Lateral Police Officer

Police Officer

City of Little Rock

$25.62 - $33.99 Hourly

Little Rock, AR

Full Time Civil Service Position

Job Number : PD-2025-01

Police Department - Recruitment

Opening Date : 01 / 03 / 2025

Non-Exempt

FOP

No

Yes

Job Objective & Safety / Security Sensitive Designation

Job Objective : To patrol an assigned district in the City of Little Rock in order to enforce laws and ordinances.

Safety Sensitive : This position is designated as a safety / security sensitive position and is subject to random drug and alcohol screening.

Essential Functions

For a complete list of essential functions, please visit the full job description available on our website.

Little Rock Police Department offers :

• Hiring Incentive of up to $10,000 payable upon completion of first six months and $5000 is payable upon completion of twelve months, of 24 month probationary period.
• Holiday Premiums available up to 4% of annual salary.
• Starting salary of up to $67,329 dependent on experience.
• Salary Step Increases up to $80,038.40 at 15 years of service.
• Benefits Effective First Day of Employment With No Waiting Period.
• Residency Incentive Program of up to $5,000.
• Longevity Pay.
• Shift differentials.
• Second language incentives available to qualified candidates.
• Educational Incentives payable immediately after Academy graduation. Payments begin at 15 college credit hours and increase up to $2,254.04 annually for graduate degrees.

Minimum Qualifications, Additional Requirements and Supervisory Responsibilities :

Application Requirements :

Only on-line applications will be accepted for this position. SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS : If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation, please submit your request via email to HRlaborrelations@littlerock.gov. APPLICATION AND BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION : Applicants are required to complete an application and all supplemental questions on-line at lrjobs.littlerock.gov. Candidates will receive a confirmation email once their application has been submitted successfully. Applicants that are Certified Police Officers will go to the background investigation step (written exam and physical agility testing is NOT required for certified officers).

Human Resources will submit all candidates to LRPD personnel for a preliminary background check. If any of the following are found during the preliminary background, the candidate will be automatically disqualified :

Applicants who have successfully completed the on-line application, supplemental questions, and the preliminary background check will receive additional information about the selection process.