NYPD hiring police officers

The NYPD is hiring police officers at a starting salary of $55,942 per year raising to $109,352 per year at the completion of five and one-half years of employment.

THE JOB

Police Officers perform general police duties and related work in the New York City Police Department including connecting and building relationships with the community.

They patrol an assigned area on foot or in a vehicle to prevent crime; apprehend crime suspects; intervene in various situations involving crimes in progress, aided cases, complaints, emotionally disturbed persons, etc.; respond to and investigate vehicular accidents; investigate specific offenses; interact with prisoners; operate and maintain patrol vehicles; issue summonses; obtain information regarding incidents by interviewing witnesses, victims, and/or complainants; safeguard and voucher found, seized or recovered property; provide information to the public; handle situations involving maltreated, abused, or missing children; interact with juveniles; may be assigned to crowd control for large-scale events such as demonstrations, rallies and parades; prepare forms and reports; and testify in court. All Police Officers perform related work.

Police Officers will be required to work various shifts including nights, Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and to work rotating tours, change tours or work overtime when ordered, as permitted by the Collective Bargaining Agreement.

Some of the physical activities performed by Police Officers and environmental conditions experienced are: working outdoors in all kinds of weather; walking and/or standing in an assigned area during a tour while remaining alert; driving or sitting in a patrol car during a tour while remaining alert; running after a fleeing suspect; climbing up stairs; carrying an injured adult with assistance; gripping persons to prevent escape restraining a suspect by use of handcuffs; detecting odors such as those caused by smoke or gas leaks; engaging in hand to hand struggles to subdue a suspect resisting arrest; being physically active for prolonged periods of time; understanding verbal communication over the radio with background noise; reading and writing under low light conditions; carrying or wearing heavy equipment; and wearing a bullet resistant vest.

The current minimum salary is $55,942 per year . Incumbents will receive salary increments reaching $109,352 per year at the completion of five and one-half years employment. This rate is subject to change. In addition, there is an annual uniform allowance, holiday pay, and contributions by the City to Welfare and Annuity Funds and City-paid health insurance. Employees also receive a 2.25 percent differential (ofbase salary) for neighborhood policing. This rate is subject to change.

By the date of appointment, you must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and

1. successfully completed 24 college semester credits at an accredited college or university with at least a 2.0 cumulative index or its equivalent, or

2. have completed two years of honorable full-time U.S. military service.

You must be at least 17 years of age by the date you take the multiple-choice test to be permitted to take this examination. You must have attained age 20 years and 6 months to be appointed as a Police Officer. If you are too young for appointment on the date the eligible list is terminated, you will have no further opportunity for appointment from the list. Only persons who are less than 35 years of age on the first date of the application period for this examination may be appointed as a Police Officer. Thus, you must not have reached your 35th birthday by the first date of the application for the examination to be appointed as a Police Officer.

For more information go to: https://www.nyc.gov/assets/dcas/downloads/pdf/noes/20266321000.pdf