Lateral Transfer - Sworn Officer
$55,000 - $70,000
If you currently serve as a full-time sworn officer, are BLET certified or currently attending a BLET academy, we encourage you to apply. The hiring process is the same for all applicants, there is no abbreviated process for laterals, in or out-of-state. Your starting salary will include incentive pay for training and experience that is relevant to our mission. Out-of-state officers must have served in a full-time sworn capacity and meet separation compliance with the North Carolina Criminal Justice Training and Standards Commission. At a minimum, out-of-state transfer officers must take the legal unit and any other identified training BLET Course and successfully pass the full BLET state examination within their 12-month probationary period. Out-of-state candidates must be able to provide a topical breakdown of their police academy schedule, including hours in each block of instruction.
Police Officers and Master Police Officers work 11.5 hour shifts with a two-week repeating schedule. Officers have every other weekend off, work 14 out of 28 days with three days off every other week.
Officers are assigned to specific Pacts (geographical zones) within the City, encouraging the strong Community Based Policing philosophy.
The Hickory Police Department is supportive of each individual officer’s career goals and as such, officers are encouraged to take training classes to not only meet the needs of the department, but to develop themselves professionally and personally. Training is often extended outside of the mandatory hours prescribed by the State of North Carolina.
