California / Who is hiring / Sacramento area / Laterals Lateral police officer jobs in the Sacramento area Departments in the Sacramento area (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Yolo) with an open posting for lateral officers or deputies, ordered by top salary.
Departments with a posting open, checked Nov 14, 2026
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Highest top salary among them: $129,112 at Rocklin Police. Each title below links to the official posting.
Open now, highest top salary first Rocklin Police 2025 salary range $94,734 to $129,112 Official jobs page West Sacramento Police 2025 salary range $102,504 to $121,860 Official jobs page Sacramento Police 2025 salary range $89,383 to $119,781 Official jobs page Davis Police 2025 salary range $93,119 to $113,187 Official jobs page Folsom Police 2025 salary range $89,145 to $112,926 Official jobs page South Lake Tahoe Police 2025 salary range $90,972 to $110,136 Official jobs page Citrus Heights Police 2025 salary range $87,693 to $109,470 Official jobs page Read from each city or county's jobs page on governmentjobs.com on Nov 14, 2026. Departments that hire through another site are not covered. Postings open and close often. Always apply on the agency's own page.
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How many departments are hiring? 7 had a matching posting open when their official jobs pages were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Which of them pays the most? Rocklin Police had the highest top salary in 2025, $129,112. Sacramento area police salaries · Every department with an open posting · Lateral jobs by salary · What the written test covers · Compare salaries
More for the Sacramento area How to read this. Stop figures count people stopped in 2024, from the California Department of Justice stop data. A stop is a detention or search, so calls with no detention are not counted. "On foot" means any stop that is not a vehicle or bicycle. Pay is base pay a year, without overtime. Hiring and pay details come from each agency's own pages on the date shown and can change. "Not published" means the agency does not publish it.
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