Police Patrol Officer (Entry Level or Lateral Transfer)

About the role

This Police Patrol Officer position is FLSA non-exempt, entry-level under the general supervision of a Police Sergeant. The role involves police patrol, criminal investigations, traffic laws/regulations, related criminal law enforcement activities, and a wide variety of community services.

Responsibilities

• Performs proactive police patrol functions, responds to calls for service, enforces laws, maintains order, prevents crime, provides miscellaneous services to assist the public, and enforces traffic laws and directs traffic.
• Investigates crimes, gathers evidence, interviews people, issues citations, makes arrests, prepares reports and cases for prosecution, and testifies in court.
• Observes, listens, analyzes, and assesses problems under varied circumstances and applies knowledge, reason, and good judgment to solve problems and render appropriate decisions.
• Interacts effectively with culturally diverse groups and individuals, calms emotional people, and displays superior customer service skills.
• Engages in superior communication with a wide variety of people verbally and in writing.
• Maintains self-control under stress.
• Maintains a level of mental and physical fitness commensurate with the requirements of the position.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships and functions well as part of a team.
• Complies with verbal and written instructions and orders.
• Performs in accordance with organizational values, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains and completes the required reports, documentation, forms, or logs.
• Inspects and maintains police related equipment, facilities, and uniforms to ensure proper function, use, and appearance.
• Works varied hours, holidays, and weekends.

Requirements

The physical standards an employee must meet in order to perform the essential job duties with or without a reasonable accommodation include:

• Ability to show upper body and core body muscular endurance to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise assist incapacitated individuals of approximately 150 pounds (18 ft.), handle other items, defend oneself, take evasive action, and control suspects.
• Occasional balancing (1 ft. in height 11 feet), bending, climbing (4 ft. high), crawling (4-6 feet), kneeling, reaching, squatting, standing, and twisting.
• Ability to demonstrate explosive leg strength (jumping vertically at least 18 inches).
• Ability to show cardiorespiratory and sprinting ability on uneven terrain, up and down stairs, and under various conditions to perform essential functions in the community.
• Prolonged sitting while driving a patrol vehicle and the ability to sit for long periods of time for preparing reports.
• Frequent use of visual and auditory acuity for a broad continuum of essential activities including but not limited to detecting hazards, recognizing vehicles and people, reading documents, searching for evidence, and hearing and understanding speech.
• Hear and distinguish between multiple levels of sounds, frequencies, tones, and tones of voice.
• Speak clearly with good diction and appropriate volume level.
• Clear vision and the ability to distinguish between various colors.

Qualifications

• Be a U.S. citizen at time of application.
• Be at least 21 years of age by date of the written exam.
• Possess a high school diploma or GED at time of application.
• A valid driver’s license at the time of application, and a valid Colorado driver’s license within 30 days of employment.
• License restrictions that may hinder your ability to drive on City business, such as an interlock, will be cause for disqualification.
• Not have been convicted of the following: felony crime, misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, misdemeanor crime that would affect ability to certify with the Colorado Police Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board, DUI or DWAI within the last five (5) years.
• Candidates with prior military service in the armed forces must provide, as an attachment to their application, their DD-214 which must reflect Character of Service as Honorable or Uncharacterized discharge.
• A Colorado POST Certification and higher education is highly desirable.
• Any tattoos, or other markings on the head, scalp, face, ears, neck (above the collarbone), or hands (wrist to fingertips) will be cause for disqualification.
• Any use of marijuana within one (1) year prior to the date of application, or any use of any illegal drugs (i.e. heroin, cocaine, LSD, amphetamines, steroids, or other illegal drug as defined in schedules I through V of Section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act) within five (5) years prior to the date of application will be cause for disqualification.