Job Description

2025 Pay Scale Range:

Start: $68,232

After 6 months: $76,644

1 year experience: $85,054

2 year experience: $96,268

Police Officers hired on or before 9/30/2025 top pay under POAM contract is $99,156 after two years of service.

Benefits: 

• Starting base pay $68,232

• MERS Defined Benefit Pension

• Multiplier - 2.5% of base wage

• Retirement Eligibility - Age 53/25 years of service

• Sick Leave

• Paid Time Off

• Holiday Pay

• Medical (BCN), Dental, Prescription, and Vision Insurance provided

• Life Insurance

• Short/Long Term Disability

Job Info:

• 12-hour shifts

• Three-day weekend off every other week

• Facial hair permitted and updated tattoo policy

Duties: 

• Patrols a designated area of the Township to preserve law and order, to prevent/discover the commission of crime, and to enforce motor vehicle operation and parking regulations.

• Answers calls and complaints involving automobile accidents, robberies, and other misdemeanors and felonies.

• At scene of an accident, crime, or fire administers first aid; conducts preliminary investigations; gathers evidence; obtains witnesses; and may make arrests and take prisoners to jail.

• Responds to calls at addresses of commercial, residential, and adjoining areas.

• At central police desk, interviews persons with complaints and inquiries, and attempts to make the proper disposition or directs them to proper authorities.

• Furnishes escorts when required.

• Prepares evidence for issuance of complaints, testifies as a witness in court, and makes reports of all activities and disposition of cases.

• Maintains order in court; conducts prisoners to court from detention quarters; serves criminal process including warrants and departmental subpoenas.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Company Information

Mission Statement:

We deliver excellent police service to those who live, work and visit our community by deploying the most highly trained and qualified personnel in order to provide a safe and secure community.

Vision:

Excellence in Service

Core Values:

Professionalism, Excellence, Teamwork, Integrity, Courage

Experience

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: Ability to learn the streets and physical layout of the Township and adjoining areas. Some knowledge of first aid methods. Some knowledge of modern approved principles, practices, and procedures of police work. Some skill in the use of firearms. Ability to learn and uphold relevant state laws and Township ordinances. Ability to satisfactorily complete required training. Ability to react competently, quickly, and calmly in emergency conditions. Ability and strength for prolonged and arduous work under adverse conditions. Ability to cooperate with supervisors and other employees and to accept lines of authority. Ability to deal with the public in a tactful and courteous manner. Ability and willingness to comply with the Department's Standards of Appearance policy. NECESSARY SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS: Certified or certifiable as a Michigan Police Officer or currently enrolled in a recognized Police Academy; must have Police Officer Certification from the State of Michigan at time of hire. A minimum of an Associate's Degree in Law Enforcement or related field Must possess a current, valid Michigan Driver's License with a driving history that does not create liability concerns; i.e. convictions of reckless driving, careless driving, suspended license, or convictions involving drinking and impaired driving. Successful completion of the MCOLES Reading and Writing Skills Examination. Applicants must have successfully completed MCOLES Physical Fitness Test within the past twelve months at time of interview.