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<br /> <br />17 <br /> <br />• Prepare current CSOs to be hired as officers. <br />• Recruit officers with prior law enforcement experience. <br />COMPETING AGENCY’S INCENTIVES AND WAGES <br />In 2024 and 2025, police staff completed a review of job postings on the Minnesota POST board <br />website to consider what strategies other organizations were using to retain and recruit officers. The <br />strategies ranged from front-loading sick and vacation banks with time, signing bonuses, and <br />reimbursement for moving expenses. <br />1. Albert Lea Police Department Relocation Incentives <br />2. Austin Police Department Hiring Incentive: Up to $7,500 <br />3. Centennial Lakes Police <br />Department <br />$5,000 hiring bonus for officers 3+ years experience <br />$2,500 hiring bonus for officers 0 -3 years experience <br />4. Brooklyn Center Police <br />Department <br />Lateral hiring incentive of $5,000, entry-level hiring <br />incentive of $2,800. <br />5. Brooklyn Park Police <br />Department <br />$5,000 sign-on bonus to lateral officer, 48 hours of <br />front-loaded vacation time and 40 hours of front- <br />loaded sick time. <br />6. Dayton Police Department Front-loaded vacation and sick time <br />7. East Range Police Department 1 year of experience start at 100% pay with a bank of <br />sick time hours. <br />8. Edina Police Department $5,000 <br />9. Golden Valley Front-loaded PTO (40-80 hours DOQ) <br />10. Hastings Police Department Front-loading of 24 hours of sick and vacation leave <br />11. Madison Lake Police <br />Department <br />12-month $2,000 retention bonus and a $3,000 24 - <br />month retention bonus <br />12. Metro Transit Police Department Full-Time Officer Bonus $4,000 / Lateral Officer <br />Bonus $8,000 <br />13. Moorhead Police Department $5,000 sign on bonus for lateral officers <br />$3,500 for new officers <br />14. Mounds View Police <br />Department <br />Entry Level $3,000 hiring bonus <br />Lateral $6,000 hiring bonus <br />15. Prairie Island Police Department Entry Level: $5000 hiring bonus <br />Lateral: $6000 hiring bonus <br />16. Richfleld Police Department 24 hours front-loaded vacation <br />24 hours of front-loaded personal leave time. <br />17. Red Wing Police Department Pre-hire vacation hours negotiable. <br />18. Scott County Sheriff's Office $2,000 in hiring/retention incentives <br />19. Virginia Police Department Pre-loaded vacation and sick time. <br />20. Waseca Police Department 60 hours of front-loaded vacation <br />40 hours of front-loaded sick time <br />21. Washington County Sheriff May be eligible for $1,250 Public Safety retention