$15,000 Pre-Employment Hiring Incentive

To the first six (6) hired

Civil Service Hiring

TasksDate/Deadline
Completed application along with required documentation submitted to the City’s Human Resources Department.* Monday, February 17, 2025 – Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Civil Service Exam – located at FOP Lodge 32, 315 Concord Ave., Mansfield, Ohio 44906March 25, 2025, at 5:30 pm
Registration  at 5:00 pm
Applicants take physical agility test- must pass written Civil Service Exam
Location: Malabar Middle School track 		Saturday April 12, 2025 at 9:00 am
Registration 8:00 am
March 25, 2025, at 5:30 pm
Registration  at 5:00 pm		Civil Service list is good for two (2) years from the date of certification.

Extra Credit

The Mansfield Civil Service Rules & Regulations allow for extra credit to be granted to candidates applying for positions within the City’s Safety Forces. Those credits include veteran’s credit, educational credit, and a residency credit. The credit allowed by each of these is as follows:

  • Veteran – 20%
  • Educational (Maximum educational credit is 10%)
    • Bachelor’s Degree – 10%
    • Associates Degree – 5%
    • Peace Officer Training Certification – 10%
  • Residency – 10%
    (Even if both reside in the City of Mansfield and graduated from a Richland County High School, the maximum is 10%)

Total credit allowed is no more than 20% (ex: A Veteran, with a Bachelor’s degree, would have a maximum credit of 20% as a Veteran, not 30% for both. If not a Veteran, but possess a Bachelor’s degree and was a graduate of a high school in Richland County, the credit would be 20% (10% + 10%).

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Benefits

All sworn Mansfield Police Personnel receive the following benefits:

Anthem Health Insurance:

  • Anthem Blue Access PPO
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) available
  • Prescription coverage
  • VSP Vision and Delta Dental Insurance

Life Insurance

  • Group life insurance in the amount of $25,000
  • Professional Liability Insurance

Working Hours

  • Patrol Officers work 8-hour shifts
  • 96 hours of vacation time per year after the completion of one year
  • 120 hours of sick time accrued per year
  • 24 hours of Personal Time per year
  • 12 paid holidays per year

Seniority/Longevity Incentives:

  • $100 Longevity pay per year of service
  • Additional vacation days:
    • Eight years but less than fifteen years: 144 Hours
    • Fifteen years but less than twenty years: 192 Hours
    • Twenty years or more: 240 Hours

Educational Incentive:

  • Tuition Reimbursement including a Master’s Degree

Additional Compensation:

  • Overtime Opportunities
  • Compensatory Time Option
  • Paid Court Attendance
  • Call-In Pay Opportunities
  • Special Detail Opportunities
  • Afternoon & Night Shift Differential Pay ($1.00 per hr.)
  • $1,000 Annual Uniform Allowance

Equipment and Gear Provided:

  • One (1) Sig Sauer P320 Handgun
  • First three (3) summer uniforms and three (3) winter uniform shirts
  • Academy Uniforms (if applicable)
  • One (1) Ballistic Vest (replacement vest every 5 years)
  • Full duty belt and duty rig holders
  • One (1) Radio, one (1) Taser and one (1) OC

Ohio Police & Fire Pension Plan with D.R.O.P. Option