Dallas Police Offering $10,000 Sign-On Bonus to New Hires

[TXCharlie]

Join The Force And Make A Difference And Receive A $10,000 BONUS!

http://recruiting.dallaspolice.net/index.cfm?subnav=0

NOTE:

Update 5/8/06: Ok here's the answer I finally got from the DPD on the dispersal of the $10,000 sign-on bonus - And they also told me that they need 200 applicants by October!

you'll get 6,000 after the academy and 4,000 after you pass probation.....which is 1 1/2 years.....

Update 5/4/06: I just found out from the Channel 11 web site that this is not a lump-sum bonus. So if what they say is true, it's almost false advertising, because it's really just an 82-week pay bump:

http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_...116185753.html

The city council agrees there's a need for more officers. The members voted unanimously to pay new recruits a $10,000 incentive bonus. It will be spread over 82 weeks as both a means of keeping them on the job and to avoid entering into individual work contracts with them.

Still it's an extra $121 per week on average over 82 weeks - better than a poke in the eye.

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[MisterK]

Deammmnn...

[Iron Man]

Just to make things easy:

Minimum Qualifications


United States Citizen
21 years of age (45 hours from an accredited college - minimum 2.0 GPA)
19 ½ years of age (60 hours from an accredited college - minimum 2.0 GPA)
Valid Driver’s License
Must not have committed a "Class A" misdemeanor or "Felony"
No “Class B” misdemeanor convictions within last 10 years
Vision: No worse than 20/100 in either eye, correctable to 20/20 in both eyes
No pending traffic citations or court cases
Must not have been convicted of three (3) or more hazardous traffic violations in the last twenty-four (24) months. (Does not include “Deferred Adjudication” or “Driver’s Safety Course”)
Military Personnel: College credit requirement waived if you have 4 years active service and an honorable discharge as stipulated on a DD214

[Virginian]

Tossing that much cash at people = where's the problem? Something's not right if that's required to meet recruiting expectations. Either the pay is low or the area majorly sucks. Or both.

[Andrewtx]

Tossing that much cash at people = where's the problem? Something's not right if that's required to meet recruiting expectations. Either the pay is low or the area majorly sucks. Or both.

I think starting pay as I recall is around $37,000. Every Dallas officer I ever met seemed extremely professional.

Edited to add:

I was low. First column is without degree, second column with:

Apprentice $39,030 $40,230
Probationary $39,420 $40,620
Police Officer $41,690 $42,890
2 Year $43,754 $44,950
3 Year $45,933 $47,133
5 Year $48,249 $49,449
7 Year $50,657 $51,857
9 Year $53,179 $54,379
11 Year $55,862 $57,062
13 Year $58,637 $59,837
15 Year $61,572 $62,772

[TXCharlie]

I have an extended family member in the DPD - He really likes Chief Kunkle.

And they finally got cages in their cars!

They're overworked & underpaid, and a lot of them are working in communities that don't appreciate them, but their DROP retirement program is supposed to be good.

Learn Spanish.

[Welpe]

That sounds nice but...

It's still just TEXAS!

[katiemh]

Hmm.... I do already have friends that live in Dallas... and it's closer to my family...

[Andrewtx]

Hmm.... I do already have friends that live in Dallas... and it's closer to my family...

Dallas rocks.

[TXCharlie]

I agree - you can't appreciate Dallas until you've lived here a while then go to Chicago or something - then you say "why the hell did I leave Dallas!!!"

Actually the northern suburbs are what's rocking now - Especially Lewisville, Frisco, Plano, Allen, and that area...

Best of all I don't need no stinkin' taxi cab or bus - I can go wherever I need to go in my car, thank you very much, and my car tag is only $50/year, no State income tax... and (pay attention Welpe): We can buy 15-round magazines and have Shall-Issue CHL's

[Andrewtx]

I agree - you can't appreciate Dallas until you've lived here a while then go to Chicago or something - then you say "why the hell did I leave Dallas!!!"

So true, so true. I'd have no hesitation about leaving DC to go back to Dallas as soon as the opportunity arises. You're right about the northern suburbs, too. The Grapevine area suburbs are nice too, though a longer commute.

[Virginian]

I'm going to the Lubbock (I think) area for a wedding next month. Plane ticket prices about made me pee myself.

[TXCharlie]

Well, just stay down there!

[Virginian]

hahaha excellent solution Charlie

[Retdetsgt]

I never really considered Dallas and Houston as really Texas.

The pay scale posted isn't all that bad. A lot of depts are having trouble recruiting. We pay pretty well and I know they are willing to pay up to 5 grand in moving expenses for successful applicants.

[Andrewtx]

I never really considered Dallas and Houston as really Texas.

[TXCharlie]

NOTE:

I just found out from the Channel 11 web site that this is not a lump-sum bonus. So if what they say is true, it's almost false advertising, because it's really just an 82-week pay bump:

http://cbs11tv.com/topstories/local_...116185753.html

The city council agrees there's a need for more officers. The members voted unanimously to pay new recruits a $10,000 incentive bonus. It will be spread over 82 weeks as both a means of keeping them on the job and to avoid entering into individual work contracts with them.

Still it's an extra $121 per week on average over 82 weeks - better than a poke in the eye.

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[TXCharlie]

Ok here's the answer I finally got from the DPD on the dispersal of the $10,000 sign-on bonus, after a couple of tries - And they said that they need 200 applicants by October!!!:

you'll get 6,000 after the academy and 4,000 after you pass probation.....which is 1 1/2 years.....
______________________________ __

From: Charlie
Sent: Sun 5/7/2006 2:28 PM
To: Recrdpd_Email
Subject: Re: Details on sign on bonus

According to reports I've received, the $10,000 bonus is spread out over
several months or years.

Yet your web site says receive "A $10,000 bonus", implying a lump-sum
dispersal - and does not mention the details of how it will be spread out.

Please explain

Thanks
Charlie

[PLD]

Driving home tonight in Fort Worth, I saw a BILLBOARD on the freeway for Dallas PD offering the $10,000 bonus.

[TXCharlie]

Driving home tonight in Fort Worth, I saw a BILLBOARD on the freeway for Dallas PD offering the $10,000 bonus.

And they have 9 more openings now to add to the 200 they already had

(The Chief fired 9 officers for everything from exposing themselves to being passed out drunk in their cars this past week)