(a) The state recognizes the historic problem of recruitment and retention of peace officers in the Department of Corrections and the Department of Youth Authority. As evidence of this recognition there has been a trend in recent years to improve salaries and benefits for these correctional peace officers. However, due to the continuing need to recruit new officers to fill vacancies, retain seasoned correctional peace officers to reduce turnover rates, and provide comparability in pay to effectively compete with large peace officer employers and ensure necessary staffing levels, salaries must be improved and maintained by the state for peace officers in the Department of Corrections and the Department of the Youth Authority.

(b) To effect the intent of paragraph (a) the department shall take into consideration the salary and benefits of other large employers of peace officers in California.

Terms Used In California Government Code 19827.1

  • Department: means the Department of Human Resources. See California Government Code 19815
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 290, Sec. 1.)

  Previous section
Next section  
 Article 3 Contents