The City of Biddeford, an Equal Opportunity Employer, currently has an immediate opening for the position of Patrol Officer. The Biddeford Police Department is a progressive law enforcement agency, and offers an excellent wage and benefits package, in addition to lateral entry equal to years experience. Pay range starts at $34.00 per hour working a 3 on/3 off 11-hour shift schedule.
Located 16 miles south of Portland, Biddeford
is Maine’s sixth largest city and its origins
date to the 1600s prior to the settlement of
Plymouth, Massachusetts. Biddeford was
incorporated as a city in 1855 and its police
department was formally recognized as a
municipal agency in 1893.
Today, the Biddeford Police Department is
comprised of 56 sworn officers. The majority
of the department’s 27 non-sworn employees
are dispatchers in its communication center.
BPD serves a community that covers 59
square miles of diverse geography; rolling
hillside, urban center, and beaches on the
Atlantic Ocean.
Biddeford’s population of just under 25,000
residents swells daily with people coming to
work in one of many businesses, to shop in
the many retail stores and centers, to obtain
medical services, to learn, and to play along
the beautiful coastline.
Southern Maine Health Care and the
University of New England are two of Biddeford’s largest employers.
You must be a U.S. Citizen. You must be at least 21 years old upon completion of the Maine Criminal Justice Academy training. You must be a high school graduate; a college degree is preferred. You must have a valid State of Maine operator’s license at the time of appointment. You must provide a medical assessment that will be evaluated by a licensed physician prior to an appointment. You must successfully complete a polygraph examination, a psychological evaluation, and a background investigation. You must obtain a passing score on the ALERT Test. You must have no disqualifying conduct or conviction and no serious or recurrent motor vehicle violation history. Shortly after being appointed, you must attend the eighteen (18) week Maine Criminal Justice Academy’s Basic Law Enforcement Training Program. Lateral entries may be eligible for an academy waiver.