Lateral Police Officer Process

Lateral Process: ***Now Offering a $25,000 Lateral Signing Bonus*** 

We are accepting applications for our multiple openings of Lateral Police Officer! We do the entire process for this position in house. The application can be found online on our website along with the application paperwork. 

Check out our website to apply directly for the position. https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mtvernonwa 

We value your experience that you have from your law enforcement career! Upon completion of probation, you would be eligible to apply for the many specialty positions within the Mount Vernon Police Department. These include:

Range Officer DT Instructor, EVOC Instructor, PTO, Negotiator, Gang Resource Officer, K9, Traffic Officer, Neighborhood Resource Officer, School Resource Officer, Task Force Detective, Criminal Investigations Detective and more! 

Additionally, your years of law enforcement experience, that will tie into your starting base salary with MVPD so you can start at a higher rate. 

The Lateral Police Officer Hiring Bonus program is comprised of two components.  First, the City will pay a new lateral police officer a hiring bonus of $25,000, to be paid in three installments as follows:

• $10,000 to be paid on the first paycheck following the officer's hire
• $10,000 to be paid after successful completion of the field training program
• $5,000 to be paid upon successful completion of the probationary period

Alternatively, the newly hired lateral police officer may choose to receive a $20,000 bonus and a vacation bank of 80 hours.  Under this scenario the bonus would be paid as follows:

• $10,000 to be paid on the first paycheck following the officer's hire
• $5,000 to be paid after successful completion of the field training program
• $5,000 to be paid upon successful completion of the probationary period

Additionally, the City has created a retention incentive account for commissioned staff at MVPD that gets divided equally amongst the MVPD Commisioned Officers as a small Thank You to MVPD's current Officers when Lateral Officers are hired. 

We currently have multiple openings for Lateral Police Officer. We'd love to have you join the team in a City that values its Officers! If you have any questions about the agency or process, email one of our recruiters at mvpdrecruiter@mountvernonwa.gov