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The Melbourne Police Department offers a salary competitive with other local law enforcement agencies. The current starting salary for Patrol Officers is $36,897.12 per year with a top salary range of $56,213.30. Sergeants earn up to $64,886.90 and Lieutenant’s earn up to $77,398.88. The city also provides a 4% shift differential pay for officers assigned to evening and midnight shifts as well as incentive pay for specialty teams.
The Melbourne Police Department provides several lateral transfer opportunities. These include Detective, School Resource Officer, Community Resource Officer, Tactical Team, Special Operations Unit, and Selective Traffic Enforcement Unit. Other ancillary functions such as SWAT, Dive Rescue Team, Crisis Negotiation Unit and Honor Guard are also available.
Melbourne Police Department Organizational Chart
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Other Benefits
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- A pension fund
that allows officers to retire at 75% of their salary
after completing 25 years of service. An additional benefit is a five
year "DROP" program.
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- A pre-tax Deferred Compensation program
to assist you in saving and
planning for retirement.
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- A tuition reimbursement plan
for continuing college education.
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- Choice of
Health First Health plans
for the
employee and dependents.
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- Vacation Accrual beginning at 104 hours and up to 200 hours annually
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- 96 hours paid annual sick leave
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- Optional dental insurance plan
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- Up to 120 hours per year
of comp time accrual
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- Department-Issued Weapons
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