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Compared to other career fields, the $2,300.00+ per month salary earned
during the training period significantly exceeds the average salary women
earn working in more traditional occupations.
- We do not have any pre-requisites for skills, training, or prior law enforcement
experience in order to be considered for the Training Academy, as compared with
most other occupations.
- Most other occupations require you to have a combination of pre-requisites before
determining your pay scale, whereas the San Antonio Police Department has
consistently used one standard regardless of gender.
- According to the "Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement", less than one in
three women have a traditional pension or a 401(k)-style retirement savings
accound. Whereas, every San Antonio police officer, regardless of gender, is
automatically enrolled into the pension fund.
- Even though the number of Americans without health insurance is rising,
equally affecting both the wealthy and the working poor, the City of San
Antonio provides you and your immediate family with health, dental
and optical coverage.
- Women today have a choice! The social and cultural barriers that have influenced
women in the past from becoming police officers no longer hold true today.
Since our last census, we have found that women are more likely to consider
law enforcement as compared to years past. Prior to 2001, we have seen an increase
of police cadet appointees rise significantly from 4.2 per year to 16.
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