Phoenix Police Department

Phoenix, AZ

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documented benefits (11)

Paid training	Police recruits are paid $34.39 an hour ($71,540 a year) while at the academy, rising to $36.46 an hour ($75,847) on graduation. A $7,500 hiring incentive is paid in three parts: $2,500 on hire, $2,500 on completing the academy and $2,500 on completing probation.
No experience needed	High school diploma, home school diploma or GED. At least 20.5 at application and 21 before finishing the academy. No felony conviction; misdemeanour arrests are considered case by case.
Schedule protection	Patrol officers work a 4/10 schedule: four days a week on ten-hour shifts.
4-day / compressed work week	yes
Shift differential	$2.00 an hour extra for a shift ending after 10:00 p.m. and $1.00 an hour extra for a weekend shift.
Birthing-parent leave	12 weeks
Tuition reimbursement	$6,500
Pension	Officers choose between the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System, a defined-benefit plan, and a 401(k).
PTO	12 days
Mental health	yes
Promoted from within	Over 80 specialty details and hundreds of promotional opportunities.

the legal floor where they are

Set by law, not by Phoenix Police Department. It applies to every employer in Phoenix, AZ.

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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