§ 2.53.050. District attorney investigator safety equipment allowance.

(a)

Each district attorney investigator occupying a regular permanently allocated position on September 12, 1977, who is required to acquire and maintain specific safety equipment consisting of a handgun, holster and one set of handcuffs, shall be entitled to a one-time payment of one hundred fifty dollars for the replacement cost of the specific safety equipment purchased by the employee.

(b)

The payment of reimbursement shall be a one-time payment and shall be made only after certification by the employee's immediate supervisor to the personnel director that the supervisor has inspected and inventoried the employee's safety equipment.

(c)

Each district attorney investigator hired on or after September 12, 1977, who is occupying a regular permanently allocated position, shall receive from the county at the time he/she is required to purchase the equipment specified in subsection (a) of this section, a reimbursement of three hundred dollars for the purchase of the equipment.

(d)

Such allowance shall be a one-time payment. After the employee has purchased the specified equipment, it shall be inspected and inventoried by the employee's immediate supervisor, and reported to the personnel director.

(e)

Each district attorney investigator in the office of the district attorney shall, upon separation from the office, retain ownership and possession of all safety equipment purchased by him/her.

(f)

Each district attorney investigator in the office of the district attorney who terminates service prior to three years from his/her most recent date of hire, shall refund to the county, immediately upon separation, all moneys received as reimbursement for the purchase of safety equipment or as an allowance of purchase of safety equipment, less fifty dollars for each completed full year of service in the office of the district attorney since his/her most recent date of hire.

(g)

On or after September 12, 1977, the county will repair or, if necessary, replace the safety equipment of a district attorney investigator in the office of the district attorney if the equipment is lost or damaged in the line of duty, upon certification of the employee's supervisor and department head to the county personnel director that the equipment was so lost or damaged.

(h)

The district attorney shall be required to furnish to the personnel director a list of all investigators required to acquire and maintain specified safety equipment.

(Ord. 2147 § 6, 1983; Ord. 1823 § 1, 1977)