Green Bay Police Department

The Green Bay Police Department will be hosting our next hiring process in February. If you're interested in a career in law enforcement and with the Green Bay Police Department, apply online at gbpolice.org. Be sure to check out minimum requirements, which are explained when applying.

Career fair announcement! Have you ever had an interest in joining law enforcement, or know someone who wants to become a police officer? GBPD is going to be at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee attending the Spring 2024 Social Services/Justice, Health & Wellness Career Fair on February 15 from 10am-2pm. We encourage you to come visit and inquire about what our department has to offer. We look forward to you visiting our table!

The Green Bay Police Department is hiring patrol officers! GBPD is one of the largest departments in Wisconsin. The department currently has 178 sworn officers dedicated to serving and protecting Green Bay and is looking to add at least 10 new officers to its ranks. It is one of the longest serving departments in the state, being in service since 1857. We invite current academy recruits, associate degree students, and lateral officers currently employed to apply. The Green Bay Police Department offers a wide variety of specialty opportunities such as SWAT, K9 Handler, Dive Team, Crisis Negotiator, Training Unit, Traffic Unit, Drug Recognition Expert (DRE), Honor Guard, Motorcycle Unit, CCIT, Community Police, Behavioral Health, Detective, amongst many more. Officers work a 5-on-3-off, 8.5-hour rotation and can choose from 5 different shifts (day, mid-day, afternoon, evening, and night). New officers begin their pay scale at $31.99/hr and can receive up to $45.13/hr depending on years of service. Laterals can receive a lateral pay transfer dependent on years of service. If sponsored by the agency to attend the academy, recruits are paid at a rate of $21.51/hr and receive benefits. Hurry! The window to apply will close JANUARY 31st @ 4:00PM. Scan the QR code to take you to the application. We look forward to seeing you in our hiring process!

We would like to CONGRATULATE Terri Racine on her next adventure as she retired from the Green Bay Police Department as a professional staff member on January 17, 2024, following 25 years of dedicated service with us. Overall, Terri has served the City of Green Bay for 33 years. THANK YOU!

It was a special day at the Green Bay Police Department on Friday, December 15, 2023, as we CONGRATULATED Detective Brad Biller and School Resource Officer Kelly Molitor on their retirements. These two have each served 28 years at GBPD. Brad and Kelly both graduated NWTC's Police Science program together, started here at GBPD together and are now retiring together. ENJOY the next chapter & THANK YOU for your service.

The Green Bay Police Department would like to CONGRATULATE Officer Marc Opicka of the Training Division who has just received the Community Service Award from the Rotary Club of Green Bay. On Monday, December 18, 2023, Officer Opicka was recognized for consistently going above and beyond in his assigned duties to ensure that his colleagues and the community are being served to the best of his abilities in his roles such as rangemaster, dive team, field training officer, Honor Guard, and more.

Today, we congratulate and celebrate our newest officer John Anderson, and his graduation from the Fox Valley Technical College 720-hour Police Recruit Academy on Friday, December 15, 2023. Officer Anderson was his academy’s class president and at graduation, he was awarded FVTC’s prestigious “Officer Craig Birkholz Leadership Award”, given to him by his classmates. The award memorializes Officer Birkholz who was a graduate from FVTC’s police academy, and his leadership that was left behind after he was killed in the line of duty in Fond du Lac in 2011. The award is given to those recruits who are team players, thoughtful, display positive attitude, quiet/caring, highly motivated, and a goal setter. The Green Bay Police Department is proud to have Officer Anderson, a veteran of the U.S. Army, represent the agency and community in such an honorable light. Officer Anderson begins the field training program on Monday, December 18, 2023. Welcome to the department and be safe!

CONGRATULATIONS to Lieutenant Thoreson, who graduated Leadership in Police Organizations (LPO) on Friday, December 8, 2023. This is a sponsored program by the International Association of Chiefs of Police. The three-week course explores how to effectively lead change in individuals, groups, and organizations. Lieutenant Thoreson was joined by Chief Davis on graduation day at the Lake Delton Police Dept which hosted the course.

On Saturday, December 9, 2023, we participated in the 29th Annual Shop With A Cop - Brown County, WI! THANK YOU to Lamers Bus Lines, McDonald’s, Promotional Designs, Walmart Green Bay - Main St and all of our community donors for your support. We also want to THANK all of our volunteer officers, photographers, and bus drivers for donating your time to make this event possible. We can’t forget Betsy, the facility dog with WRIGHTSTOWN COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, who also joined us this year. This is an event we look forward to each year and is always a fun time!

Our next testing process starts soon. There's still time to apply if you're interested in a career with Green Bay Police Department. #WhoWeAre