• Starting Base Pay for Trainee $4,619 monthly
  
  
• Starting Base Pay for upon Academy Graduation $5,365 monthly
  
  
• Pay Scale Increase
  
  

• City funded medical coverage for employees and family immediately upon hire.
  
  
• Excellent dental and optical coverage.
  
  
• Optional Health Savings Account (HSA) offers pre-tax employee contributions.
• City contributes $1,600 annually.
• Tax-free withdrawals for many common medical, dental and optical expenses.
• Savings accrue and belong to you, even after you leave the city.
• Savings above threshold can be invested in certain approved market funds.
  
  
• Basic Life Insurance paid by city.
  
  
• Supplemental life insurance available.
  
  
• Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS)
• 8% contribution rate.
• City matches employee contribution 2 to 1 at retirement.
• Eligible for retirement at twenty years.
  
  
• Optional 457 Deferred Compensation available through payroll deduction.

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• 10 paid Holidays per year
  
  
• 40 hours of Personal Leave yearly (non-accruable)
  
  
• 120 hours of Vacation yearly (accruable)
  
  
• 120 hours of Sick Leave yearly (accruable)
  
  
• 240 hours of Military Leave per year (non-accruable)
  
  
• Compensatory Leave accruable up-to 480 hours

In addition to the base hourly rate, here are some other incentives we offer:

• Non-Probationary Police Officer Education Pay:
• Educational incentive $1 per semester hour/mthly (70 hrs. or less)
• Associate’s degree incentive $71.00/mthly
• Bachelor’s degree incentive $125.00/mthly
• Master’s degree incentive of $155.00/mthly
  
  
• Shift Differential Pay
• $50.00/mthly (Saturday or Sunday)
• $100.00/mthly (Saturday and Sunday)
  
  
• Graveyard Pay
• $75.00/mthly
  
  
• Longevity Pay
• $15.00/mthly for each complete year of service
• Up to a maximum of twenty-five (25) years of service
  
  
• Fitness Incentive
• Earn up to 40 Vacation hrs. per year

• Uniform Allowance
  • Cleaning Allowance $60/mthly
    
    
• Patrol Pay
  • Clothing Allowance $504 lump sum per year
    
    
• Field Training Officer Pay
  • $300/mthly
    
    
• Specialized Units (K9, SWAT, HNT, Dive, Bomb) Additional Incentive Monthly Pay

• Overtime compensation will be paid at one and one-half (1-1/2) times the employee’s regular rate of pay.
  
  
• Special Events pay
• Double time compensation will be paid at the employee’s hourly rate