Benefits

Starting Salary

$55,491 per year (while attending the Police Academy)
$58,265 per year (upon completion of the Police Academy)

Salary increases of 5% every year for the first 10 years of employment

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Additional Benefits

Officers are also provided with:

  • Take-home vehicles
  • Laptop computers
  • Officers follow an 11 hour shift with 4 on duty days and 4 off days.
  • Uniforms provided and maintained
  • Health, dental and life insurance 
  • Paid holidays
  • Vacation and sick leave are accrued annually
  • 20 Year Pension
  • Credit Union
  • Limited Tuition Reimbursement
  • Deferred Compensation Plan
  • Optional Flexible Spending Account
  • Sick leave, disability, intensive care, hospital indemnity, and cancer insurance available