KPD RECRUITMENT

The Kauai Police Department employs approximately 150 sworn personnel and about 50 non-sworn personnel. Entry-level positions include:

• Police Services Officer (probationary police officer)
• Public Safety Worker (works in KPD’s cellblock)
• Police Dispatcher
• Clerk

A primary focus for KPD over the last few years has been to recruit and hire more police officers; a challenge that is complicated by the extremely low unemployment rate in the State of Hawaii.

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Police Services Officer (PO-05)

School Crossing Guard (SR-05)

The starting base pay for Police Services Officers is:

$4,270 a month           ($24.63 an hour)

After 1-yr of probation, officers are paid:

$4,439 a month           ($25.61 an hour) after probation

Police Officers also receive:

6% a year pay raise and approximately 4% step movements every 3^rd year.

Differential Pay (paid in addition to the base salary):

Standards of conduct:    $.80 an hour ($125 month)

Night differential:             $.55 an hour ($88 month)

Other differentials vary: 5%-25% of base hourly rate