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Entry Officer
This is an entry level uniform patrol officer position with emphasis on community policing and problem-solving. New officers work various shifts, geographical areas, and complete both a basic and an advanced academy. Officers must also pass an 18-month probation.Why Join?
The public depends on law enforcement officers to protect the lives and property of civilians. We work and live by a set of values: integrity, compassion, accountability, respect, excellence and service. Law enforcement officers serve as the first and last line of defense against any criminal action. We help keep the streets safe by putting the bad guys behind bars. We mentor kids and help keep them out of gangs. We improve peoples’ lives by pushing criminals out of their neighborhoods and making them safe. You get to help people every day; they trust, depend and look up to you. Compared to working as a Portland Police Officer, all other jobs seem ordinary.Why Portland?
Portland is one of the most beautiful cities in the country. Oregon ranks among the top ten highest paying states for law enforcement.With an affordable cost of living, Portland is that much more beautiful.
Wages & Benefits
-- Wages and Benefits - Entry Officer {PDF}
You get to help people every day; they trust, depend and look up to you. Compared to working as a Portland Police Officer, all other jobs seem ordinary.
A Position with the Portland Police Bureau is:
- Fast-paced, exciting and varied work.
- A rewarding career with great pay and benefits.
- Full of assignments and opportunity for promotion.
- A gateway to excellent training programs. You have all the tools to fight crime and protect the people before your first day on the street.
- A retirement you can count on. With a thinning social security program and economic fluxuations that can make corporate pensions disappear, this is great peace of mind.
Job security – A job that’s here today, a job that will be here tomorrow
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