TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Sheriff-Coroner
MEETING DATE: August 3, 2021
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
Matthew Kendall
PHONE:
463-4085
DEPARTMENT CONTACT:
My Lan Do Nguyen
PHONE:
463-4408
ITEM TYPE: Regular Agenda
TIME ALLOCATED FOR ITEM: 15 Minutes
AGENDA TITLE:
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Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Approval of Modification to the Current Resident Deputy Pay Incentive Plans for the Round Valley and South Coast Positions
(Sponsor: Sheriff-Coroner)
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RECOMMENDED ACTION/MOTION:
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Approve modification to the current Resident Deputy Pay Incentive Plans for the Round Valley and South Coast positions.
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PREVIOUS BOARD/BOARD COMMITTEE ACTIONS:
Over twenty years ago, the Board approved a Resident Deputy Program to provide full-time public safety services to these identified remote rural communities.
SUMMARY OF REQUEST:
The Mendocino County Sheriff's Office provides public safety services to an area of approximately 3,800 square miles.
Some communities are located in remote rural portions of the county, which makes providing services difficult based upon the county's geography.
These communities include Round Valley, Elk, Manchester, Point Arena, Anchor Bay, and Gualala and are a significant distance from the Sheriff's Office primary duty stations. It is frequent for these communities to receive diminished levels of public safety services because of these geographical challenges.
The Sheriff's Office, over twenty years ago, established a Resident Deputy Program to provide full-time public safety services to these identified remote rural communities.
A Resident Deputy resides and works within a specific community. They interact directly with the community and are able to provide public safety services consistently, effectively and efficiently.
The Sheriff is unable to mandate where a Deputy Sheriff resides and employees seldom choose to reside in these remote rural communities mainly because of housing and...
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