Salary / Benefits Package

RETIREMENT- 20 YEAR RETIREMENT AT 70% 22 YEARS 10 MONTHS AT 80% (RETIREMENT IS PAID OUT BASED ON YOUR HIGHEST 3 YEAR EARNINGS)

• YOU PAY ONLY 4% OF YOUR INCOME INTO YOUR RETIREMENT FUND.
  
  
• ACADEMIC INCENTIVE PAY $45 PER MONTH
  
  
• COLLEGE TUITION REIMBURSEMENT
  
  
• SHIFT DIFFERENTIAL PAY UP TO .30 CENTS PER HOUR
  
  
• CLOTHING ALLOWANCE - $900 PER YEAR
  
  
  
• LONGEVITY - $125 PER YEAR OF SERVICE, PAID EACH YEAR
  
  
• 80% OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL PAID
  
  
• SPECIALTY AND HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY - UP TO $50 PER MONTH
  
  
• PAID VACATION -
  0-5 YEARS OF SERVICE; 13 DAYS PER YEAR
  5-10 YEARS OF SERVICE; 16.9 DAYS PER YEAR
  10-15 YEARS OF SERVICE; 19.5 DAYS PER YEAR
  15-20 YEARS OF SERVICE; 22.1 DAYS PER YEAR
  13 PAID HOLIDAYS
  
  
• PAID SICK LEAVE ACCRUED AT 4 HRS PER PAY PERIOD
  OR 13 DAYS PER YEAR

Cadet New Hire

CADET
$17.75 per hour
$36,920 per year

DEPUTY 2ND CLASS
$19.17* per hour
$39,478* per year

DEPUTY 1ST CLASS
$23.13* per hour
$48,110* per year (1 year 6 months)

*Effective July 1, 2008

Lateral Hire

LATERAL HIRES WITH 3 OR MORE YEARS EXPERIENCE WILL BE HIRED AT DEPUTY FIRST CLASS PAY ($23.13 per hour) IMMEDIATELY.

Sergeant

NEW HIRES ARE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE SERGEANT EXAM 5 YEARS FROM DATE OF HIRE.

SERGEANT $27.68
$57,574 per year

Lieutenant

PERSONNEL ARE ELIGIBLE TO TAKE THE LIEUTENANTS EXAM AFTER 2 YEARS IN GRADE AS A SERGEANT.

LIEUTENANT $33.09
$68,827 per year