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Bossier City Police Department entry pay
What this agency pays a new officer to start, and how that compares with the rest of the country.
Entry pay onlyEvery salary here is what an officer is paid on day one, out of the academy — base pay on a 40-hour week, with no overtime, shift differential, specialty or education pay counted. Nobody stays on it.
Bossier City Police Department starts at $42,576 a year — about $20.47 an hour on a 2,080-hour year, before overtime. That is $24,109 below the median of the 2,288 agencies on this list, and $25,564 below the median for municipal agencies.
Cost of livingPrices in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA run about 15% below the national average, so this goes about as far as $50,228 would somewhere at average prices — $7,652 more than the headline figure. Most of that is rent, at 52 against a national average of 100, where goods are 94. Based on price levels for this metropolitan area, from the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2024. The salary above is what the employer publishes; this line is our arithmetic on it, and nothing on this site is ranked on it.
How big the department isBossier City Police Department reported 200 sworn officers and 9 civilian staff to the FBI for 2025. That is 3.2 officers per 1,000 residents, over a population of 63,346.A rate is only meaningful for a city department, where the population served is the city’s own. Reporting to the FBI is voluntary, so a count can reflect a partial return as easily as a small agency, and the FBI asks that agencies not be compared on staffing. Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Full-time Law Enforcement Employees, 2025.
What Bossier City says about itself
As members of the Bossier City Police Department, we will strive to provide the highest level of safety and protection to the public and their property; encourage crime prevention through teamwork, creative problem solving, education and training; deliver quality police service with honesty and integrity; and build community and organizational partnerships through participation and open communication.
What Bossier City does
Bossier City Police Department provides municipal law-enforcement service with an emphasis on professionalism, community service and proactive policing.
Bossier City’s rotation, in BlueShifts
Louisiana Revised Statute 33:2213, the law that governs police work periods in the state, names this department directly: "The Bossier City Police Department, the New Iberia Police Department, and the Abbeville Police Department shall work a two-week cycle, thirty-six hours the first week and forty-eight hours the second week. During the first week, the officers shall work Sunday, be off Monday and Tuesday, and work Wednesday and Thursday. During the second week, they shall work Monday and Tuesday, be off Wednesday and Thursday, and work Friday and Saturday." Seven twelve-hour shifts in fourteen days, with overtime measured by dividing the hours worked across the cycle to get an average week.
The rotation template screen — enter the cycle and the start date, and you are done.
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Every month, already filled in — no typing, however far ahead you look.
September 2026
The agency publishes the shift length but not a named cycle. These are the 12-hour rotations departments most often build on it: Pitman, 4 on, 4 off, DuPont, Panama, 3-4-4-3.
Thirty-six hours one week and forty-eight the next means the fortnight is the unit and the week tells you nothing - and the days move across the weekend every cycle. BlueShifts builds the fourteen days once and fills the year, so the long week and the short week are both visible before you agree to anything.
Where the figure comes from
Checked 10 August 2026. City of Bossier City Police Career Opportunities — open the source document
Their source is effective 10 August 2026.
Entry-level base salary only. Overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift
differentials, locality pay and lateral rates are excluded, so most officers earn more
than this.
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How this level compares
Where Bossier City sits is partly about the agency and partly about which level of policing it belongs to. The three levels do not pay the same.
| Level | Lowest | Median | Highest | Agencies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal | $33,280 | $68,140 | $163,619 | 1549 |
| County | $35,000 | $63,565 | $132,263 | 516 |
| Special jurisdiction | $31,200 | $60,204 | $107,954 | 71 |
| State | $33,994 | $65,166 | $110,916 | 145 |
| Federal | $70,477 | $73,502 | $86,530 | 5 |
| Territory | $16,640 | $28,236 | $43,354 | 9 |
Federal agencies pay the most to start
The middle federal agency starts at $73,502 — about $5,400 more than the middle municipal agency and about $9,900 more than the middle county agency and about $13,300 more than the middle special jurisdiction agency and about $8,300 more than the middle state agency and about $45,300 more than the middle territory agency. Bossier City starts at $42,576, so $25,564 below the municipal middle.
How it ranks
Common questions
How much does a Bossier City Police Department officer make?
Bossier City Police Department starts a new officer on $42,576 a year, about $20.47 an hour on a 2,080-hour year. That is base salary before overtime, bonuses, education incentives, shift differentials and locality pay, so most serving officers earn more. The figure comes from City of Bossier City Police Career Opportunities.
Is that good pay for a police officer in Louisiana?
It ranks #13 of 28 agencies we have verified in Louisiana — 15 pay less, 12 pay more in the state — and #2,237 of 2,288 nationally. Against the national median it is $24,109 below, and against other municipal agencies $25,564 below.
What shifts do Bossier City Police Department officers work?
Louisiana Revised Statute 33:2213, the law that governs police work periods in the state, names this department directly: "The Bossier City Police Department, the New Iberia Police Department, and the Abbeville Police Department shall work a two-week cycle, thirty-six hours the first week and forty-eight hours the second week. During the first week, the officers shall work Sunday, be off Monday and Tuesday, and work Wednesday and Thursday. During the second week, they shall work Monday and Tuesday, be off Wednesday and Thursday, and work Friday and Saturday." Seven twelve-hour shifts in fourteen days, with overtime measured by dividing the hours worked across the cycle to get an average week. That is the agency's own published wording; the pattern is drawn on this page.
Compare with another department
Put Bossier City Police Department side by side with any other agency on the site — the two salaries, what each is worth once local prices are counted, and which comes out ahead.
The agencies either side of it
Other agencies in LA
| # | Agency | Level | Sworn # | Entry pay | Vs Bossier | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office | County | 916 | $58,200 | +$15,624 | #1,664 |
| 2 | Baton Rouge Police Department | Municipal | 544 | $58,000 | +$15,424 | #1,677 |
| 3 | Louisiana State Police | State | 1,192 | $57,680 | +$15,104 | #1,719 |
| 4 | Kenner Police Department | Municipal | 152 | $54,700 | +$12,124 | #1,877 |
| 5 | New Orleans Police Department | Municipal | 906 | $54,421 | +$11,845 | #1,894 |
| 6 | Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries — Enforcement Division | State | — | $53,997 | +$11,421 | #1,917 |
| 7 | Gretna Police Department | Municipal | 93 | $49,118 | +$6,542 | #2,114 |
| 8 | Lake Charles Police Department | Municipal | 138 | $48,500 | +$5,924 | #2,129 |
| 9 | Alexandria Police Department | Municipal | 93 | $48,271 | +$5,695 | #2,138 |
| 10 | Lafayette Police Department | Municipal | 278 | $45,000 | +$2,424 | #2,207 |
| 11 | Covington Police Department | Municipal | 45 | $43,672 | +$1,096 | #2,227 |
| 12 | Sulphur Police Department | Municipal | 61 | $43,553 | +$977 | #2,228 |
Base pay is only part of the year
Whatever the figure above, the rotation is what decides your year — which weekends you lose, when the changeovers land, what you can plan around. Save yours once and BlueShifts shows it a year ahead, with the off-duty jobs you take and what each one paid.
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