Police Officer
Police Officer
Non-Certified Officers The annual salary is $32,500.00.
ALETA Graduate Certified Officers The officer must have graduated from a CLEST approved law enforcement training academy at least 18 months prior to applying. The annual salary is $34,920 + $500 a year for each year of full-time law enforcement experience for up to 10 years. An officer with 10 plus years of full-time law enforcement experience would start at $39,920.00.
The City of WH is a LOPFI with a Social Security employer. The City of WH pays 23.5% of the LOPFI retirement contribution. Information about any retirement may be obtained through LOPFI. https://lopfi-prb.com/ The City of WH provides a generous annual clothing allowance plus $75 quarterly cell phone reimbursement. The family insurance is $95.76 per pay period, for employee-only it is $48.08 per pay period. Insurance is offered through the AR Municipal League plan which covers medical, dental and vision. The employee has to be contributing for 60 days before the insurance coverage is effective. Officers that reside within 15 miles of the White Hall city limits take their assigned unit home. Once released for solo patrol, officers can work off duty police security approved by the Chief in the WH city limits only.
WH Police Officers are members of the WH Police Officers Association. The Association offers scholarship benefits to the WHPOA members’ children.
The State of AR CLEST sets the “Minimum Standards” for certification. At WHPD, our standards are high. Disqualifiers for employment for WHPD include conviction of a Class A Misdemeanor, evidence of non-payment of child support, a history of hot checks, termination with cause from an LEA, previous dl suspension(s), an order of protection. Applicants who resigned during an investigation from an LEA or the ADC or will be disqualified. The WHPD tattoo policy states that “Employees must not have tattoos, brands, or body art that may be considered offensive or obscene. Tattoos on the head, scalp, face, neck, hands, or fingers can result in disciplinary action up to and including termination.”
Officers within their first 12 months of employment are probationary. Employees of the City of White Hall are, “At will.”
Must pass a background check, drug test, pass a medical & psychological exam. City of White Hall is “at will” employer
The WHPD is an EOE.