§ 20420 Public Safety Employee Coverage

• •This law defines who counts as a 'local safety member'.
• •Local safety members include police officers, sheriffs, firefighters, safety officers, county peace officers, and school safety members.
• •These people must be employed by a contracting agency and included in the system by contract.

A person works as a firefighter for a city.

If the city has a contract that includes firefighters in the system, then this person is considered a 'local safety member' under this law.