Opinion No. (1979)

REQUESTED BY: Duane L. Hubbard, Thayer County Attorney. Does the County Sheriff have the authority to enter an employment contract for the hiring of a law enforcement officer which requires that said employee will remain on the job for at least one year after the training required by law; or that the will reimburse the county for the salary he received during the period of training if he shall not remain for the one year after receiving such training?

Yes.

Section 33-118, R.R.S. 1943, provides:

"The county board shall furnish the sheriff with such deputies as it shall deem necessary and fix the…