Police Officer (POST Certified)

About the role

The Loveland Police Department offers extensive training for individuals hired as Police Officers. Training can take between 6 to 12 months from the date of hire. Police Officers hired by the Loveland Police Department are required to attend a 6-week pre-service and a 4-month field training program. Recruit Police Officers are required to attend those training programs as well as a 4-month Police academy.

Responsibilities

• Deterring illegal activities to preserve and protect the safety and security of persons and property.
• Responding to calls for service, conducting traffic enforcement including impaired driving enforcement, drafting search warrants and affidavits, making physical, custodial arrests upon probable cause, and conducting proactive law enforcement activity.
• Collecting, identifying, and preserving evidence and personal property.
• Arresting, detaining, searching, and preserving safety, including approaching and detaining subjects, making arrests, forcibly if necessary, and restraining and subduing suspects when necessary.
• Using appropriate safety precautions in hazardous and potentially dangerous situations.
• Communicating, both verbally and in writing, while providing appropriate public service and interaction, including using appropriate oral and written communication to provide law enforcement information and explanations.
• Performing patrol activities in assigned area, including safely operating a motor vehicle for extended periods of time, during all hours of the day, in daylight and at night, in all types of weather, under routine and emergent conditions.
• Enforcing laws and ordinances, as well as monitoring and enforcing traffic codes.
• Testifying in civil and criminal court on behalf of the police department.
• Serving summonses and arrest warrants.
• Participating in all required training.
• Adhering to an exemplary law enforcement code of conduct while on or off duty.
• Functioning effectively within the prescribed chain of command.

Requirements

• At least 21 years old at time of application.
• A Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) certification from an approved academy or provisional certificate by hire date is required.
• A minimum of 90 quarter hours or 60 semester credit hours or an Associate's Degree, from an accredited college or university is required OR 3 years of active military experience with an honorable discharge.
• A valid driver's license.
• Able to legally possess and carry a firearm.
• Must meet physical ability test standards set forth in Loveland Police Department Directives.
• Must be able to read, write, speak and understand the English language as determined by the LPD officer selection process.

Qualifications

• Must be able to perform the following physical requirements: walking, standing, running, stooping, kneeling, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, crawling, bending, climbing, feeling, talking, seeing (including distinguishing color), hearing and conducting repetitive motions.
• Ability to run to apprehend a fleeing subject or to run to safety when confronted with certain situations.
• Ability to use strength and quickness to rescue endangered persons.
• Ability to separate individuals fighting or preparing to fight.
• Ability to function for extended periods of time with little rest or sleep.

Skills

• Legal knowledge and procedures.
• Effective communication skills.
• Physical fitness and endurance.
• Handling firearms and other equipment.
• Use of technology and computer skills.

Benefits

To view additional police department specific benefits: https://www.lovelandpd.org/about/join-the-lpd

Pay

Non-lateral hiring salary: $93,695.75 per year, $101,077.83 per year after 12-month probation period.

Schedule

Continuous recruitment process with a non-lateral selection process involving the FrontLine National Law Enforcement Exam, Physical Test, Initial/Executive Oral Board Interviews, Conditional Job Offer, Background Investigation, and a 3 to 6 month selection process from application to hire.

Lateral Transfer Officer Requirements

• Must possess at least two (2) years patrol experience as a SWORN full-time law enforcement officer (equivalent to a peace officer under CRS 16-2.5-101).
• Patrol experience includes: Responding to calls for service, community policing, conducting traffic enforcement including impaired driving enforcement, drafting search warrants and affidavits, making physical, custodial arrests upon probable cause, and conducting proactive law enforcement activity.
• Transfers from detention, corrections, parole, and/or probation assignments do not qualify as lateral transfer officers.