The following is the salary range for Sheriff's Trainees:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
$24.85 | $25.35 | $25.97 | $26.63 | $27.27 |
This salary range shall increase at the same time and by the same rate as the salary range adjustments for the County's Deputy Sheriff classification.
Except as provided herein, incumbents shall be hired at step 1. The Sheriff may hire Sheriff's Trainees at a higher step if justified by recruitment needs. Sheriff Trainees shall not receive step advancements.
Sheriff's Trainees shall only receive the following benefits: the same medical and dental plan coverage, medical premium subsidy, Internal Revenue Code section 125 conversion plan, retirement system contributions, uniform allowance, sick leave and annual leave benefits as provided to County's Deputy Sheriff classification. Sheriff's Trainees as nonsworn employees shall not be eligible for benefits under Labor Code § 4850 and shall be general members of the County's 1937 Act Retirement System.
The classification of Sheriff's Trainee shall be a trainee classification in which employees remain in probationary status for the duration of such employment and employees who are not promoted to Deputy Sheriff shall be terminated. Sheriff's Trainees who successfully complete the Sheriff's Academy shall be promoted to Deputy Sheriff in accordance with the terms and conditions included in § 13.0611. Time spent as a Sheriff's Trainee shall not count toward the 26 pay period probationary period required for the classification of Deputy Sheriff.
(Am. Ord. 3816, passed - -2001; Am. Ord. 3983, passed - -2006; Am. Ord. 4339, passed - -2018; Am. Ord. 4357, passed - -2019; Am. Ord. 4409, passed - -2021)