Deputy Sheriff I-II (DS114) - Dane County

Dane County offers a wide range of benefits including fully paid dental and HMO health insurance premiums for full time employees/pro-rated for part-time employees.  The County will also provide contributions towards POS health insurance premiums and short/long term disability. Additional benefits available include long term care, vision coverage, flex spending account and deferred compensation programs paid in full by the employee and a wellness program (for further details visit  www.countyofdane.com/emprel). Employees hired after 7-1-11 must be expected to work a minimum of 1200 hours annually to be enrolled in the Wisconsin Retirement System when hired. Dane County also provides 6 weeks of paid parental leave for birth or adoption of a child.

Full-time WI Certified Law Enforcement Officers who are hired with Dane County as Deputies will receive an hour for hour match of their sick leave balance up to 1800 hours.    Sick leave balances are cashed out upon retirement and placed in a health savings account which allows retirees to use the money to pay for health insurance and other health related expenses

Your service at your current agency has value!   Those years of service can be converted into longevity credits with Dane County.    Hourly pay, incentive and vacation credits are all based on your longevity credits

• Starting hourly pay up to $38.27 depending on years of service
• Longevity pay on top of your base wage 3-12% starting with 5 years of service. 
• Educational incentive pay begins immediately with a minimum of 2 years of service with your current agency.   
  • 12-22% depending on your degree   
• Vacation credits start at 80 hrs per year for new hires
  • With your longevity you could earn up to 240 hrs of vacation per year (max based on 21 years of service)

*longevity credits do not impact agency seniority.  Seniority is based on hire date

Pre-Service Applicants

If you are pre-certified to become a Wisconsin Law Enforcement officer, or are certified and currently working part-time as a Wisconsin Law Enforcement agency, you can start at a higher pay rate.

• Receive 13 longevity credits on your hire date
• Start at Step 2 of the Deputy I-II pay scale 
• Start earning Education incentive pay after 1 year as a deputy
• Receive longevity pay after 3 years as a deputy (typically starts after 4 years)

Longevity

• (Effective 1/8/17) All employees covered by the terms of this agreement shall receive ½ longevity credit for each biweekly pay period in which the employee is compensated for forty (40) or more hours, and shall receive longevity pay as hereinafter provided: 
• (a) Each employee's basic rate of pay shall be increased by: 
• 1.  3% to start on the first full biweekly pay period after employee has earned 52 longevity credits (start of year 5). 
• 2.  An additional 3% (total 6%) to start on the first full biweekly pay period after employee has earned 117 longevity credits (start of year 10). 
• 3.  An additional 3% (total 9%) to start on the first full biweekly pay period after employee has earned 169 longevity credits (after approximately thirteen [13] years). 
• 4.  An additional 3% (total 12%) to start on the first full biweekly pay period after employee has earned 221 longevity credits (after approximately seventeen [17] years).