Certified Police Officer and Non-Certified Cadet - City of Big Spring

WORKING CONDITIONS AND BENEFITS
A Big Spring Police Officer works forty (40) hours per week on different shifts and overtime may be required. Patrol officers work twelve hour shifts with every other weekend off. The City of Big Spring offers excellent benefits including a fully equipped take home patrol vehicle, twelve paid holidays, tuition reimbursement, medical, dental, and vision insurance, deferred compensation program, City paid life and long-term disability insurance, TMRS (7% 2 to 1 match), 120 hours of paid vacation, and 40 hours of paid sick leave. BSPD officers are not required to reside in Big Spring, but they are required to live within a one-hour response time to the City of Big Spring.

Certified officers are eligible for a relocation incentive payment in the amount of $4,500.00. In addition, a certified Police Officer hired by the Big Spring Police Department and having personally incurred expenses for tuition and fees to attend any training school meeting Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education requirements for a basic academy and received his or her certification as a result, will be eligible for reimbursement in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00. Certified officers are also eligible for a temporary monthly housing allowance.  

Non-certified academy cadets receive comprehensive training at full starting salary which includes sixteen weeks at the police academy prior to field training at the department. Candidates are provided with a vehicle to travel to and from the police academy in Midland, Texas. Free dormitory housing is available for non-certified cadets while attending the academy.