The Ann Arbor Police Department is a full-service department with many services and divisions. These include a detective section, traffic services unit, K9, motorcycle and bicycle patrols, as well as a community engagement unit that includes many programs and opportunities to volunteer and get involved. There are also additional opportunities to join the Metro SWAT team, Crisis Negotiation Team, Metro Underwater Search and Rescue Team, or numerous training cadres. The Ann Arbor Police Department is committed to a community-oriented policing philosophy and strives for a high level of community engagement. We embrace the values of continual learning, working collaboratively with the community and city, recognizing our successes, and being a team, while prioritizing impartiality and fairness in all circumstances.
The Vision of the Ann Arbor Police Department is to be a national model for earning trust within the community, safeguarding life, and promoting public safety through community policing.
The Ann Arbor Police Department is looking to fill multiple Police Officer positions due to recent retirements.
Pay Rate Information
Entry Level Police Officer, $61,812 annually ($29.71 hourly)
w/Bachelor's, $63,202 annually ($30.38 hourly)
Lateral Police Officer (2 years' experience), $69,023 annually ($33.18 hourly)
w/Bachelor's, $70,576 annually ($33.93 hourly)
Lateral Police Officer (3+ years' experience), $72,629 annually ($34.91 hourly)
w/Bachelor's, $74,263 annually ($35.70 hourly)
- Pay based on current contract
**Lateral candidates have two or more years of full time sworn law enforcement experience.
Earning Potential under the current contract:
- After 10 years of service with the AAPD, the salary of a Police Officer is $97,869 annually or $100,071 with a Bachelor's Degree (base pay).
- After 10 years of service, the salary for a Detective is $107,655 or $110,078 with a Bachelor's Degree (base pay).
This position is represented by the AAPOA union. The collective bargaining agreement located at: AAPOA Collective Bargaining Agreement (https://www.a2gov.org/human-resources/compensation-and-labor-union-contracts/)
Benefits offered for this opportunity can be found here: AAPOA Benefits Summary (https://www.a2gov.org/departments/Human-Resources/Documents/Benefits%20Summaries/2025%20AAPOA%20Benefit%20Summary.pdf)
Description:
This is a sworn law enforcement position that involves protecting life and property through enforcement of laws and ordinances. Work involves responsibility for performing assigned police work of varying difficulty utilizing community oriented/problem solving techniques which include: community engagement, resource development, the enforcement of laws and ordinances, crime prevention, detection and investigation, apprehension of violators, preservation of order, and related police functions. Frequently involves the performance of hazardous and strenuous tasks and the exercise of initiative and judgment in various situations endangering life or property.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Must be a U.S. Citizen, at least 21 years of age at the time of hire
- Must have a valid Driver's License with a satisfactory driving record
- Associate's Degree or equivalent college credits (60) is required at the time of hire
- Must be MCOLES certified / certifiable at the time of hire
AAPD Benefits:
- Ongoing commitment to internal and external training opportunities
- Reciprocal Pension Service Time available for pension-qualified applicants
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.
Positions in this class typically require: driving, reaching, standing, walking, climbing, running, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, jumping, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
Crawling, wrestling, and handcuffing, use of self-defense techniques. Extreme physical and mental exertion may be required depending on the circumstances and call for service.
The ability to possess normal color vision without the assistance of color enhancing lenses, possess 20/20 corrected vision in each eye and possess normal visual functions in each eye as defined by the MCOLES Licensing Standards.
Move and lift light objects of various weights depending on circumstances and calls for service. Most items are less than 50 pounds and include but are not limited to down trees/branches, barricades, moving files, a podium and manhole covers. May be required to also push cars out of the roadway, wrest with people, people that need to be moved to another location (medical calls, injured officer), assisting medical examiner with moving dead bodies, moving dead animals including deer, etc.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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