Begin Your Career As A Call Taker

Benefits

Annual Salary:

  • Starting $27,000.00

12 HOUR SHIFTS

ALL UNIFORMS SUPPLIED BY DEPARTMENT

ANNUAL PAID VACATION- 

  • Year one— Fifteen days paid vacation per year until reaching ten years of service.
  • Year ten— Twenty days paid vacation per year until reaching twenty years of service.
  • Year twenty— Twenty-five days paid vacation per year.

IN ADDITION TO PAID VACATION RECEIVE UP TO 15 PAID HOLIDAYS
PER YEAR

8 DAYS (8 hours per month) SICK LEAVE ACCRUED PER YEAR (up to 90 days accrued sick leave paid at retirement / no other law enforcement agency in the region offers such)

HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR EMPLOYEE AND THEIR FAMILY*

HEALTH INSURANCE AFTER RETIREMENT AGE (another benefit no other law enforcement agency in the region offers)

LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS (1.5 times your annual salary)

FREE USE OF DEPARTMENT GYMNASIUM (24 HOURS)

BILINGUAL INCENTIVE PAY

NIGHT SHIFT DIFERENTIAL PAY

Qualifications

  • Must be 18 years of age or older
  • High school diploma or GED required
  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Louisiana drivers license required

Those applying for the Call Taker positions must apply through City of Kenner Human Resources.  Click here to view this Job Opportunity. 

Click Here to submit a preliminary application.

NEXT STEPS

  • Personal History Questionnaire review and interview with an applicant investigator
  • Thorough background investigation
  • Civil and Criminal records check
  • Personal and Employment references check
  • Computerized Voice Stress Analyzer (CVSA) exam
  • Oral Review Board
  • Psychological examination
  • Drug screening / Medical examination

The Kenner Police Department is an Equal Opportunity Employer

For Additional questions feel free to contact Kenner Police Department Recruiting Officer Ricky Pabst at  (504) 712-2299 or at [email protected] or Sergeant Charlotte Bates at (504) 712-2255 or at [email protected]