Police Officers
Starting salary for entry level is $44,137 during the academy and $50,003 after successful completion of field training.
Starting salary for a lateral with under two years experience is $50,003.
Starting salary for a lateral with two years experience or more begins at $54,828.
A take home car for officers is currently given on a case by case basis once reviewed and approved by the Chief of Police.
The following is a list of current benefits also provided by the Town of Berlin:
- Life insurance plan
- Membership in State Retirement Pension System
- Fifteen paid holidays a year
- Inclement weather pay
- Shift differential pay (evenings and midnights)
- Specialty Unit pay (k-9, Collision Reconstruction, CID, Bi-Lingual, etc)
- Sick leave (1 day a month accrual)
- Two personal days a year
- Vacation (6 days year one, 12 days year’s two through five, etc)
- Educational benefits (required paid in full/non-required 100% with contract)
- Overtime and compensatory leave
