Start Your Career with MPD
Thank you for your interest in joining the Mishawaka Police Department. The Mishawaka Police Department is proud to offer competitive compensation and progressive scheduling. As of January 1, 2024, the department transitioned to 12-hour shifts, and first-class patrolmen (PFCs) now earn $90,000 annually after three years of service.
As a result of this strategic change, the Mishawaka Police Department is now among the highest-paid law enforcement agencies in the State of Indiana. Officers have many benefits and opportunities available to them, including generous insurance and retirement plans, along with various specialty divisions and training which ensure our officers can operate effectively and support our focus on public safety.
Opportunities & Benefits
Mishawaka Police Officers have an abundance of opportunities for growth and career advancement. Officers can serve in a variety of specialized units, including Major Crimes, Neighborhood Enforcement, K-9 and S.W.A.T. These units rely on motivated and dedicated individuals committed to public service.
Lateral Transfer Program
The Mishawaka Police Department accepts applications year-round from lateral officers that are currently eligible to be certified police officers in Indiana. A summary of the Lateral Transfer Program is outlined below.
- Individuos que han completado la Academia de Cumplimiento de la Ley de Indiana (Nivel 1) y tienen experiencia en el cumplimiento de la ley con otra agencia.
- Lateral transfers with at least three years of experience with another agency will be promoted to First Class Patrol Officer pay upon appointment. The lateral transfer hire will receive the current vacation time allotted to the rank of First Class Patrol Officer upon the completion of an approved FTO program.
- Lateral transfers with less than three years of experience will be promoted to First Class Patrol Officer on the third anniversary of the date of appointment as a Tier I certified law enforcement officer.
- Las transferencias laterales son elegibles para mantener sus años actuales de servicio certificado por ILEA con respecto a los beneficios de vacaciones descritos en el convenio colectivo actual. La selección de vacaciones aún se basará en la antigüedad del departamento.
- Lateral transfers are provided with all required uniforms and all necessary equipment upon hire; in addition, lateral transfers will receive the clothing and equipment allowance as listed in the current collective bargaining agreement.
Questions? Contact the Mishawaka Police Department recruiter, Yadira Fernandez for additional information regarding our lateral transfer program and its requirements.
Desarrolle su carrera con el Departamento de Policía de Mishawaka
Career advancement possibilities are abundant within the Mishawaka Police Department. We also offer a comprehensive salary and benefits package including competitive pay, clothing/equipment allowance, paid vacation/sick time and overtime, compensatory time accrual, health, dental, and vision insurance, along with a membership in the Indiana Public Retirement System (INPRS).
Oportunidades de carrera MPD
- División Uniforme / Patrulla Vial
- División de Tráfico
- Detective Bureau
- Unidad K-9
- APLASTAR
- Guardia de honor
- Unidad de motocicleta
- Drone Operator
- Unidad de Delitos Callejeros
- Técnico de Escena del Crimen
- Unidad de Relaciones Comunitarias
- Fotógrafo de la escena del crimen
- División de Formación
- Negociador de rehenes
- Equipo de incidentes críticos
- Equipo de Contratación / Reclutamiento
- Investigador de antecedentes
- Equipo de respuesta de Emergencia
- Oficial de Entrenamiento de Campo (FTO)
- Cumplimiento del Reconocimiento de Drogas
- HECHO (Equipo fatal de accidente de alcohol)
- Unidad de Víctimas Especiales (SVU)
- Instructor ILEA (General, EVO, Armas de Fuego, Tácticas Físicas, STOPS)
vacaciones
Los trabajadores tendrán derecho a vacaciones pagadas de la siguiente manera:
- 1 año pero menos de 2 años: 5 días de vacaciones y 1 día personal
- 2 años pero menos de 3 años: 9 días de vacaciones y 2 días personales
- 3 años pero menos de 5 años: 9 días de vacaciones y 3 días personales
- 5 años pero menos de 10 años: 13 días de vacaciones y 3 días personales
- 10 años pero menos de 15 años: 17 días de vacaciones y 4 días personales
- 15 años pero menos de 20 años: 22 días de vacaciones y 5 días personales
- 20 años pero menos de 25 años: 26 días de vacaciones y 6 días personales
- 25 años o más: 26 días de vacaciones y 7 días personales.
Baja por enfermedad
480 horas de tiempo de enfermedad remunerado
Tiempo extraordinario
Overtime earned will be reimbursed to the police officer either in money or compensatory time off from duty at the rate of (2x) double the actual overtime worked by the officer. Training overtime is paid at 1.5.
Subsidio para ropa/equipo
When a new officer is hired, the city will furnish the officer with all the required uniforms and necessary equipment to perform the job. After the completion of one year of service, the officer shall receive clothing and equipment allowances for the maintenance and replacement of uniform and equipment. The clothing allowance is paid in two equal installments per year. The equipment allowance is paid once annually.
Seguro
Health, dental and vision insurance are available through the City of Mishawaka. Marathon health clinic is available for all employees and dependents covered by the employer’s insurance. Marathon provides services at a number of locations. Additionally, the City of Mishawaka offers a flexible spending account for healthcare and dependent care.
Pensión
Any full-time police officer hired after May 1, 1977, must participate in the Public Employee’s Retirement Fund created in 1977 and administered by the State of Indiana.
Proceso de contratación de MPD
Our hiring process is designed to ensure applicants meet our core values as well as all required physical fitness standards. Candidates must successfully complete each phase of the hiring process before advancing to the next stage.
- Solicitud
- Prueba de aptitud escrita
- Physical Fitness Test
- Entrevista Oral
- Investigación exhaustiva de antecedentes
- Examen de polígrafo (Después de oferta condicional de empleo)
- examen psicologico
- Examen físico/médico
- Detección de drogas previa al empleo
- Academia de aplicación de la ley de Indiana (16 semanas)
- Programa de entrenamiento de campo de 12 a 16 semanas
Requisitos mínimos de MPD
A continuación se enumeran los requisitos mínimos que debe cumplir un solicitante para ser considerado para el nombramiento.
- Must be a minimum of twenty-one (21) years of age at time of application, but not yet forty (40) years of age at time of appointment.
- Debe ser un graduado de escuela secundaria o tener un GED
- Must be a citizen of the United States of America before the date of making the application.
- Must have and maintain a valid, non-suspended, non-expired, non-conditional, non-revoked driver’s license.
- Debe mantener informada a la ciudad de Mishawaka sobre los cambios en la información de dirección y teléfono.
- Must be able to perform the essential functions of the job of patrol officer in a safe manner with or without a reasonable accommodation.
- Must not have been found guilty of a felony in any court that has not been annulled, expunged or sealed by a court.
- Must show a valid driver’s license for identification at the aptitude testing location to participate.
- Sujeto a pruebas de drogas obligatorias.
Physical Fitness Testing Protocol
The following components are the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy (ILEA) Physical Fitness Assessment Standards used by the Mishawaka Police Department. All applicants are required to pass the ILEA fitness standards.
ILEA provides a Pre-Academy Training Manual in preparation for the academy.
Physical testing is conducted in the first and last week of training while at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. Each component is scored separately and the standard must be met on each and every component listed below.
Salto vertical
Standard: 16 Inches
Este mide la potencia de las piernas, y consiste en medir qué tan alto salta una persona.
One Minute Sit Ups
Standard: 29
This measures abdominal, or trunk, muscular endurance. While lying on his/her back, the student will be given one (1) minute to do as many bent leg sit ups as possible
carrera de 300 metros
Standard: 71 Seconds
Esto mide la potencia anaeróbica, o la capacidad de realizar un esfuerzo intenso durante un período de tiempo o una distancia cortos. Este componente consiste en correr 300 metros lo más rápido posible.
Maximum Push Ups
Standard: 25
Esto mide la resistencia muscular de la parte superior del cuerpo. Este componente consiste en hacer tantas flexiones como sea posible hasta el fallo muscular.
Carrera de 1.5 millas
Standard: 16 min 28 secs
Esto mide la potencia aeróbica o la resistencia cardiovascular (resistencia a lo largo del tiempo). Para completar este componente debes correr/caminar, lo más rápido posible, una distancia de 1,5 millas. ILEA: carrera de 15 millas (en.gov).
Connect with Mishawaka Police
Contact the Mishawaka Police Recruiter for any additional questions or concerns regarding our hiring opportunities.
Recruiter Contact:
[email protected]
574-208-5550
Monday-Friday:
8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Localización:
Mishawaka Police Department:
Teléfono: (574) 258-1678
Fax: (574) 258-1690
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