Duties, Salary and Benefits

POLICE OFFICER DUTIES INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO:

• Patrolling their districts, responding to calls for service, conducting investigations, writing reports, pursuing and detaining suspects, and making arrests
• Participating in community policing programs.
• Enforcing traffic and parking laws.
• Working with superiors, peers, and other Department personnel.
• Preparing for and participating in planned events.
• Preparing for and attending court.
• Participating in self-development activities.

SALARY:

The current annual entry-level salary for Police Officers is:

$88,842 to $112,164

POLICE OFFICERS' BENEFITS' ARE:

• 10 paid vacation days a year during the first five years of service.
• 15 paid vacation days a year during the next 10 years of service.
• 20 paid vacation days a year after 15 years of service.
• 4 floating holidays.
• 13 paid sick days a year and several healthcare plans.
• Bilingual pay and special assignment pay.
• Retirement benefits: 3% of final compensation per year of service at age 58, with a maximum of 90% benefit based on years of service.

The Behavioral Science Unit:

• Employee Assistance Program.
• Crisis Incident Response Team (C.I.R.T.)
• Peer Support Program.
• Catastrophic Illness Program.
• Psychological Professionals (United Behavioral Health)
• Stress Unit-Chemical Dependency.
• Police Chaplains.
• Psychiatric Liason Unit.