The Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco’s request to increase overtime extra duty rates charged for services at events that require the use of deputies and other personnel.
Bianco is seeking to implement a revised overtime pay schedule, with increases phased in over the next three fiscal years, reflecting the costs borne by the sheriff’s department when deputies, investigators, crime scene technicians — even helicopter mechanics — perform work outside of their normal schedules, such as for parades, festivals and other “special events.”
The new rates would apply to school districts, courts and the cities that contract for law enforcement services.
Under the revised OT pay schedule, the cost for a deputy who works extra hours outside of his or her customary assignments would be $97.77 per hour in fiscal year 2022-23, compared to $94.01 currently.
The charge for a sheriff’s corporal would go from $100.10 to $104.11 per hour, while a sergeant’s rate would rise from $128.55 to $133.69, according to agency documents.
A lieutenant’s extra duty pay would bump up to $106.35, compared to $102.26 per hour currently.
Additional hikes would be authorized for fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25. The net result would be a deputy sheriff’s hourly extra duty comp going from $94.01 now to $101.68 by July 2024.
A total of 155 positions — sworn and non-sworn — were listed in sheriff’s documents. Increases are sought for all titles and classifications in the next fiscal year. However, after 2022-23, some pay rates would freeze for some positions under the revised schedule submitted to the board.
The new extra duty rates, if approved, would take effect on July 1.