Starting: $101,183.91 Top Pay: $120,061.31
Why Join Us?
We offer a competitive benefits package and a work environment focused on officer wellness, growth, and opportunity, including:
- 12-Hour Shifts – Enjoy more days off and a balanced schedule, every other weekend off
- 9 Additional “Kelly” days off for Officers working 12-hour shifts
- Holiday Time- Earn 8 hours of time off for working on a village recognized holiday (10 total)
- Officers assigned to patrol can accrue 132 hours of compensatory time
Outstanding Benefits Include:
- Paid Time Off: Vacation, time off for working holidays, personal days
- Paid Sick Leave and extended leave (18 months paid during your career) for catastrophic illness
- Comprehensive Insurance Coverage: Health, dental, vision, and life
- Retirement Plans: Pension, 457, Roth IRA options
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Patrol Officers Represented by Metropolitan Alliance of Police Chapter 357
Modern, Officer-Friendly Policies:
- Visible Tattoos Permitted (within department policy – no head, neck, hand, or face tattoos)
- Strong Department Commitment to Training & Mental Health/Wellness
- Workout on duty
- New, state of the art on site fitness center (Currently under construction)
- Individual assigned squad car, no sharing squad cars with other Officers
- Eligible for specialty assignments after one year including:
- Detective
- Tactical Officer
- In house warrant service team
- Field Training Officer
- Evidence Technician
- Federal Task Force Officer
- School Resource Officer
- Bike Officer
- Traffic Enforcement Officer
- Homicide Task Force Investigator
- Major Crash Investigator
- Burglary Task Force Investigator
- Honor Guard member
- Range Officer
- SWAT team officer
- Most specialty assignments include a pay stipend between $300 and $400 annually
- Firearm and body armor provided by the Niles Police Department
- Boot allowance
- After six months of employment, eligibility for Tuition Reimbursement up to $3,050 annually
- Free Membership at Niles Fitness Center for employee and dependents
- Indoor shooting range
Room to Grow:
Take your career further with future promotion opportunities and a variety of specialized assignments tailored to your skills and interests.