The Police Department hires all new sworn officers as Patrol Officers assigned to Uniformed Patrol. The Patrol Division works four permanent eight hour shifts. Each officer has the same two consecutive days off each week. Officers in the Police Department are covered by State Civil Service Laws and the City s own Civil Service Commission. Hiring, promotions, and disciplinary actions are governed according to these Civil Service Rules and Regulations.
State law makes no provisions for lateral transfers from one police department to another.
Your starting pay begins the first day of the Police Academy. If you work overtime, you receive pay or compensatory time off at time and one half. If you are injured on duty, you receive workers compensation. New employees serve a one year probationary period which begins the first day of Police Academy. The City will pay tuition while an employee pursues work-related college classes.