Salary

Salary while in the Academy 

After Graduating the Academy 

After Six Months  

Hiring Incentive - Effective July 2, 2007

There is a $2000 hiring incentive for new hires and lateral transfers. For new hires, $1000 of this is paid after successful completion of the Academy and the other $1000 is paid after successfully completing your one-year probation. For lateral transfers, $1000 is paid after swear-in as a Phoenix Police Officer and then the other $1000 after successfully completing your one year probation.

Benefits

Career Enhancement Pay
(Exclusive to the Phoenix Police Department)

C.E.P. is a 4 tiered bonus pay program that is based on an accumulation of points derived from credit hours, college degrees, training hours, physical fitness level, firearms proficiency, training certifications, specialty assignments and other additional skills.

Level 1 (30 points) $158.60 Per Month $1,903.20 Per Year
Level 2 (50 points) $317.20 Per Month $3,806.40 Per Year
Level 3 (70 points) $475.80 Per Month $5,709.60 Per Year
Level 4 (90 points) $634.40 Per Month $7,612.80 Per year

Bilingual Incentive Pay

$10 an hour in addition to regular hourly pay while engaged in translation activities. This includes all related paperwork, investigation time and court appearances.

Longevity Performance Pay

After 7 years of service, employees receive $80.00 semi-annually for each year of service in excess of 6 years to a maximum of $2,240 per year at 20 years of service.

Employees with 20+ years of service receive $125 semi-annually for each year of service up to a maximum of $4000 per year at 22 years.

Education/Tuition Reimbursement

Currently $3,974 in reimbursement funds is available every year to pay for tuition, books, and lab fees. Must attend an accredited college or university in a related field of study.

Nightshift/Weekend Differential Pay

60 cents an hour in addition to hourly pay when working a shift which ends after 10:00pm.
25 cents an hour in addition to hourly pay when working a weekend shift.

Compensatory Time Bank Option

Officers can continuously store up to 175 hours of overtime in their comp bank and have the option to cash out any hours in their comp bank at any time or may use any hours in their comp bank to take time off.

Paid Court Overtime

Court appearances at a time other than the regular scheduled duty time is compensated at a rate of one and one-half (1 ½) times the officer's regular hourly rate of pay with a minimum 3 hours court time paid for each court appearance.

Court standby at a time other than the regular scheduled duty time pay is compensated at a rate of one and one-half (1 ½) times the officer's regular hourly rate of pay with a minimum 2 hours per day while an officer is on standby.

Department Provided Equipment

The Phoenix Police Department provides its officers with their firearm, gun-belt (including equipment carriers such as holster, magazine carrier, etc.) , handcuffs, ammunition, pepper spray, breast badge, flat badge, traffic vest, helmet, fingerprint kit, puncture resistant gloves, tape recorder.

Uniform Allowance

Employees receive $1,150.00 per year for the purchase of uniforms and any additional equipment. Detectives and specialty assignments receive an additional $320.00 depending on assignment.

Ballistic Vest Allowance

Officers receive $500.00 to purchase their initial vest and every 5 years to purchase a replacement vest in addition to the annual uniform allowance.

4/10 Hour Work Schedule

Patrol officers work 4 days a week for 10 hours each shift. Officers are given a 30 minute paid lunch break and a 15 minute paid break, which may be combined to a 45 minute paid lunch break during each shift.

Vacation Leave

1 to 5 Years of Service - 8 Hours Per Month = 96 Hours Per Year
6 to 10 Years of Service - 10 Hours Per Month = 120 Hours Per Year
11 to 15 Years of Service - 11 Hours Per Month = 132 Hours Per Year
16 to 20 Years of Service - 13 Hours Per Month = 152 Hours Per Year
21 Years or More - 15 Hours Per Month = 180 Hours Per Year

Personal Leave

20 hours of personal leave time each year.

Holiday Pay

10 paid holidays each year. If an officer's duty day is on a holiday, the officer will receive an additional 8 hours of pay for the day if it is worked.

Training Reimbursement

Officers have the option to use up to $500 of their tuition reimbursement funds to attend training schools, seminars and classes that are not affiliated with an academic institution.

Health Insurance

Individual - $36.57 twice monthly (includes eyes and prescriptions)
Family - $105.41 twice monthly

Dental (individual) No cost to employee
Dental (family) $34.41 deducted monthly

Life Insurance

$200,000 in commuter life insurance is provided by the City of Phoenix.
This coverage includes the period 2 hours prior to and 2 hours after your
work shift. Up to $250,000 in optional supplemental life insurance is available.

Deferred Compensation Plan

Optional secondary retirement system 457plan in which employees invest a portion of their pay in various stocks and/or mutual funds chosen by the employee. The city contributes one and one eighteenth percent (1.18%) of the employee's monthly gross pay into the account of the employee's choosing.

Retirement Plan

50 percent of average annual gross pay per year for service in excess of 20 years (including overtime).
Increases 2 percent up to 25 years of service. Increases 2 1/2 percent from 25 years of service to 32 years of service. 80 percent of average annual pay per year for service in excess of 32 years. (annual pay is based on the average pay for three highest consecutive years of service). Retirement Fund withholdings are not taxed which results in a 2 to 3.5 % increase in take home pay.