Probation Department Policy/Procedure Manual

3.21 Employee Ride-Along

Location Human Resources
Section N/A
Subject 3.21 Employee Ride-Along
Purpose To provide guidelines for employees interested in the work of a Deputy Probation Officer to participate in a ride-along in the field.
Effective Date 10/9/2022 12:00 AM
Previous Effective Date 1/1/0001 12:00 AM
  1. The Employee Ride-along program is voluntary.  Participants will not be compensated in salary, overtime, or compensation time off.
  2. Employees will be scheduled outside of their regularly approved 40 hour work week or 12-hour shift schedule.
  3. Employee participants will be assigned an officer(s) to accompany in the community
  4. Authorization process
    1. The employee submits a request via an email to their supervisor, specifying their interest in a ride-along or job shadow opportunity.
    2. The employee’s supervisor will review the Ride-Along Authorization Agreement (“Agreement”) and checklist with the employee.  The supervisor and employee will sign the Agreement.  The employee will be provided a copy of the checklist.
    3. The employee’s supervisor will then forward the signed Agreement to the Ride-along SDPO liaison in the Adult, Juvenile, or Custody division.
    4. The SDPO liaison will schedule and assign the employee participant to an officer for the ride-along.
    5. The SDPO liaison will forward the signed Agreement to the Department Personnel Technician (DPT) assigned either to Casa Loma or JSC.
    6. The DPT will place the form in the employee’s administrative file.