California to Pay Law Enforcement Employees $1,500 Pandemic Bonuses

Graduates of Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Academy Class 451 stand for the pledge of allegiance at their graduation ceremony at East Los Angeles College amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Monterey Park, Calif., on Aug. 21, 2020. Mario Tama/Getty Images

SACRAMENTO—The State of California agrees to pay $1,500 pandemic bonuses to eligible law enforcement officers and public service officers, under tentative agreements reached with several labor unions last week.

The one-time payment will go to eligible workers to recognize the support and service they have provided during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the contracts posted online by the state Department of Human Resources.