LASD Level 1-D Reserves

[micro911]

[elpaisa1]

Congratulations.

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[RickD427]

This is outstanding news. LASD possesses a number of Level 1D reserves that would make excellent full-time deputies.

It's also very helpful, particularly when the agency is struggling to recruit deputies, to have multiple accession pathways to full time status.

The only caveat here, is that the announcement only applies to Level 1 Designated reserves. It does not apply to all Level 1's.

As a matter of POST requirements, non-designated Level 1's do not meet the training requirements for PC 830.1 (Full Time) appointment.

[micro911]

Congratulations.

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I am a retired deputy. I don't know why they sent me this email.

[Yodaman]

I am a retired deputy. I don't know why they sent me this email.

Hahah probably just an email blast to all known emails.

Enjoy retirement!

[CaptMike]

maybe they want you back

[micro911]

maybe they want you back

I don't think I want to go back to work. I like my current schedule better.

[code_blue]

Yea, I recall when you retired, Micro. I think it's just an email blast.

The typical primary difference between Level 1 and 1D is completion of the Field Training (I don't think this qualifies them to receive their POST Basic though). 1D's pretty much function as FT, but without the FT pay/bennies. I would think that most agencies hire from their R/O pools before branching out.

I do know that some agencies 1D's are typically retirees that come back to work part-time. Then again, there are also those "Weekend Warriors" who make a lot of dough in the private industry, but want to do some good in the streets.

[toddytguns]

[code_blue]

It's changed toddy. Reserve A, B, C academy is no more. Reserves go through an RBC just like everyone else, but typically lack the field training and FT requirement to receive a POST Basic for lateral ability.

RBC's range from regular or modular in both intensive or extended. It's all the same and recruits receive RBC certificates. They are all qualified the same.

[RickD427]

I am a retired deputy. I don't know why they sent me this email.

As a retired member, you're probably one of the best sources to bring new folks into the department. We've suffered from too many bad hires in recent years. You're well suited to spot young folks with the qualities to become excellent deputies, and to help them prepare to compete for the positions.

[TrailerparkTrash]

...BUt get ready to work the jails for a few years, then going to patrol with an FTO on a daily basis for 6 months. You’d still have to get off probation as a full timer for that first year you were hired. Seniority also starts the day you’re hired “full time,” and not when you started as a reserve. That’s a county rule, not a department rule. There’s no shortcuts either for patrol just because one was a reserve. Moving to “full time” employee is an entirely different animal.

[RickD427]

The patrol training issue may not be so cast in stone. When I retired in 2013, the policy was that a deputy had to complete the standardized Field Operations Training program. There was no requirement that it be completed while being a regularly employed deputy sheriff. At the time most stations provided abbreviated training to their reserves. My station required completion of the standardized training program. It took about three years a reserve to do it, if they worked one day a week.

We had one reserve complete that program and then go on to become a regular deputy. I spoke at length with Bob Lindsey, who was the unit commander at personnel. He agreed, in principle, that the member had satisfied the Field Ops Training Requirement, but would not agree to a global policy decision in the absence of proof that all stations universally required the standard program to be completed.

[micro911]

When I was on patrol, we had 3-4 reserve deputies who worked their own cars by themselves. I believe they were 1-D deputies. They were experienced and were good guys.

[code_blue]

One particular agency in my area hires from their RO pools and mandate a 40-hr/week FTO program. Their RO's are unpaid, so this is completely unrealistic for functioning adults entering the profession who don't have a safety net like living at home with mom and dad.

Granted, this is a more "affluent" city with the highest paid officers in the general metro area, so it is not surprising that the majority of their new hires are young, inexperienced, and mold-able into exactly what the city wants.