SUMMARY OF BENEFITS FOR POLICE OFFICERS, SERGEANTS & LIEUTENANTS
- Police employees shall accrue vacation leave upon completion of continuous years of service as a Police Officer at the following rates:
- 1 to 3 years 80 hours/year
- 4 to 10 years 132 hours/year
- 11 to 15 years 164 hours/year
- 16 to 20 years 180 hours/year
- 21 or more years 220 hours/year
- All police officers, sergeants and lieutenants may request, not later than August 1st of each calendar year, to redeem up to a maximum of forty (40) hours of unused annual (vacation) leave. Payment for such redemption is to be made by or before September 10th following the redemption request.
- Police employees accrue eight (8) hours of sick leave per month with no limit on the amount of sick leave is accumulated.
- Accrued sick leave may be cashed out upon termination of employment. Employees will be paid at the following rates in relationship to years of service as a Police Officer with the City:
Accrued Sick Leave Payout
- Less than ten (10) years 20% sick leave
- Ten (10) to twenty (20) years 40% sick leave
- Twenty (20) or more years 80% sick leave
- Police employees shall receive the following paid holidays:
New Year's Day | Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday | President's Day | Memorial Day | Juneteenth | Independence Day | Labor Day | Veteran's Day | Thanksgiving Day | Day after Thanksgiving | Christmas Eve | Christmas Day | New Year's Eve | One (1) Personal Day (use it or lose it)All police employees shall receive ten (10) hours of holiday pay or time, at the option of the employee, to be added to annual leave as each designated holiday occurs. Members shall not receive any other compensation for the designated holiday; whether they are on or off duty on the actual holiday date is immaterial
. Holidays must be used within 365 days of earning the holiday.
All police employees shall be entitled to cash out up to 130 hours holiday time per year if unused. Employees must choose to cash out the unused holiday time in the pay period which it was earned.
- Police employees will receive 40 hours of paid bereavement leave in the event of an immediate family member passing.
- Police employees will receive two paid wellness workdays (either 8 or 10 hour days) each fiscal year. These days are provided to promote well-being and wellness. These paid workdays must be used within the fiscal year in which they are earned or will be lost.
- Police employees and families shall be provided the option of coverage in the City’s health insurance plans. The City will contribute 80% of the premium for employees electing single or dependent coverage on the OAP plan and the employee will be responsible for contributing 20% of the premium; The City will contribute 100% of the premium for employees electing single coverage on the OAPIN plan. For employees adding dependents, the City will contribute 90% toward the premium and the employee will be responsible for contributing 10% of the premium. For 2024, the biweekly rates are as follows:
Enrollment Tier | Medical OAP | Medical OAPINEmployee Only
| $87.89
| $0
Employee 1
| $175.78
| $39.34
Employee 2 or More
| $281.24
| $86.56
- Each member shall have the option of completing an annual wellness preventative physical through the City’s contracted provider currently named Life Scan with the costs of the scan paid for by the City up to $395 for each member which includes a comprehensive medical evaluation, ultrasound imaging, cardio-pulmonary assessments, vision and hearing test, and extensive laboratory blood profiles.
- Police employees shall be provided group dental with $19.00 of the monthly premium costs paid by the City. There are three benefit plan offerings. For 2024, the biweekly rates are as follows:
Enrollment Tier | Dental DPPO Low | Dental DPPO High | Dental DPPO Buy UPEmployee Only | $5.17 | $21.37 | $25.11
Employee 1 | $14.80 | $40.68 | $46.82
Employee 2 or More | $23.69 | $58.51 | $66.86
- Police employees shall have the option to purchase vision coverage through payroll deductions. Three plans are offered.
Enrollment Tier |
VSP Option 1 |
VSP Option 2 |
VSP Option 3Employee Only | $2.36 | $3.87 | $4.44
Employee 1 | $4.73 | $7.73 | $8.87
Employee 2 or More | $7.61 | $12.45 | $14.28
- Police employees will receive from the City a “use it or lose it” Flexible Spending Account annually. The amount to the employee is determined by the employee’s medical enrollment status or if no coverage is elected then it will default to the lowest level. The level of the City contribution will be reevaluated once a year. The levels are: Single or no coverage = $400; Employee plus one = $600; and Employee plus two or more = $1000.
- The City and the Police employee will make contributions into the employee's Retiree Health Saving Account based on the employee's years of service as follows:
- From 1 – 9 years of service = $10 bi-weekly
- From 10 to 19 years of service from = $25 bi-weekly
- 20 or more years of service = $35 bi-weekly
- Police employees shall be provided with term life insurance of $100,000 with all premium costs paid by the City. Employees shall have the option of purchasing additional term life insurance at group rates up to an additional maximum amount of $475,000.
- All Police employees are required to participate in the Police Pension Plan as defined in the Hollywood City Charter. An employee will be required to contribute 9.5% pretax dollars to the retirement fund. An employee is vested in the pension plan after ten years of continuous service. To be eligible for normal retirement an employee must be age 55 with 10 years of service or 22 years of service. An employee’s pension is determined by averaging an employee’s highest 5 consecutive year’s annual salary (including overtime pay not to exceed 200 hours per year, longevity pay, assignment pay, payments for accrued holiday time not to exceed 130 hours but not to include payments for accrued blood time, annual “cash out” payments for vacation time, payments for accrued compensatory time, and payments for unused sick time or for unused vacation time) over the last 10 years of the employee’s service using a 3% multiplier. Details of the pension plan benefits can obtained from the police pension administrator.
- Other departmental benefits may include:
Take Home Car (if eligible) Uniform Allowance or Clothing Allowance Service Awards
Call-Back to Duty Compensation Full uniform & Equipment Issuance Bereavement Leave
Private-Duty Detail Pay ` Court Time Pay Short-Term Disability
On-duty physical workout time Replacement Uniforms & Equipment Career Development Program
- Special Assignment or Shift Differential Pay is paid for the following with an increase to base pay of either 2 ½ % or 5% dependent on assignment or shift.
Street Crime Unit Neighborhood Team Leaders
Traffic Unit Marine Patrol
Detectives/Investigators School Resource Officers
Field Training Officer Training and Professional Development Unit
VIN Unit Downtown and Beach Unit
Public Information Officer Internal Affairs
Downtown and Beach Units assigned to the midnight or evening shift (Alpha or Charlie Shift)
Road Patrol Officer assigned to the midnight or evening shift (Alpha or Charlie Shift)
Canine Officers assigned to the midnight or evening shift (Alpha or Charlie Shift)
- Police employees assigned the following in addition to their primary and regular assignment shall receive an annual non-pensionable payout each year. Payments will be biweekly. Members who are not assigned for a full year will receive a pro-rated payment.
- SWAT: $1500
- Hostage Crisis Negotiator: $500
- Dive Team: $800
- Field Force Officer: $500
- Police employees advance in pay based on years of service as an officer with the City of Hollywood.
- Police employees may receive educational incentive up to $120 per month based on Florida Statute 943.22.
- Police employees, who complete their probationary period and receive “satisfactory” or better Employee Performance Evaluations, shall be eligible to participate in the City Educational Reimbursement Program for job-related undergraduate and graduate course work. General employees should request approval prior to taking any courses. The City pays as follows to a maximum total of $3,000.00 for tuition annually:
Graduate and Undergraduate Benefit
Grade of B or better 100% reimbursement at State tuition rates
Grade of Pass 100% reimbursement at State tuition rates
Grade of C 50% reimbursement at State tuition rates
Employees will be eligible to receive reimbursement for books with approval of the City Manager/designee.
Employees who receive benefits under this program, who voluntarily leave the City's employment within two (2) years of receiving such benefit, shall be responsible for reimbursing the City for the cost of this benefit.
- Police employees may enter into a Deferred Compensation Program through payroll deduction.
- Police employees may be eligible for a take home vehicle.
- Police employees have the option of joining the Sun Credit Union.
- Police employees have the option of participating in payroll Direct Deposit.
- Police employees have the option of participating in Pre-paid Legal/ID Theft Protection Plans and Supplemental Insurance through voluntary payroll deductions.
- Police employees are eligible to participate in the City’s Work/Life Assistance Program offering a wide range of services and support.