Dental insurance is also provided. Vacation is provided at the rate of eighty hours after the first year of employment, one hundred twenty hours after six years of employment, and one hundred sixty hours after fifteen years of employment. All uniforms and equipment are provided at no cost to the employee. If required to carry a pager, police officers receive two hours of extra pay per day. Police officers may take compensatory time in lieu of overtime and build up to 240 hours.
Compensatory time is earned at time and one half.
There is a minimum emergency call back benefit of two hours overtime when called in to work on a regular day off. Police officers may elect to deduct pre-tax dollars into an approved deferred compensation program. Up to 24 working hours are provided for compassionate leave. Police officers are served by a credit union that offers preferred rates on savings and loans. Convenient payroll deduction is available.