Complex sentence: Officers are not civil service employees of the SFPD nor do they earn City benefits or pensions, however, for specified purposes courts may consider them to be employees, such as for purposes of the SFPD maintaining employment records.
Split into simpler sentences: Officers are not civil service employees of the San Francisco Police Department nor do they earn City benefits or pensions. However, for specified purposes courts may consider them to be employees, such as for purposes of the SFPD maintaining employment records.