Police Officer

Police Officer

Minimum Requirements

• United States Citizen
• Minimum age of 20
• Valid driver’s license
• High School diploma or GED certificate
• Honorable discharge if served in the Armed Forces
• Must successfully pass cognitive skills examination and personality assessment
• Visual ability cannot be less than 20/100 in each eye, uncorrected, and must be corrected to 20/20 with glasses or contact lenses
• Medical examination required upon offer of employment
• Atlanta Police recruits are required to perform at very high physical levels during the 21-week police academy

Police Recruits receive a minimum of 900 hours of classroom instruction/training at the Atlanta Police Academy and 240 hours of field training. Each recruit must qualify on the Georgia Double Action/Semi-automatic Pistol Course.

STARTING SALARY

• Police Recruit $34,726
• Police Officer With High School Diploma or equivalent $39,327.60
• Associates degree (or equivalent in hours) $40,704.07
• Bachelor's degree $42,128.71

• Health and dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Pension Fund
• Paid vacation
• Paid holidays
• Paid sick leave

The City of Atlanta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of Race, Sex, Age, National Origin, Religion, Sexual Orientation or Physical Disability (except where physical requirements constitute a bona fide occupational qualification).

*After ten (10) annual increases/**Salary increases contingent upon satisfactory job performance.

**College and other incentive pay begins upon completion of recruit training.** No salary increase shall be awarded to an eligible employee in any year until after the annual operating budget, containing funds for such increases, is adopted by ordinance.