Salary: $43.12 – $51.42 Hourly
Closing Date: 8/30/2026
Position Summary:
As a City of Salem Police Officer you will be patrolling assigned areas to enforce laws and ordinances. You will also answer and investigate citizen complaints, reports, examine crime/accident scenes and/or preserve evidence as needed. Some other assignments will include meeting with the public, community meetings and/or presenting the public with information to keep their household, property, or themselves, safe.
Requirements:
- High School graduate or have completed a G.E.D. and must already possess a minimum of a Basic Police Certification by the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) or out-of-state equivalent.
- Is currently, or has been within the past 12 months, employed as an Police Officer with a minimum of three years of full-time employment as a police officer (jail and most federal law enforcement experience will not be counted toward the three-year minimum).
- Currently employed and certified applicants do not need to take the NTN Frontline National Test or the ORPAT.
- Possess and maintain a valid Oregon class C driver’s license or other state equivalent and have a driving record that meets the City of Salem’s standards.
- Must be able to work periodic overtime and a variety of 24-hour rotating shifts including holidays and weekends.
- Be at least 21 years old at date of hire.
- Be a U.S. Citizen or have the ability to become one within 18 months of hire.
- Participate in competitive testing including physical fitness testing, reading comprehension, writing skills, written, physical/vision, hearing and psychological examinations, and be able to pass strict Police Department background investigation.
- Must pass the pre-employment drug test (including marijuana).
- Must pass the pre-employment background check.
