If you want to be a positive force for change and are motivated, intelligent, compassionate and want to be a part of the solution, then the Atlanta Police Department may be interested in you.

At a starting salary for officers with a bachelor’s degree at $42,128.71 including health, dental, and life insurance benefits, the department has 300 slots to fill by the end of the year.

It will hold more than a dozen career fairs at the APD’s Public Safety Headquarters building, 226 Peachtree St, SW, 2nd Floor,

in Atlanta to attract qualified candidates. Here are the dates and times:

8 a.m. Friday

8 a.m. Feb 9

8 a.m. Feb. 13

9 a.m. Feb. 14

8 a.m. Feb. 20

8 a.m. Feb. 23

8 a.m. Feb. 27

9 a.m. Feb. 28

Information: www.joinatlantapd.org.