Dallas Police Department

Dallas, TX

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documented benefits (7)

Pension	Dallas Police and Fire Pension System (DPFP), a qualified defined-benefit plan. Members contribute 13.5% of compensation, the City contributes 34.5% of base pay. Vested after five years; full benefits at age 58; reduced benefits at 53 with five years, or at any age with 20 years of service.
Tuition reimbursement	$1,500
Schedule protection	Patrol officers work either five 8-hour shifts with 2 days off or four 10-hour shifts with 3 days off; watch assignment is by seniority.
Promoted from within	Promotion to Senior Corporal, Sergeant and Lieutenant is by competitive civil service examination; Major and above is by appointment by the Chief of Police.
Life insurance	yes
Paid training	37-week Basic Training Academy followed by a 24-week field training phase; eligible veterans can draw GI Bill benefits during both on top of their salary.
No experience needed	US citizen, between 19 1/2 and 44 years old at the civil service exam. Applicants aged 21-44 need a high school diploma or GED plus 36 months of full-time consecutive work, or 45 college semester hours at 2.0 GPA; applicants aged 19 1/2-20 need 60 college hours. The college requirement is waived for three years' honourable active-duty military service or an active TCOLE peace officer licence.

notable perks

All uniforms, equipment and firearms are issued to officers (duty footwear is not)
Education pay: $300 a month for a bachelor's degree, or $12 a month per additional 3 college credit hours above the 45-hour minimum, up to $240 a month

the legal floor where they are

Set by law, not by Dallas Police Department. It applies to every employer in Dallas, TX.

IVF cycles the state covers	THERE IS NO FEDERAL MANDATE. No US law requires an employer health plan to cover IVF or any infertility treatment, so coverage comes either from the insurance mandate in the state where the plan is written or from the employer's own choice. And the state mandates reach less far than they look: they bind fully insured plans bought from a state-regulated carrier, while a self-funded employer plan is governed federally under ERISA and is preempted from state insurance regulation. KFF's 2025 employer survey puts 67% of covered workers in a self-funded plan, and 80% of those at firms of 200 or more — so at the size of employer this site mostly covers, the state mandate usually does not apply, and any fertility benefit is a genuine company choice rather than a restatement of law. That is precisely why it belongs on a benefits page here. Perks has not yet read this employer's own state insurance mandate from an official source; the states that have been read carry their own entry. (No federal statute requires an employer health plan to cover infertility treatment or IVF. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) preempts state insurance regulation as applied to self-funded employer plans, which is why a state mandate does not reach them.)
Adoption leave the law gives	12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period on the placement of a child for adoption or foster care, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. There is no federal paid adoption leave. (Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(B) and 2612(c); eligibility at 29 U.S.C. 2611(2) and (4). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code.)
Pay when you are ill	No federal law requires any paid sick leave. The FLSA does not require payment for time not worked, and the FMLA gives 12 workweeks of UNPAID job-protected leave in any 12-month period for a serious health condition, and only for employees who meet the FMLA eligibility test. Any paid sick time comes from a state or city law, or from the employer's own choice. (Fair Labor Standards Act, per the Department of Labor's statement on payment for time not worked; Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(D) and 2612(c). Quoted from the 2023 edition of the US Code on govinfo.gov.)

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