Police Benefits and Compensation

• Take-home vehicle (Available out-of-county)
• $100 monthly subsidy for equipment allowance
• $500 annual uniform allowance
• $530.74 per month credit toward flexible benefits package: health, dental, vision
• $4,429 KLEFPF funding annually
• Paid sick leave, vacation time, holiday time
• 4/10 work schedule with 3 days off, fixed shifts and shift differential pay
• Non-residential police academy (recruits return home at the end of each training day)
• Fitness Facility
• Mentoring Program
• Retirement and pension plan for 25 years of service
• Life and disability insurance
• 401K and 457 deferred compensation plans
• Up to four weeks of Parental Leave 
• G.I. Bill benefits program
• Associate’s and Master’s Degree programs (Earn a BCTC Associate’s Degree upon graduation from the academy)
• Up to $2,000 per year tuition reimbursement program towards an educational degree (credit hours)

At the Lexington Police Department, we value your service as a United States Armed Forces member. We are looking for individuals like you who possess integrity, respect, leadership skills and ambition. Whether you are discharged and looking for a new career or if you are currently serving in reserve status, we look forward to seeing you in one of our uniforms. Our department employs many former and current United States Military Members.

Some of the benefits you will receive include:

• Veterans' preference points for police recruit testing in the hiring process.
• Twenty-one days of paid military leave annually. Any unused leave will roll over to the following year.
• If you are deployed, LFUCG will supplement any salary differential between your LFUCG salary and your military pay.
• Military liaison officer who assists and follows up with officers/soldiers during deployment.
• GI Bill reimbursement will be provided while attending the training academy.
   

Visit the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs website for more information regarding the GI Bill.