Policy Text
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Educational Incentive Pay /POST Certificates
The purpose of this General Order i s to establish protocol for obtaining educational
incentive pay and various POST certificates.
I. Eligibility
A. An employee shall be eligible for educational incentive pay and POST
certificates pursuant to contract ual agreements entered into wi th the
County of Sacramento.
II. Educational Incentive
A. An employee is responsible fo r applying for educational ince ntive pay
once he/she has completed a ce rtain amount of education.
B. The table below identifies t he form that needs to be complet ed and
submitted along with the appropria te documentation to the Depar tment
Human Resources Office.
Level of Education Required Documents
AA or BA/BS Degree Application for Incentive Pay
Diploma *
60 units Application for Incentive Pay
Official transcripts indicating completion
of 60 college semester units or equivalent quarter units *
*If the employee does not have t he actual diploma, or official transcripts,
the employee may request a lette r from the colle ge or universit y verifying
that he/she has fulfilled all r equirements for the appropriate degree or
units.
C. Educational incentive pay is effective the first bi-weekly p ay period after
the employee has submitted evidence of eligibility.
There will be no retroactivity applied to the date when eligibi lity was
actually attained.
Page 2 of 3 1/09 (REV 5/06) III. POST Certificates
A. An employee may apply for a POST Cer tificate once the employee mee ts
the requirements.
Concurrently, the employee may al so apply for educational incen tive pay
based on the type of POST certificate.
B. There are requirements for t he different POST Certificates.
1. Requirements to obtain a Basic POST Certificate are:
a. completion of a Basic Academy
b. one continuous year of full time employment as a peace
officer with one agency.
c. Important: Per California Penal Code 832.4, the Basic
P O S T C e r t i f i c a t e m u s t b e o b t a i n e d w i t h i n 1 8 m o n t h s o f i n i t i a l h i r i n g d a t e a s a peace officer.
Failure to obtain certificate will result in losing peace offic er
s t a t u s . 2. Requirements to obtain an In termediate POST Certificate a re:
a. possession of or eligible for Basic POST Certificate
b. completion of the required combination of qualifying cri teria
i dentified in the table below.
3. Requirements to obtain an Ad vanced POST Certificate are:
a . p o s s e s s i o n o f o r e l i g i b l e f o r I n t e r m e d i a t e P O S T C e r t i f i c a te
b. completion of the required combination of qualifying
c r i t e r i a i d e n t i f i e d i n t h e t a b l e b e l o w .
4. The table below identifies the combinations of qualifying criteria to
obtain an Intermediate or Advanced POST Certificate.
Unless indicated with --------, the qualifying criteria must be in all
three areas.
Note: Out-of-state or military law enf orcement experience may be
applied towards years of exper ience up to a maximum of five
( 5 ) y e a r s .
Certificate Minimum Training
Points
(credited by POST) AND Minimum
Education
Semester Units
or De greeAND Years o f
full-time law
enforcement
experience
Intermediate 15 15
8
30 30 6
45 45 4
------------- AA De gree 4
------------- BA/BS De gree 2
Advanced 30 30 12
45 45 9
------------- AA De gree 9
------------- BA/BS De gree 6
------------- Master’s De gree 4
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C. Requirements to obtain a S upervisory or Management Certific ate are:
1. two (2) years of satisfact ory experience in a supervisory or
m anagement rank
2. possession of or eligible fo r an Intermediate or Advanced
C e r t i f i c a t e ( depending on level of certificate requested)
3. completion of a minimum of 60 semester units. D. The table below identifies the forms that need to be comple ted and/or
submitted to the Human Resource s Office to receive a POST cer tificate
and possibly educational incentive pay.
T
ype of Certificate Required Documents
Basic POST Proof of Completion of Basic
Academy
Proof of qualifying employment
POST Certificate A pplication
Intermediate and Advanced
POST Certificate Diploma or official transcripts *
Application for Incentive Pay
POST Certificate Application
Out-of-state or military (DD-214)
law enforcemen t documentation
(if applicable )
Supervisory and Management
Certificate Diploma or official transcripts *
Copy of certificate of supervisory
or management course
POST Certificate A pplication
*If the employee