Details
Company:	Mesa, AZ Police Department
Employment Type:	Full-Time Employee
Relocation Covered:	False
Contact:	Shane Anderson
Fax:	480-644-2920
Education Required:	High School
Experience Required:	None
Travel Required:	None

POLICE OFFICER RECRUIT/ POLICE OFFICER LATERAL

Come apply with us!!! Already hired over 60 police officers this year and we are looking for more. We offer a pre-hire program before the start of the police academy. Call for details.

Salary Range:
$50,856.00 to $72,238.40 base pay a year!!

Within 12 months pay increases to $56,284.80.

Top out in just 6 years at $72,238.40.

Next Academy start date is January 12th, 2009. Apply now to reserve yourself a seat!!!

Next test dates:

Monday September 15th and Monday October 20th, 2008. Please refer to www.mpdjobs.com for details on our new testing system. THERE IS NO FEE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS TEST. IT IS FREE!!

Also accepting OUT-OF-STATE and IN-STATE
POLICE OFFICER - LATERAL

Starting salary for laterals is $59,113.60 to $65,353.60 depending upon experience and top out in 4 years at $72,238.40.

For lateral info please contact Detective Anderson at:
(480) 644-4869

For those with Montgomery GI Bill benefits, you can use the money while attending the Police Academy and the FTO Program. The current rate is up to $1321.00 per month depending on your enlistment time!
We offer an expedited process for out of state applicants. The first visit requires a stay for 4 to 5 days (if you are able) and the second visit will be for a conditional job offer.

Earn 57 college credits for completing the Police Academy and the Field Training Program.

Money Magazine Ranks Mesa, Arizona as the 3rd best big city. See article.
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL0446000.html

The Mesa Police Department offers a comprehensive benefits package (Refer to www.mpdjobs.com for details).

Job Description:
A Police Officer-Recruit attends the Mesa Police Department Academy, which is certified by the Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board to learn and perform the responsibilities of an entry-level peace officer. Responsibilities include interacting with a culturally and socially diverse population, employing discretion in solving problems, making arrests, issuing summonses/citations and warnings, writing police reports and assisting the public.