§ 2.53.030. Separation from department—Ownership retention.

(a)

Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each safety employee in the sheriff's department shall, upon separation from the department, retain ownership and possession of all safety equipment purchased by the employee pursuant to this chapter except for the container of mace and the baton, which shall be relinquished to the department immediately upon such termination.

(b)

Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, each safety employee in the sheriff's department whose service terminates within three years of the employee's most recent date of hire shall refund to the county, through the sheriff, immediately upon separation, all moneys received as reimbursement for the purchase of safety equipment, less two hundred and sixty-seven dollars for each completed full year of service in the sheriff's department since the employee's most recent date of hire.

(c)

Each safety employee in the sheriff's department whose service either terminates because of staff reduction due to layoff within three years of the employee's most recent date of hire or is terminated by the county during the employee's probationary period shall, immediately upon separation, either refund to the county, through the sheriff, all moneys received as reimbursement for the purchase of safety equipment or as an allowance for the purchase of safety equipment, less two hundred sixty-seven dollars for each completed full year of service since the employee's most recent date of hire, or return to the county through the sheriff, all safety equipment purchased by the employee using moneys received from a reimbursement or an allowance. The returned safety equipment becomes the property of the county.

(Ord. 2352 § 4, 1988: Ord. 1570 § 1 (part), 1975: Ord. 1491 § 4 (part), 1975; Ord. 1278 § 1 (part) 1973)