Should you get more $$$ for Military Leadership? The Lakewood Police in CO thinks so. : Veterans

We are trying our hardest to spread the word: The Lakewood (CO) Police Department values the leadership experience and service-minded culture of our Nation’s military.  We have a supportive community of 160,000 people and we give them the best police officers. Part of how we do this is by recruiting military veterans. How? We offer military preference points, of course, but we do more: To honor those values and to attract selected veterans as potential-hires for our police force, the Lakewood Police Department offers starting lateral-transfer pay of $87,796.80…over $20K more than non-military recruits, for veterans which fall into either one of the below categories:

1. Any service member or veteran, E-5 and above, with a bachelor’s degree and five years of active duty service. 

OR

2. Any service member or veteran, E-5 and above, with a bachelor’s degree and eight years of reserve/guard service or six years of reserve/guard service in a law enforcement AFSC/MOS/NEC.

This benefit extends only to lateral pay. All veterans must still submit a full application package (which will honor your Veterans Preference points), meet all of Lakewood’s standards and complete the full police academy and field training.     

Other benefits include a 401a Money Purchase Retirement Plan which involves an employee contribution of 11%, and a city contribution of 13% with 5-year vesting. The city contributes another 3% into your 457 Deferred Compensation Retirement Plan as well for a BASE contribution of 27%. We offer strong health, dental & vision insurance options with a Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) with a city contribution of $2,000/year. For a benefit listing, please visit: https://www.joinlakewoodblue.com/Pay-Benefits.

Applications are accepted through www.JoinLakewoodBlue.com through Labor Day for January. We are accepting applications for July of 2023 as well. We offer monthly testing, and out of state applicants do most testing in one visit. For a full testing timeline, please visit our website http://joinlakewoodblue.com.

TO APPLY, VISIT**:** https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/lakewoodco?keywords=police

We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage ethnic minorities and women to apply. Please visit our Police Recruiting website at http://joinlakewoodblue.com for more information about the Lakewood Police Department.  

For questions, comment below or reach out to LPDRecruiting@LakewoodCO.org