California Vehicle Code

§ 2266

VEH § 2266 Effective Jan 1, 2015Div. 2 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1)The public safety dispatchers and public safety operators of the Department of the California Highway Patrol are among the lowest paid when compared to operators employed by other law enforcement agencies in the state. The department’s communication centers suffer from significant staff shortages and high turnover rates. Increasing the wages paid to these public safety dispatchers and public safety operators will increase their professionalism while reducing their rate of turnover.

(2)The recruitment and retention problem is especially evident in the classifications of Public Safety Dispatcher and Public Safety Operator.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 66, Sec. 1. (SB 1025) Effective January 1, 2015.