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Procedures & Fees for Off-Duty Detail Request
Procedures
- Requests must be submitted no less than 10 days prior to the event. The Sheriff, or designee, may waive the 10-day requirement in an emergency or other extenuating circumstance at his discretion.
- Services will not be provided until the form below is completed and approved by the Patrol Operations Division Commander.
- Submission of this form does not guarantee approval.
- Applicants are encouraged to contact the Off-Duty Detail Coordinator at 772-462-3297 prior to the event to check staffing status. Please email Details@stluciesheriff.com during nonbusiness hours.
- For officer safety, a minimum number of officers per number of attendees at an event are required. The applicant may request a specific amount of deputies, however, the Sheriff’s Office will make the ultimate determination as to the appropriate number of deputies required to work a specific detail and whether supervisors are required. Jobs requiring 5 or more deputies will automatically be assigned a supervisor with applicable fees.
- Events where alcoholic beverages will be served will automatically require a minimum of 2 deputies.
- Off-Duty Detail applications from establishments that derive their primary revenue from the sale of alcohol and/or those seeking deputies to serve as "bouncers" will be denied.
- Requests for security at private parties, dances and ticketed events will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
- The Sheriff’s Office cannot guarantee the provision of deputies for a requested detail and reserves the right to cancel a detail in the event the appropriate number of deputies cannot be provided.
- The Sheriff’s Office reserves the right to cancel off-duty details without notice and to recall deputies for official duty when necessary for community safety. The Sheriff’s Office shall not have any responsibility nor be subject to any penalty for doing so.
- Cancellations by you, the contractor, must be made to the off-duty detail coordinator twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of the detail. If the notice is not given, the contractor will be charged, and the assigned deputy(s) will be paid a minimum of three (3) hours.
- The Sheriff, or designee, may make exceptions to any of these policies as necessary for public safety needs.
Fees for Off-Duty Detail Services
The fees for Off-Duty Detail services are as follows:
Updated: June 1, 2022
- $50 per hour per deputy, $55 per hour per supervisor
- Hourly charges are subject to change
- There will be a 3 hour minimum charge per deputy for all off-duty details, regardless of actual time spent on the detail
- If time worked is greater than half of the assigned time, the vendor will be responsible for payment of the full assignment scheduled.
- The applicant/off-duty employer may be responsible for paying deputies for additional hours worked, up to 3 hours, resulting from or made necessary by the off-duty detail (e.g., arrest, prisoner booking, report writing).
- Additional information related to scheduling and payment procedures can be obtained by calling 772-462-3297 during regular business hours.
- Cancellations by you, the contractor, must be made to the off-duty detail coordinator twenty-four (24) hours prior to the start of the detail. If the notice is not given, the contractor will be charged, and the assigned deputy(s) will be paid a minimum of three (3) hours.
Holiday Fees
Holiday fees are $60 per hour per deputy and $65 per hour per supervisor for:
- Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- President's Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Veteran's Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Day After Thanksgiving
- Christmas Eve
- Christmas Day
- New Year's Eve
- New Year's Day