Policy Text
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EMPLOYMENT OF RETIRED DEPUTY SHERIFFS
The purpose of this order is to provide policy guidelines regar ding the employment of
retired deputy sheriff’s by the Sacramento Sheriff’s Department .
I. General
A. Pursuant to the County Retire ment Act of 1937, Section 3160. 2, any
person who has retired from the Sheriff’s De partment may be emp loyed in
a position determined by the Sher iff’s Department not to exceed 960
working hours in any one calenda r year and may be paid for such
employment. Such employment sha ll not operate to reinstate the person
as a member of the retirement system or to terminate or suspend his
retirement allowance, and no ded uctions shall be made from his salary as
contributions to the retirement system.
II. Eligibility
A. Any retired deputy sheriff des iring to participate in the pr ogram may be
appointed to call-in status prio r to the expiration of the thre e-year
reinstatement period. To initiate reinstatement, the returning retiree must
contact the Administrative Divis ion, personnel section, in orde r to
complete the required paperwo rk and payroll processing.
B. Once the three-year reinstate ment period has expired, a reti red deputy
sheriff must be appointed from an e ligibility list or must be p rovisionally
appointed. A provisional appointm ent can be made only if no eli gible list
exists. Such provisional appointm ent has the limitations and co ntrols of all
provisional appointments.
C. All appointees will be of good health and shall be medically cleared by the
County Department of Education and Training (formerly Personnel
Management) prior to appointmen t. No appointee shall be on medi cal or
disability retirement status.
D. A break in service from the time of retirement will require an appointee to
undergo a complete background invest igation prior to appointmen t.
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A. Assignment
1. Assignment of a retired deputy sheriff working in an on-call capacity
will be made by the reserve forc es coordinator for the division of
Training and Reserve Forces. R etirees will not be allowed to wo rk
until they have received and ca shed their first retirement allo tment
check.
B. Salary
1. Appointees shall receive “St ep E” of the deputy sheriff on-c all
salary with applicable pay incentives.
C. Computing the Work Days
1. Computation sha ll be made upon the tota l number of hours wor ked
during a calendar year with a maximum of 960 hours (any vacatio n
and/or CTO earned and used will count toward the 960 hour total ).
D. Training Requirements
1. It shall be the responsibilit y of the appointee to maintain current
training status regarding first a id, CPR, and firearms qualific ation.
2. Firearms qualification shall be required duri ng each qualifi cation
period in which the retiree is w orking; i.e., if a retiree work s
January, February, and March they must qualify during the first
shooting period. If the retiree did not work in September, Octo ber,
November and December, the retir ee would not have to qualify fo r
that period. If the retiree elec ts only to work a few days each month,
then qualification must be comp leted within ea ch shooting perio d.
3. All appointees are required to maintain current training sta tus as set
forth by POST and STC. Failure to meet such training requiremen ts
may result in termination fr om the 120-day w ork program.
E. Uniform Allowance
1. All appointees shall be entitl ed to a uniform allowance in
accordance with contractual agreement between Sacramento
County and the Sacrament o County Deputy Sheriff’s Association.
F. Miscellaneous
1. Retired deputy sheriffs are not covered by 4850 benefits; su ch
benefits are applicable only to i ndividuals employed on a regul ar,
full time basis. Retirees are e ligible for normal workers’
compensation temporary dis ability and medical benefits.
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2. A retired deputy sheriff who is disabled in the course of te mporary
employment as a deputy sheriff on- call cannot obtain a disabili ty
retirement allowance from the Co unty retirement system for inju ries
suffered during the course o f the temporary employment.
Temporary employees are not cov ered by the Sacramento County
Employees’ Retirement System.