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of law enforcement reserve deputies may be utilized as determined by the Employer, to perform <br />those duties normally performed by bargaining unit personnel only after reasonable effort has been <br />made to offer regular employees the opportunity for work, so long as it would not qualify as <br />overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act provisions. Usage of reserve law enforcement <br />deputies would be limited to circumstances involving temporary replacement of regular employees <br />in case of vacations, holidays, sickness, schooling, weekend transport when regular deputies are not <br />available, short handedness in personnel, and those circumstances involved in a bona fide <br />emergency as set forth in Section 11.13. <br />7.4 Lateral Del uky: A Lateral Deputy shall be defined as any new lateral hire who has not less than <br />twelve (12) consecutive months of full time, compensated law enforcement experience, who <br />successfully completed a probationary period from a recognized law enforcement entity and who <br />has successfully completed a course of Basic Law Enforcement Academy Training from the <br />Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, or from another local, State or Federal Law <br />Enforcement Training program recognized by the WSCJTC, and who has not been separated from <br />full time law enforcement employment for a period of time greater than twenty-four (24) months at <br />the time of application to the Sheriff's Office. <br />Candidates who apply for consideration as a of Lateral Deputy, but who do not have training or <br />certification recognized by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, cannot be <br />considered a lateral hire, as they would by law be required to attend the full WSCJTC 720 hour BLEA <br />training prior being certified as Peace Officers in Washington State. <br />7.4.1 Lateral Deputy_ Sala: An applicant selected for appointment who is currently certified as a <br />Peace Officer in Washington State may, at the discretion of the Sheriff, begin working at an <br />initial salary level equivalent to that of a Deputy following one (1) year of service, or one (1) <br />step above that of an entry level deputy. Applicants selected for appointment who are <br />currently certified as Peace Officers in Washington State, and who possess additional <br />documented unique, specific or particularly sought after experience and/or training, may at <br />the discretion of the Sheriff, begin working at an initial salary level equivalent to that of a <br />Deputy following two (2) years of service. <br />Applicants selected for appointment that possess Basic Law Enforcement Training <br />recognized by the WSCJTC, but who are from another State or Federal Agency, are required <br />by law to successfully pass the WSCJTC Equivalency Academy prior to being certified in <br />Washington State as Peace Officers. Consequently, any employee hired who is not at the <br />time of appointment certified as a Peace Officer in Washington State, will be hired at the <br />entry level salary. Upon successfully obtaining certification as a Peace Officer in Washington <br />State, that employee may submit a written request to the Sheriff to have their salary step <br />increased. Any such increase granted shall be at the discretion of the Sheriff. Deputies so <br />requesting may be allowed a salary step increase as outlined in the preceding paragraph. <br />Such salary step increases will be effective at the time the request is authorized by the <br />Sheriff, and shall not be retroactive to the date of hire. <br />5 Kittitas County Line Deputies 111117-12131121 <br />