The
City of Salem Police Department is currently accepting applications for Lateral Police Officer. The
Salem Police Department is a full-service, world-class police agency seeking currently certified police officers looking for career enhancement and development. Salem employs only those applicants who meet or exceed the highest standards.
Starting pay and front-loaded vacation or sick time for lateral officers may be negotiated on a case-by-case basis, depending on depth and length of experience. Contact a recruiter for more information.
Benefits
Salem police officers receive excellent
pay and
benefits, which include:
- $28.38 per hour ($4,919.20 per month), up to $37.26 per hour ($6,458.40 per month)
- City-paid medical insurance (dependents included) after employee pays $35 per paycheck.
- City-paid dental insurance (dependents included)
- City-paid vision insurance (dependents included)
- City-paid life and disability insurance
- City-paid
PERS (retirement)
- All uniforms, weapon, and safety equipment supplied by the City
- City-paid Health Savings Account
- On-site exercise facility open 24/7
Additional
benefits available include:
- Optional employee-paid deferred compensation program
- Employee assistance program
- Limited tuition reimbursement program
- Employee-paid union membership
- Employee-paid Salem Police Association membership
- Employee-paid, pre-tax medical flexible spending account
Additional pay incentives include:
- Field training officer
- K9 handler and K9 agitator
- Motorcycle officer
- Bilingual
- Bomb squad
-
SWAT
- Tactical negotiator
- Detective
Minimum requirements
To apply for a lateral police officer position, you must meet one of these requirements:
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Possess a valid police officer basic certificate
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Be eligible for recertification from the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training
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Possess an equivalent certification and at least three years recent experience as a municipal, county, or state police officer. (Corrections, parole, and probation or military police do not fulfill this requirement. Some federal law enforcement positions may fulfill the requirement on a case-by-case basis.)
These requirements also apply:
- Pay negotiable based on years of experience, skills, and abilities
- Potential for vacation and sick time to be awarded at time of hire
- Possess good communication skills
- High school graduate (or possess a
GED certificate)
- Written examination
- Able to become a
US citizen within 18 months of hire
- Oral interview
- Excellent moral character
- Willing to work nights, weekends, and holidays
- Valid driver license
- Minimum reading and writing skills at a 12th-grade level
- Meet or exceed minimum physical standards
- Demonstrate having made good life choices, as determined by an extensive, in-depth background investigation
- Meet all applicable physical, vision, hearing, and psychological examination requirements (after conditional offer of hire)
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