California Highway Patrol v. Diaz CA2/4
Opinion
Opinion
BACKGROUND
I. MAZEEP Detail
CHP and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) entered into interagency agreements for traffic safety services, including the Maintenance Zone Enhanced Enforcement Program (MAZEEP) agreement. Under this agreement, CHP officers provided traffic safety services for Caltrans, and Caltrans, in turn, reimbursed CHP for the hours the officers worked, as well as for travel time to and from the worksite from the CHP office. CHP officers received overtime compensation for this voluntary assignment. Participating officers had to submit a CHP 415 form claiming overtime hours worked on the MAZEEP detail. CHP’s East Los Angeles Area (ELAA) office had a standard operating procedure to address overtime MAZEEP details. The policy provided, in part, “Officers working overtime such as . . . MAZEEP details shall remain available during the duration of the reimbursable contract. If Caltrans terminates a detail early due to unforeseen circumstances, but continues to pay [the officer] for the duration of the contract, the officer shall remain available to Caltrans by standing by at the office.”