A. Employees in the classes of Deputy Sheriff, and District Attorney’s Inspector who have successfully completed a probationary period of one of those classes and hold permanent status, shall be eligible to receive an incentive allowance equating to two and one-half percent (2.5%) of base pay per biweekly pay period in addition to all other compensation if they possess the intermediate Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Certificate.
B. Employees in the classes of Deputy Sheriff, and District Attorney’s Inspector who have successfully completed a probationary period of one of those classes and hold permanent status, shall be eligible to receive an incentive allowance equating to an additional five percent (5%) of base pay per biweekly pay period (for a total of seven and one-half percent (7.5%) if they possess the Advanced POST Certificate issued by the Commission of Peace Officer Standards and Training of the California State Department of Justice.
C. These same incentive allowances will apply to Sheriff’s Correctional Officers who possess the POST recognized equivalencies for the intermediate and advanced certificates. However, employees hired into the Correctional Officer classification who previously held the classification of Deputy Sheriff, shall have the time in the Deputy Sheriff classification count towards this incentive for Correctional Officer.
D. The permanent status requirement shall not apply to probationary employees who have laterally transferred to San Mateo County positions from other jurisdictions.