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POLICE DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTS AND BENEFITS
- Job Security
- Pension plan: 60% @ 20 years 64% @ 22 years 68%
@ 24 years
62% @ 21 years 66% @ 23 years 70% @ 25 years
Plus matching contributions toward deferred compensation
- Health insurance with Capitol Blue Cross and Highmark
Blue Shield, offering several custom plans for you
and your family
- Life Insurance, Dental Plans and Optical Plans for
you and your family and individual and family prescription
plans
- Tuition reimbursement available for continuing education
toward bachelors, masters and law degrees
- Financial bonus for bachelors, masters and law degrees
after five years of service
- Sick leave with payment for unused sick days after
maximum is achieved
- Uniforms and equipment provided by the department
including ballistic vests plus clothing allowances
for both uniform and non-uniform officers
- Five weeks vacation for top level officers, four
personal days per year for all officers plus funeral
leave and military leave policies
- No residency requirement
- Patrol Officers work a 5-3/5-2 schedule (five days
worked – three days off, five days worked –
two days off) with three platoons that rotate day
and middle shifts, and voluntary steady night shift
- Differential pay for various shifts, overtime pay
with option of compensatory time, 13 paid holidays
at time-and-one-half and longevity pay based on time
in service
- Court appearance plan
- Officers are members of the Fraternal Order of Police
Above benefits are contractual agreements between
the Police and City of Bethlehem and are valid through
12/31/2010.
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