California / Who is hiring / Southern California / Laterals Lateral police officer jobs in the Southern California Departments in the Southern California (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Ventura) with an open posting for lateral officers or deputies, ordered by top salary.
Departments with a posting open, checked Nov 14, 2026
58
Highest top salary among them: $157,844 at Newport Beach Police. Each title below links to the official posting.
Open now, highest top salary first Newport Beach Police 2025 salary range $106,835 to $157,844 Official jobs page Port Hueneme Police 2025 salary range $101,383 to $155,211 Official jobs page Santa Monica Police 2025 salary range $120,636 to $148,932 Official jobs page Orange County Sheriff 2025 salary range $96,325 to $145,995 Official jobs page Vernon Police 2025 salary range $115,288 to $140,133 Official jobs page Irvine Police 2025 salary range $101,691 to $139,984 Official jobs page Arcadia Police 2025 salary range $99,072 to $139,836 Official jobs page Beverly Hills Police 2025 salary range $104,986 to $138,443 Official jobs page Glendale Police 2025 salary range $99,756 to $137,558 Official jobs page Buena Park Police 2025 salary range $104,582 to $137,467 Official jobs page El Segundo Police 2025 salary range $101,173 to $135,287 Official jobs page San Bernardino County Sheriff 2025 salary range $80,642 to $134,618 Official jobs page Torrance Police 2025 salary range $98,758 to $134,139 Official jobs page Anaheim Police 2025 salary range $95,243 to $133,994 Official jobs page Ventura County Sheriff 2025 salary range $95,085 to $132,749 Official jobs page Costa Mesa Police 2025 salary range $98,448 to $131,940 Official jobs page Alhambra Police 2025 salary range $102,869 to $131,290 Official jobs page Tustin Police 2025 salary range $97,011 to $130,759 Official jobs page Manhattan Beach Police 2025 salary range $107,412 to $130,584 Official jobs page Palm Springs Police 2025 salary range $88,344 to $130,500 Official jobs page La Habra Police 2025 salary range $99,684 to $130,037 Official jobs page Cypress Police 2025 salary range $96,480 to $129,983 Official jobs page Santa Ana Police 2025 salary range $105,816 to $128,628 Official jobs page Monrovia Police 2025 salary range $86,580 to $128,164 Official jobs page Garden Grove Police 2025 salary range $91,859 to $128,024 Official jobs page Pomona Police 2025 salary range $103,368 to $126,192 Official jobs page Montebello Police 2025 salary range $100,608 to $125,646 Official jobs page Fullerton Police 2025 salary range $89,234 to $125,561 Official jobs page Westminster Police 2025 salary range $89,340 to $125,424 Official jobs page Brea Police 2025 salary range $97,551 to $124,889 Official jobs page Gardena Police 2025 salary range $97,788 to $124,800 Official jobs page Azusa Police 2025 salary range $97,586 to $124,547 Official jobs page Huntington Beach Police 2025 salary range $100,027 to $123,906 Official jobs page Riverside Police 2025 salary range $97,092 to $123,888 Official jobs page Long Beach Police 2025 salary range $95,122 to $123,674 Official jobs page Placentia Police 2025 salary range $99,778 to $123,136 Official jobs page El Monte Police 2025 salary range $94,498 to $121,598 Official jobs page Chino Police 2025 salary range $100,005 to $121,536 Official jobs page Signal Hill Police 2025 salary range $95,041 to $121,300 Official jobs page Ontario Police 2025 salary range $99,757 to $121,285 Official jobs page Bell Gardens Police 2025 salary range $98,664 to $119,928 Official jobs page Hemet Police 2025 salary range $89,280 to $119,652 Official jobs page Menifee Police 2025 salary range $92,121 to $118,212 Official jobs page Cathedral City Police 2025 salary range $88,314 to $117,292 Official jobs page Corona Police 2025 salary range $91,208 to $116,407 Official jobs page Upland Police 2025 salary range $90,625 to $115,663 Official jobs page Glendora Police 2025 salary range $94,403 to $114,747 Official jobs page La Verne Police 2025 salary range $92,120 to $111,973 Official jobs page Montclair Police 2025 salary range $91,935 to $111,756 Official jobs page Baldwin Park Police 2025 salary range $91,925 to $111,736 Official jobs page Colton Police 2025 salary range $91,027 to $110,643 Official jobs page Los Angeles County Sheriff 2025 salary range $82,080 to $110,616 Official jobs page Huntington Park Police 2025 salary range $40,328 to $110,079 Official jobs page Barstow Police 2025 salary range $79,354 to $109,669 Official jobs page Sierra Madre Police 2025 salary range $88,362 to $107,404 Official jobs page Redlands Police 2025 salary range $81,427 to $107,042 Official jobs page Imperial County Sheriff 2025 salary range $58,980 to $75,343 Official jobs page Rialto Police 2025 salary range not published 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.
Common questions
How many departments are hiring? 58 had a matching posting open when their official jobs pages were read on Nov 14, 2026.
Which of them pays the most? Newport Beach Police had the highest top salary in 2025, $157,844. Southern California police salaries · Every department with an open posting · Lateral jobs by salary · What the written test covers · Compare salaries
More for the Southern California 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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