Who is Eligible

SFPCU Field of Membership

Updated as of June 2009

You are eligible to join three ways.

1 ) You must fall into one of the four following categories AND one of the nine Bay Area counties listed below:

• Law enforcement personnel under the city, state and federal level that have taken an introductory course of training set by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (as defined by California Penal Code) or equivalent course.
  
  
• Firefighters in an eligible county who have successfully completed an approved basic fire college or fire academy training course as outlined in the 'California Fire Service Training and Education Program Act', and are a volunteer for, or an employee of: any municipal, county, state or federal agency or special district.
  
  
• Emergency Medical Technicians in an eligible county who have successfully completed a State of California approved training course as described in the 'Emergency Medical Services System and the Prehospital Emergency Medical Personnel Act and are a volunteer for, or an employee of any municipal, county, state or federal agency or special district or contracted private ambulance service.
  
  
• The civilian employees of an eligible department.

Eligible counties: San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma, Napa, San Mateo, Contra Costa, Solano, Alameda, Santa Clara

Or

2) Be a family member of an SFPCU member: grandparents, parents, spouse, siblings, (step) children or (step) grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, first cousins, domestic partner.

• Once a domestic partner joins in their own right, all of their family can now join. For example, if you join and your domestic partner joins as an individual member, then all of your domestic partner's family can now join.

Or

3) Members of organizations and associations of such recognized police work oriented persons.