The deputies in the Orange County Sheriff’s Department have collectively negotiated an 8% raise, with additional pay increases over the next three years of a contract the OC Board of Supervisors is set to consider on Tuesday, Dec. 19.
If the contract is approved by the county supervisors, deputies would get a 5% increase in 2024 to their base salaries and an additional 4% raise in 2025.
Contract negotiators also reached agreements about premium pay – the additional income that deputies who have specialty jobs earn. For example, an officer assigned to the hazardous devices or explosive detection squads gets premium pay for that or certain employees, such as sergeants and investigators, can also receive additional pay for being bilingual.
The last contract for the deputies negotiated in 2019 raised pay 14% over its four years and was expected to cost the county about $150 million.
The new contract would cover the period beginning June 30, 2023 through June 25, 2026.
The department’s managers also negotiated a new contract, for the same timeframe, with similar raises.
The county’s top cop, Sheriff Don Barnes got a $20,305 pay raise approved by the county supervisors last December, bringing his yearly salary to $289,248.
The Sheriff’s Department provides police services for the county and is contracted by 13 cities to provide local policing, including Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Lake Forest, Laguna Woods, Mission Viejo, Rancho Santa Margarita, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Stanton, Villa Park and Yorba Linda.
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