Port Angeles is the largest city on the Olympic Peninsula and the county seat of Clallam County. The community adjoins Olympic National Park where multiple outdoor recreational activities abound. The community has a variety of educational facilities that include a public school system, private and parochial schools, and Peninsula Community College. Port Angeles is a two and one-half hour drive from the Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan area and a 90 minute ferry ride from Victoria, British Columbia. The community is located on the Strait of Juan de Fuca and features a large natural harbor. The current population of Port Angeles is approx 19,256. The City is noted for excellent quality of life.

The Port Angeles Police Department is a progressive, State-accredited, community policing oriented professional agency currently consisting of 32 commissioned employees, and a civilian contingent of 26 that are primarily responsible for records and dispatch. The department has a School Resource Officer and an officer assigned to a multi-agency Drug Task Force. Additionally, we staff a detective division and two K-9 officers. Contractual benefits include vacation and 12 holidays, overtime, sick leave, quartermaster uniform system, standby pay, educational incentive pay, and longevity pay. Officers also take patrol cars home, subject to 10 mile response time. Additional information can be found on the City of Port Angeles web site http://www.cityofpa.us . Initial assignment: Following appointment and successful completion of the Basic Academy (new hire only) the appointee will be assigned to a Field Training Officer for a minimum of 14 weeks of additional training before being assigned to patrol duties.

We are approved for the GI Bill Apprenticeship and on the job training program.

Patrol officers work 11 hour days and work four days on followed by 4 days off. This allows for an increased number of days off per year allowing officers to spend more time with their families, be well rested and achieve a better work, home balance.

Port Angeles Police Department - Entry Level Officer has 1 vacancy.

The eligibility list is a continuous listing and maintained as scores are received from PST with oral board interviews conducted on an as-needed basis. Vacancies are filled under Civil Service Rules with any of the top ten candidates being eligible for a Chief's interview and subsequent background investigation and selection as vacancies occur.

Number of Current Vacancies: 1    (PAPD continues to create a hiring list.)

Base: $5760 - $6859 per month;
AA Degree: 2%/month
BA Degree: 4%/month

Contract expires December 2020

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, LTD, EAP, Retirement, Educational Incentive Pay, Longevity Pay, employee pays only 11.5% of medical premiums.

Longevity Pay:

2% at 5 years;

4% at 10 years;

6% at 15 years;

8% at 20 years