Company Profile
Lee's Summit Missouri Police Department
Company Overview
The Lee’s Summit Police Department illustrates its commitment to a positive image and value-based quality of life for citizens and visitors through its motto, “Devoted to Quality Policing.” Rapid and steady expansion has earned Lee’s Summit the distinction “one of the fastest-growing communities in the State of Missouri.” As our community grows, the LSPD holds tight the community-oriented policing style, emphasizing interaction between officers and those within our thriving neighborhoods, recreation areas and business districts. By working together, we can continue toward the best quality of life in our vibrant city.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
Located at the intersection of N.E. Tudor Road and Douglas Street, the Lee’s Summit Police Department shares a 68,351 square foot facility with the Municipal Court. The 136 sworn and 66 support staff are dedicated to providing “Quality Policing” to 90,000 citizens.
Benefits
Fully paid life insurance for employee (one year annual salary, $100,000 maximum) and dependents ($3,000)
Fully paid short-term and long-term disability insurance which pays 60% of employee’s salary
Fully paid retirement plan - Missouri Local Government Employees' Retirement System
Paid vacation: •2 weeks per year (1 week at 6 months)
•3 weeks after five years
•4 weeks after fifteen years
•5 weeks after twenty-five years.
Paid sick leave – 12 days earned per year
Paid personal leave - 2 days per year
Paid Holidays:
•New Year's Day • Fourth of July •Christmas Day
•Martin Luther King's Birthday • Labor Day •Day before or after Christmas
•Washington's Birthday •Thanksgiving Day (As selected by the City)
•Memorial Day •Day after Thanksgiving
Educational assistance for job related college course work
Employee assistance plan offering free short-term counseling, legal and financial referrals for employees & dependents
Supplemental life, cancer, heart, and accident benefits available for employee purchase through payroll deductions
Deferred Compensation Plans
Credit Union with payroll deductions
125 Tax Savings Plan for health and dependent care expenses
Employee fitness center memberships partially reimbursed by the City