Griffith Police Hiring Certified Officer
Police Officer Emergency Hire/Lateral Entry Program
The Griffith Police Department is seeking to hire a Certified Officer through the department’s emergency hire process. Certified Officers must be a current member of, or meet the guidelines required by, the Indiana Public Employment Retirement Fund for Police Officers (PERF).
Lateral Entry
The Griffith Police Department recognizes the value of experienced law enforcement officers. To benefit from the experience of those applicants, the Griffith Police Department is providing starting salary/benefit incentives commensurate with an applicant’s law enforcement officer experience.
About the Lateral Entry Program
The Lateral Entry Program will provide accelerated salary/benefit incentives for qualified candidates up to first class patrol officer. The Lateral Entry Program does not recognize merit rank or seniority rights from the officer’s prior employment. In addition, calculation for years of service will not include reserve or part-time years of service.
The following information is provided as a guide regarding lateral entry level salaries/benefits Lateral Salary 13 – 36 months of experience: $53,63537 – 60 months of experience: $56,604 60+ months of experience: $62,814 Certification of Salary for First-Class Police Officer + Longevity (aka: Certified Retirement Salary)$77,114
Lateral Vacation One year of experience: 1 work week, Two years of experience: 2 work weeks, Five years of experience: 3 work weeks
Overall Benefits Longevity: 5 – 9 years at Griffith PD: $85.42 per month 10 – 14 years at Griffith PD: $170.83 per month 15 – 19 years at Griffith PD: $256.25 per month 20 years at Griffith PD: $341.67 per month
Health and Life Insurance:
Excellent coverage: $2 per month.
Miscellaneous Benefits Clothing Allowance: $1,000 annually Paid Overtime Specialty
Pay Take-home Vehicle Provided for officers living within Lake County and within 15 miles of the town’s corporate limits, with some restrictions.
Positive Work Environment
92% (26 respondents) recommend Griffith PD as a good place to work8% (4 respondents) neither agree nor disagree that Griffith PD is a good place to work0% (0 respondents) somewhat disagree that Griffith PD is a good place to work 0% (0 respondents) strongly disagree that Griffith PD is a good place to work. Applications are now available at the Griffith Police
Department’s website:
https://www.griffith.in.gov/…/griffith-police-emergency…. Completed applications must be received at the Griffith Police Department by noon, on February 11, 2021. If you are not a certified officer, but are interested in applying to work at Griffith Police Department, we will be taking applications for a new hire by the end of 2021. Law enforcement experience is defined as: employment as full-time sworn police officer with full arrest powers with a local, county, or state agency. For purposes of the Lateral Entry Program, military experience does not qualify. All candidates accepting employment through the Lateral Entry Program will begin at the entry level starting salary. Once lateral entry candidates successfully complete the Field Training Program they will begin receiving the lateral entry pay rate; depending on their level of prior experience. Lateral entry officers will also be considered “Probationary Officers” during their first year of employment as defined in the Griffith Police Department General Orders.
Based upon an Employee Viewpoint Survey of responding Griffith Police Department employees. Survey completed anonymously by employees and facilitated impartially by Indiana University Northwest.
