§ 14-42-424 - Cities of the second class and towns -- Employee benefits and pension programs.
14-42-424. Cities of the second class and towns -- Employee benefits and pension programs.
(a) For the purposes of regulating work hours, vacation days, sick leave, and other employee benefits, a department of public safety shall be deemed to be a fire department.
(b) A department of public safety may participate in available pension programs in either the police or fire category, or both, and conditioned on their creation and availability within the particular city or town. However, no employee of the department shall accrue benefits in both categories at the same time.
(c) Volunteers for fire services provided by the department of public safety may accrue benefits as volunteer fire fighters.
(d) Employees of a department of public safety shall be eligible for all county, state, or federal death or disability benefits provided for police officers or fire fighters.