.28.140 of this code, such other additional compensation as provided in this code for eligible persons in the class of deputy sheriff, except for Bonus Level I compensation.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, any person employed in a position of Deputy Sheriff Trainee (Item No. 2707) who possesses an Associate of Arts Degree from an accredited college shall be compensated upon appointment at the second step of the salary range. Persons so employed who possess a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college shall be compensated upon appointment at the third step of the salary range. Other persons so employed shall be compensated upon appointment at the first step of the salary range. The rate or rates established by this provision constitute a base rate.

Any person employed as a Sergeant (Item No. 2717) who is assigned to a work unit designated by the board and regularly assigned to supervise or work with a Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708) who is in a Bonus Level II position, shall receive a supervisory/skill bonus equivalent to one standard salary schedule, unless said Sergeant's compensation already exceeds that of said Deputy Sheriff by more than one standard salary schedule. The rate or rates established by this provision constitute a base rate.

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, any person employed as a Sergeant (Item No. 2717) who is assigned to a work unit designated by the board and regularly assigned to supervise or work with a Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708) who is in a Bonus Level II position, shall receive a supervisory/skill bonus equivalent to 2.7846 percent, unless said Sergeant's compensation already exceeds that of said Deputy Sheriff by more than 2.7846 percent. The rate or rates established by this provision constitute a base rate.

Any person employed as a Sergeant (Item No. 2717), Lieutenant (Item No. 2719), Captain (Item No. 2721), or Commander (Item No. 2723), who is assigned in an acting capacity by his department head to fill a vacant, budgeted higher-level position, and who is on a promotional list for such classification from which appointments are enjoined or stayed for any reason shall, commencing on the thirty-first consecutive calendar day of such acting-capacity assignment and continuing for the duration of such assignment, be compensated one standard salary schedule above that provided elsewhere in this code or as provided under Section 6.28.140 for his classification.

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, all provisions in Section 6.120.020, subsection F.1 shall remain in effect except that such persons meeting the aforementioned requirements shall be compensated 2.7846 percent above that provided elsewhere in this code or as provided under Section 6.28.140 for the aforementioned positions. Such compensation shall commence on the thirty-first consecutive calendar day of such acting capacity assignment and continue for the duration of such assignment.

Persons employed under Item 9307 (Keeper, NC) shall be entitled to receive an amount equal to the fee allowed by Section 26726 of the Government Code for keeping property.

Persons who are assigned to detention camps shall work a 56-hour week. In any case where the Chief Administrative Officer finds, upon investigation, that certain positions in detention camps should be designated as less than 56-hour positions, he may so designate. The provisions for holidays, sick leave and vacation, as provided elsewhere in this code, shall generally apply to these positions.

In addition to all other compensation provided for in this code, $5.00 shall be paid to persons employed in Registered Nurse, Medical Technologist and Radiologic Technologist positions in the sheriff's department each time they qualify for compensation under Section 6.10.130 of this code.

a. Where specifically authorized by the board, persons employed in the sheriff's department who are issued an on-call subpoena, properly issued by a court legally empowered to subpoena witnesses and who remain on-call during off-duty hours for court appearances, shall receive compensation at one-half the hourly rate established for their classification in Section 6.28.050 or in Section 6.28.140 of this code for each hour that they are on-call while the court is in session, and for travel time to and from court resulting from receipt of a call to appear in court. Such employees shall be entitled to such compensation for a minimum of two hours for each day they are on-call. For purposes of this subsection J, the on-call period will begin at the time for appearance in court specified in the subpoena and will end when the employee is relieved from the on-call requirement by the court, or by the sheriff's department, or upon arrival at the court in response to a call by the court.

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection B2 of Section 6.14.070 of this code, compensation paid pursuant to subsection J1a above shall not be included in the computation of the time and one-half rate.

Further off-duty time spent in court by persons subject to subsection J1a above, as a result of such subpoena shall be compensated pursuant to Chapter 6.15 of this code.

For purposes of this section, off-duty hours shall be deemed to be those hours not included by the department in the workday or workweek scheduled for the employee.

Any nonrepresented person employed in a full-time, permanent position requiring a California license to practice as a Registered Nurse shall, upon authorization of the department head, be allowed time necessary to be absent from work, at regular pay, not to exceed 32 hours in one fiscal year or 40 hours total during the period September 1, 1995 through August 31, 1997, for the purpose of meeting mandatory continuing-education requirements. On-the-job training (or in-house offerings) accredited for meeting applicable state relicensure or recertification requirements shall count toward meeting the county obligation of 40 hours.

In exchange for the additional compensation provided in paragraph 2 of subsection A of Section 6.10.105 on January 1, 1998 persons employed in the classes listed therein on December 31, 1997, shall have the pay rate provided by Chapter 6.08 Part 3 on January 1, 1998 reduced to an amount obtained by dividing that pay rate by 1.03, if the highest level of certificate possessed is the Basic POST Certificate, or by 1.06, if the highest level of certificate possessed is the Intermediate POST Certificate, or by 1.09, if the highest level of certificate possessed is the Advanced POST Certificate or Executive POST Certificate.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, one person employed as a Compliance Auditor (Item No. 0684) who is assigned by the Sheriff to direct internal audits of Sheriff's Department operations shall be compensated at the same salary as the class of Principal Accountant-Auditor (Item No. 0682). Any person so assigned to direct internal audits who was receiving compensation under the provisions of Section 6.40.020 of this code at time of appointment to Compliance Auditor (Item No. 0684) shall continue to receive equivalent compensation.

Effective March 1, 2006, persons employed on the item of Deputy Sheriff (Item No. 2708) who are assigned to a Patrol Station as a Bonus Level I, Field Training Officer shall be entitled to additional compensation as follows:

Upon completion of 12 months as an active Field Training Officer, such persons shall be entitled to additional compensation at a rate two schedules higher than that otherwise approved by the Board of Supervisors for such assignment;

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, all provisions in Section 6.120.020, subsection N.1.a shall remain in effect except that such persons meeting the aforementioned requirements shall be entitled to additional compensation at a rate 5.6468 percent higher than that otherwise approved by the Board of Supervisors for such assignment;

Upon appointment to a Master Field Training Officer assignment, such persons shall be entitled to additional compensation at a rate two schedules higher than that provided in subsection N.1.a above;

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, all provisions in Section 6.120.020, subsection N.2.a shall remain in effect except that such persons meeting the aforementioned requirements shall be entitled to additional compensation at a rate 5.6468 percent higher than that provided in subsection N.1.b above;

Upon completion of 12 months on an active Master Field Training Officer assignment, such persons shall be entitled to additional compensation at a rate two schedules higher than that provided in subsection N.2.a above;

Effective with the pay period ending April 15, 2012 and upon notification to the board of supervisors by the chief executive officer that the human resources management system implementing this provision is fully operational, all provisions in Section 6.120.020, subsection N.3.a. shall remain in effect except that such persons meeting the aforementioned requirements shall be entitled to additional compensation at a rate 5.6468 percent higher than that provided in subsection N.2.b. above;

The additional compensation provided by this subsection N shall cease in accordance with Section 6.28.140 of this Code.

(Ord. 2012-0017 § 94, 2012; Ord. 2006-0084 § 41, 2006; Ord. 2006-0053 § 2 (part), 2006.)

                    
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