“Hawai'i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer”

Periodically seeking police officer applicants

The Hawai'i County Department of Human Resources periodically recruits applicants for police officers. Recruitment is now closed.

To be placed on the mailing list for a future recruitment, please call the Department of Human Resources at (808) 961-8361, or e-mail the Department of Human Resources at jobs@co.hawaii.hi.us.

Requirements

An applicant must:

• Be at least 21 years of age by closing deadline.
• Be a U.S. citizen (either born or naturalized), national or permanent resident alien of the United States, or eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment in the United States.
• Have a valid driver’s license from Hawai'i or comparable license from another state.
• Have a combination of education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from high school.
• Be qualified to carry and possess any firearm or ammunition in accordance with state and federal laws. Persons convicted of domestic violence, whether convicted of a misdemeanor or felony, will not be considered for a position because federal law prohibits them from carrying firearms.

An applicant must have:

• Good eyesight. Candidates for employment must have 20/20 binocular vision with or without correction. Those who wear soft contact lenses must have at least 20/200 vision before correction, corrected to to 20/20, and those wearing hard contact lenses or glasses must have 20/40 binocular vision before correction to 20/20.
• Good physical condition and agility according to standards set by the County’s Pre-Entry Medical Examination Guide.

The Pre-Entry Medical Examination Guide is on file for public inspection at the Department of Human Resources, 101 Pauahi Street, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720, the Kona Mayor's Office, and at the county's website at www.co.hawaii.hi.us.

Benefits

The starting salary for Police Officer I is $4,028 a month, or $48,336 a year. Officers receive night differential pay and time and a half for holiday work and overtime.

Fringe benefits include:

• Holidays — 13 paid days a year, plus all election days except the primary election.
• Vacation — 21 working days a year. The unused portion may be accumulated up to 90 days.
• Sick leave — 21 working days a year. The unused portion may also be accumulated toward retirement.
• Military leave — full pay for up to 15 working days a year for active duty or annual training.
• Funeral leave — three working days with pay for death of qualified family member.
• Accidental injury leave — upon choice of plan, full pay up to 120 working days for each work-related injury.
• Health insurance — self or family medical, drug, vision and adult dental insurance partly subsidized by the County of Hawai'i.
• Life insurance — fully subsidized group life insurance for $26,000. Coverage varies with the age of the employee.
• Uniforms and equipment — furnished by the Hawai'i Police Department.
• Automobile subsidy — monthly allowance for private automobiles in police use, plus fuel and oil and tax-exempt motor vehicle registration if position requires the use of a vehicle.
• Retirement — eligible for retirement with 25 years of police service in Hawai'i.

How to Apply

For more information, go to Hawaii County Department of Human Resourses Web page.