Salary

Police Officers will receive a starting salary of $49,978.80.

Months	2024 Salary	2025 Salary
0-12	$49,978.80	$51,478.16
13-24	$53,929.49	$55,547.38
25-36	$57,880.21	$59,616.62
37-48	$61,830.93	$63,685.86
49-60	$65,781.60	$67,755.05
61-72	$69,732.33	$71,824.30
72+	$74,364.01	$76,594.93

            Police Officers will receive a salary of $1,358.40 biweekly (before deductions) while attending the Police Academy.

Lateral Hires

            An applicant may receive credit for up to sixty (60) months of prior law enforcement experience. Borough Council, in consultation with the Chief of Police, shall determine, in its sole discretion, how much of an applicant's prior experience qualifies as prior law enforcement experience for purposes of determining starting salary.

            The applicant's prior law enforcement experience shall be reduced by twelve (12) months to account for the additional training that the applicant will need to undergo within the Borough's Police Department.

            Upon hire, the applicant shall receive the base salary then in effect for an officer with his/her months of service, up to the 49-60 month salary, as shown above. Such officers shall not receive the annual wage increase until the successful completion of their probationary period or the January 1st following their date of hire, whichever occurs later.

            The rate of pay for an applicant with prior law enforcement experience who is still required to attend the Police Academy and or obtain Act 120 Certification shall be seventy-five percent (75%) of the applicable base salary, defined above, until such time as the applicant becomes fully qualified to perform the duties of a Police Officer.

Vacation Time

Time of Service	Vacation Allowance
Less than 1 year	Up to 3 days- 24 hours (Prorated for the calendar year according to date of hire)
1st full calendar year to 5th calendar year	10 Days- 80 hours
5th full calendar year	15 Days- 120 hours
15th full calendar year	20 Days- 160 hours
26th full calendar year	25 Days- 200 hours

Police Officers are eligible for 16 paid personal leave days per calendar year in lieu of holidays.

Insurance

Police officers are eligible for medical insurance, including prescription, life, and dental insurance.

Pension Plan

 Pension is available to Police Officers who attained the age of 50 years and have not less than 25 years of credited service with the Shippensburg Police Department.

College Tuition

If a Police Officer enrolls in a college-level course leading to a Bachelor's Degree in the Administration of Criminal Justice, the Borough shall pay to each Police Officer so enrolled, as additional compensation, a portion of the basic fee charged for such courses, such percentage of compensation to be paid according to the following schedule:

# of Credit Hours	Compensation
0 - 30 credit hours	No compensation
31 - 60 credit hours	50% of basic fee
61 - 90 credit hours	75% of basic fee
91 -120 credit hours	100% of basic fee

The above compensation shall be paid by the Borough to Police Officers upon the Police Officer furnishing to the Borough satisfactory proof in the form of grade statements from the educational institution showing satisfactory completion of the courses in which the Police Officer has enrolled.

The total compensation paid by the Borough shall not exceed $1,500 per eligible officer annually. No compensation shall be paid to any Police Officer for any course that is failed, from which the officer withdraws or receives a grade of "Incomplete," or does not complete with at least a "C" average.

The costs paid by the Borough for each course taken shall be reduced by the amount to which an officer is eligible to receive either by veterans benefits, grants, scholarships, or any other source of money received for educational enrichment.

Enrollment in college-level courses leading to the degree in the Administration of Criminal Justice shall be subject to prior scheduling approval by the Chief of Police.