Police Department

Salary and Benefits

Benefits

• 4/40 work schedule (after the academy)
• Eligible for GI benefits while in the academy
• Military leave
• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Officer Wellness programs; Counseling Team International
• Life Insurance
• Paid Vacation, Personal Holidays, Sick Leave
• Deferred Compensation
• Credit Union Membership
• Free Bus Transportation (Long Beach Transit)
• Flexible Spending Account
• Paid Parental Leave (PPL) Eligible after 6 months of full-time City service

Incentive Pay

• Education Pay: Up to $3.458 per hour
• Advanced POST Pay: $5.320 per hour
• Wellness Pay: Amount varies based on participation
• Longevity Pay: 10 years - $2.793 per hour; 15 years - $2.647 per hour; 20 years - $5.855 per hour. (Other agency experience considered)
• Marksmanship Pay: Up to $32.00 per month (one-time annual payment in December)

** If an eligible officer is assigned by the department to perform the applicable duties, the officer’s hourly rate will be increased by the amount indicated.**

Skill pays

• Patrol Premium Pay: $1.596 per hour (while assigned to Patrol Bureau)
• Bilingual Pay: $1.20 per hour
• Helicopter Pilot Pay: $4.575 per hour
• Helicopter Observer Pay: $2.186 per hour
• Motor Officer Pay: $2.782 per hour
• Detective Pay: $2.389 per hour
• Detective 2 Pay: $6.650 per hour (while assigned to Homicide)
• Canine Pay: $2.782 per hour
• Port Security Pay: $2.782 per hour
• Dive Team Pay: $3.192 per hour (while training or activated)
• S.W.A.T. Pay: $5.32 per hour (while training or activated)
• Field Training Officer Pay: $5.32 per hour (while training)
• One-Officer Car Pay: $5.042 per hour (for hours worked as a single-officer patrol unit between 4:30 p.m. - 7:30 a.m.)
  • Watch 1: 9.5 hours at this rate
  • Watch 2: 1 hour at this rate
  • Watch 3: 8.5 hours at this rate

• POLICE RECRUIT AND ACADEMY GRADUATE

  This Classification qualifies for recruitment incentives of up to $54,000.

  • $40.02 per hour while in the Academy
  • $44.46 - $57.81 police officer hourly range

  Entry Level Retirement Plan

  • (P.E.R.S.) - 2.7% for each year worked upon reaching 57 years of age

  Recruit Hiring Incentives
  

  • $6,000 Recruit/Academy Graduate sign-on bonus
  • Up to $24,000 for childcare
  • Up to $24,000 for housing
  • Overtime at 2x base pay for some assignments
  • Starting base salary during Academy - $40.02/hr
  • Base salary upon graduation - $44.46/hr
  • Skill pays including education, bilingual, patrol assignments
  • Paid Parental Leave

  *Compensation rates effective 10/1/2023

• POLICE OFFICER - LATERAL

  Police laterals are eligible for recruitment incentives of up to $78,000.
  
  $49.478 - $55.85 police officer base hourly rate
  
  Compensation step placement for laterals holding a California Basic POST Certificate: 

  Step Placement	Years of Service as a Police Officer with a Current California Basic POST Certificate	California Basic POST Certificate
  1	N/A	N/A
  2	N/A	N/A
  3	1.5 years	Yes
  4	2.5 years	Yes
  5	3.5 years	Yes
  6	4.5 years	Yes

  Police Officer - Lateral applicants should contact the Long Beach Police Department Personnel Division to determine their compensation and benefits rates: (562) 570-7120

  Lateral Officer Retirement Plan

  • Classic Members (hired into CalPERS before 12/31/2012) - 2.0% for each year worked upon reaching 50 years of age, increasing to 2.7% at age 55

  • PEPRA Members (hired into CalPERS on/after 1/1/2013) - 2.0% for each year worked upon reaching 50 years of age, increasing to 2.7% at age 57 

  Lateral Police Officer Hiring Incentives

  • $30,000 Lateral sign-on bonus
  • Up to $24,000 for childcare
  • Up to $24,000 for housing
  • Overtime at 2x base pay for some assignments
  • Skill pays including education, bilingual, patrol assignments
  • Laterals eligible for longevity pay and vacation accruals based on prior service
  *Compensation rates effective 10/1/2023