Basic Pay Scale. The pay scale for police officers consists of five (5) experience steps and four (4) pay grades. Placement and progression in the experience steps is determined by length of police service, while placement and progression in pay grade is determined by education and training. Each officer is initially placed in a specific grade and step based on established criteria. Advancement to higher grades and steps is achieved by meeting the training, education, and experience thresholds outlined below. The pay scale is based on the pay rate for a Police Officer 1 in Step 1 (see chart below). The Police Cadet rate is 85% of the PO1/Step 1 rate. The PO2 and PO3 rates are each 2% more than the grade below. Experience steps 2 – 4 are each 8½% more than the previous step. Step 5 is 6½% more than step 4 as of July 1, 2022; 7½% more than step 4 as of July 1, 2023; and 8½% more than step 4 as of July 1, 2024. In general terms, the pay chart is as follows: EXPERIENCE STEPS Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 PAY GRADE Police Officer 3 Police Officer 2 Police Officer 1 Police Cadet The pay chart will be adjusted annually, as agreed upon in the collective bargaining agreement. On July 1 of each year, all bargaining unit members eligible for a step increase will advance to their new rate of pay on the current pay chart. In addition, when a new pay chart takes effect, employees who received an average score of greater than 1.5 on their most recent evaluation will advance to their respective position on the new pay chart upon the effective date of that pay chart (e.g., if the new chart takes effect on July 1, all members will move to their corresponding pay rates on that chart as of July 1). Employees who receive 1.5 or below on their most recent evaluation will move, if eligible, to the next step on the old pay chart and will remain on the old pay chart for that year. Pay charts are included as Appendix A. The department’s evaluation form is included as Appendix B.
Basic Pay Scale. The lieutenants’ pay will be calculated in the same manner, and using the same process, as outlined in the wage article of the police officers’ collective bargaining agreement, except that lieutenants will be placed in one of three pay grades as follows: Pay Grade 1 A lieutenant who is OPOTC certified and has at least a high school diploma, but no college. Pay Grade 2 A lieutenant who is OPOTC certified and has either an Associates degree or has completed a recognized police command school that awards college credit (e.g., Southern Police Institute, Northwestern School of Police Staff and Command, Ohio State’s Public Safety Leadership Academy, etc.), but no Bachelors degree. Pay Grade 3 A lieutenant who is OPOTC certified and has at least a Bachelors degree. All other aspects of the pay calculation (experience steps, lateral entry, etc.) will be completed as described in the officers’ contract.
Basic Pay Scale. The pay scale for police officers consists of five (5) experience steps and four (4) pay grades. Placement and progression in the experience steps is determined by length of police service, while placement and progression in pay grade is determined by education and training. Each officer is initially placed in a specific grade and step based on established criteria. Advancement to higher grades and steps is achieved by meeting the training, education, and experience thresholds outlined below. The pay scale is based on the pay rate for a Police Officer 1 in Step 1 (see chart below). The Police Cadet rate is 85% of the PO1/Step 1 rate. The PO2 and PO3 rates are each 2% more than the grade below. Experience steps 2 – 4 are each 8½% more than the previous step. Step 5 is 6½% more than step 4 as of July 1, 2022; 7½% more than step 4 as of July 1, 2023; and 8½% more than step 4 as of July 1, 2024. In general terms, the pay chart is as follows: EXPERIENCE STEPS Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 5 PAY GRADE Police Officer 3 Police Officer 2 Police Officer 1 Police Cadet Article 32: Wages The pay chart will be adjusted annually, as agreed upon in the collective bargaining agreement. On July 1 of each year, all bargaining unit members eligible for a step increase will advance to their new rate of pay on the current pay chart. In addition, when a new pay chart takes effect, employees who received an average score of greater than 1.5 on their most recent evaluation will advance to their respective position on the new pay chart upon the effective date of that pay chart (e.g., if the new chart takes effect on July 1, all members will move to their corresponding pay rates on that chart as of July 1). Employees who receive 1.5 or below on their most recent evaluation will move, if eligible, to the next step on the old pay chart and will remain on the old pay chart for that year. Pay charts are included as Appendix A. The department’s evaluation form is included as Appendix B.
