Salary Q

[CragCrawler]

I noticed on the AZ DPS website they mention the salary included perfomance pay. Could someone explain this concept to me?

[Desert DPS]

I noticed on the AZ DPS website they mention the salary included perfomance pay. Could someone explain this concept to me?

If I recall correctly, if DPS makes certain "goals" per year, all sworn personnel receive a "performance" bonus. I think it's 2.5%. Something like that.


If DPS does not make the "goal" we don't get the performance pay. At least that's how I remember it being explained to me.

It may be all personnel but I'm not sure.

[CragCrawler]

If I recall correctly, if DPS makes certain "goals" per year, all sworn personnel receive a "performance" bonus. I think it's 2.5%. Something like that.


If DPS does not make the "goal" we don't get the performance pay. At least that's how I remember it being explained to me.

It may be all personnel but I'm not sure.

What exactly are those goals? Does the DPS have Quotas for issuing citations?

[AZLawDawg]

Nope, no quotas at all. I've had weeks where I've written 40 cites and weeks where I've written only 15 cites, and no one's ever batted an eye.

[Desert DPS]

I can't remember what they were. It doesn't have anything to do with the amount of tickets or stops we make, I can assure you that. I'll try to remember to ask my Sgt. Maybe she'll remember.

[Oregon Mike]

If I may offer an uninformed guess, I'd bet it has to do with reducing the number of crashes during certain time periods. I know the Oregon State Police measures their department success (in part) by the number of crashes over holiday weekends compared with previous years.