The Orange County Sheriff's Office
Master Deputy Program is a voluntary program designed for sworn personnel who
have advanced their skills, but do not currently desire to pursue a supervisory
career.
The goal
of the program is to provide career deputies recognition for professional
achievement and training, continued application of their expertise, and
community involvement.
Interested
Master Deputy candidates must meet the following requirements by November 30,
2013:
• Currently a Deputy First Class
• 10 years continuous time in service
as a full time sworn Orange County Deputy Sheriff
• No discipline resulting in suspension
without pay, demotion, or disciplinary probation for the past year
• No Below Standards overall rating
last two performance evaluations
• At least 20 hours community service
within the past 24 months (Volunteer activities performed on the Deputy’s own
time, not compensated, from a list of approved activities)
• At least 20 hours expertise sharing
within the past 24 months (FTO, teaching law enforcement personnel)
• At least 20 hours approved training
or 3 credit hours of college course work within the past 24 months
• 60 additional hours of either
community service, expertise sharing or training within the past 24 months
Eligible
candidates are required to submit an application detailing why they should be
Master Deputy and how they have fulfilled the requirements.
Based on
a file review of all eligible applicants, candidates will be identified based
on a point system (years of service, discipline and Master Deputy
requirements).
Selected
candidates will be appointed to Master Deputy in December 2013 and will receive
Master Deputy pay of $53.84 per pay period. Master Deputies will be eligible to
wear the Master Deputy insignia.
Re-certification:
Once promoted to Master Deputy, Master Deputies must meet the 20 hours of
community service, 20 hours of expertise sharing, 20 hours of training and 60
additional hours of any of the above categories every 24 months.
At the
end of the 24 month cycle, if any one of the criteria is not fulfilled, the
Master Deputy title and compensation will be removed until all of the criteria
have been met during the next 24 month cycle.
