Why?
- Earn over $60,000 a year
- Steady Shifts
- Ample off duty employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Beach patrol
- S.W.A.T.
- Technically Advanced
- Bomb squad
- Marine patrol
- Dive team
- In house gym
And much more!
- Excellent promotional opportunities
- We sponsor our candidates through the academy
- No state income tax
- Fabulous benefit package
- Well-funded, twenty-year pension plan (3.38% multiplier)
- Five year DROP plan
- Personally Assigned Vehicles (PAVe)
- Civil service protection
- Canine (Narcotics, Bomb & Apprehension)
- Mounted Patrol
- Bicycle Patrol
- Motorcycles
- Vice Squad
- Narcotics Investigations
- Community Policing
- Administrative positions
- Maternity & Paternity Leave
- School Resource
- Educational incentive
- We are accredited
- FOP Representation
- We are an equal opportunity employer
- The Fort Lauderdale Police Department is family friendly
- and much, much more
The Fraternal Order of Police, who negotiate contracts on behalf of our Police Officers, and the City of Fort Lauderdale are currently involved in contract negotiations. The benefits currently listed on our promotional materials, including this site may be subject to change as a result of those negotiations. We will update the applicable items as they become known. Thank you!