Company Profile
Bullhead City Police Department
Company Overview
The Bullhead City Police Department is comprised of over 120 employees, both sworn and civilian positions. Employment within the Department may provide opportunities to participate in any of the following functions:
General Patrol
Vice/Narcotics
Bicycle Patrol
Gang Interdiction
Waterways Patrol
Traffic Enforcement
School Resource Unit
Criminal Investigations
Canine
Dive Team
Tactical Response Unit / S.W.A.T.
Public Information
Grant Development
Research and development
Community Oriented Policing
Volunteer opportunities - Police Auxiliary
Company History
The City of Bullhead City was established on August 28, 1984 with the Bullhead City Police Department taking over law enforcement duties on October 1, 1985.
Benefits
- Specialty pay is currently offered to field training officers, SWAT team members, crisis negotiators, bomb technicians, Dive team members, K-9 handlers and full time Traffic Officers.
- Holiday pay for working City designated holidays.
- 2.5% longevity pay will be received by employees reaching their ten year anniversary.
- Bilingual pay.
- A uniform allowance of $1200.00 per year for sworn officers.
- Employees who retire from City service after completing twenty or more years as a sworn police officer with the City may purchase their assigned, primary service weapon for the amount of $1.00. Current duty weapon is the Glock 22.
- Comp time is offered in lieu of overtime for certain duties performed.
- Officers contribute to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System of the State of Arizona. See www.psprs.com for more information.