Certified Police Officer

The Orange Park Police Department is currently accepting applications for the position of certified police officer. Below is a summary of our employment requirements and excellent benefits here at OPPD.

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Employment Requirements

• 2-4 Year College Degree and/or Comparable Police/Military Experience
• Florida Police Standards
• Physically Fit
• High Moral/Ethical Standards

Benefits

Excellent Equipment – Outer vest carriers, comfortable uniforms, new uniforms every year, taser X2s, red dots on pistols, AR15 rifles, less lethal shotguns, defibrillators, body-worn cameras, newer cars, and excellent radios.

Personal Choices – Tattoos and beards are authorized within guidelines.

Community bonuses – Growing location, serve in a small town, community support of our police department, great playground parks, skate park, great schools, community theater, arts and farmers’ markets, Kids Fest, Fall Festival, shooting ranges, gyms, restaurants, churches, water sports, and fishing.

Employee Benefits –

Medical Insurance Plans – Employee, Employee & Spouse, Employee & Child(ren), and Employee and family. Zero cost for employee at the low HMO level.

Dental Insurance Plans– Employee, Employee & Spouse, Employee & Child(ren), and Employee and family. Zero cost for employee at the low plan level.

Vision Insurance Plans – Employee, Employee & Spouse, Employee & Child(ren), and Employee and family. Very low cost for employee.

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) – Employee funded account designed to save you money on qualified medical and dependent care expenses.

Basic Life and Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance – For the employee at no cost.

Supplemental Life Insurance – Employee, Spouse, & Child(ren).

Supplemental Plans – such as whole life, universal life, term life, accident, critical care, and cancer through Aflac and Colonial.

Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – Counselling services to assist employees with everyday job pressure, relationships, retirement planning, personal impact of grief, including webinars on topics such as compassion fatigue, finances, relaxation, communication, and goal setting.

Pay – Competitive salary and excellent step pay plan.

Paid vacation, paid sick leave, paid bereavement leave, paid military leave, paid holidays, and paid over-time.

Night pay differential.

Salary incentive – Paid for college degrees from the Town of Orange Park.

Salary incentive – Paid for college degrees and training from FDLE.

Defined Pension – municipal police pension for officers with 10 years of service at age 55 or at 25 years of service at age 52. Officers vest in five years.

The Town offers 457 Deferred compensation plan options.

Take Home Police Vehicle – A police vehicle to drive to and from work, college, gymnasium, training, court, picking up or dropping off police uniforms, picking up or dropping off family members at school, stopping at stores for minor purchases to and from work, and off-duty employment. (Within policy)

Tuition Reimbursement – College tuition reimbursed at Florida tuition rates for classes taken toward an Associate of Science or Bachelor of Science degree through an accredited college or university.

Voluntary fitness program – Work out while on-duty in our Police Department gym.

Off-duty work – Numerous opportunities to work off-duty.

Various opportunities for different assignments and collateral specialty assignments –

Patrol, Bicycle team, Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT), Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force, Hostage Negotiation, Field Training Officer (FTO), Evidence and property, School Resource Officer (SRO), DARE, Investigations, Instructor and Honor Guard.