The City of Woodland Park

Enforces City Ordinances, Colorado State laws, Federal laws, and provides police services. Performs patrol, investigation, traffic, and related law enforcement activities. Works independently.

Responsibilities

• Enforces laws and ordinances; provides police services.
• Works on rotating shifts including days, nights, weekends, and holidays performing patrols, traffic control, investigation, and first aid at accidents; detection, investigation, and arrest of persons involved in crimes or misconduct.
• Works as a detective when assigned.
• Handles difficult and emergency situations without immediate assistance, using independent judgment.
• Carries out duties in conformance with the United States Constitution, Colorado Constitution, Federal law, State law, County, and City ordinances.
• Patrols City streets, parks, commercial, and residential areas to preserve peace, enforce laws, control traffic, prevent or detect crimes, and protect the community.
• Responds to emergency and regular radio calls for enforcement or police service.
• Investigates and solves crimes; interviews suspects, witnesses, and victims; obtains and preserves evidence; prepares cases for filing charges; testifies in court.
• Prepares and serves arrest and search warrants in routine and high-risk situations.
• Conducts traffic control activities including directing traffic, investigating traffic accidents, enforcing traffic laws, and promoting traffic safety.
• Investigates vehicular accidents, summons ambulances and law enforcement vehicles, takes measurements, and documents scenes.
• Prepares a variety of reports and records.
• Engages in community-oriented policing, assists citizens with crime prevention and traffic safety, and coordinates with other City departments and law enforcement agencies.
• Maintains contact with supervisory personnel to coordinate activities and provide mutual assistance during emergencies.
• Maintains departmental equipment, supplies, and facilities.
• Performs public speaking, presentations, and serves as lead worker with Reserve Officers and Police Cadets when assigned.

Requirements

• Must meet requirements for and achieve Peace Officer Certification as described in Colorado Law and P.O.S.T. regulations.
• Must possess, or be able to obtain by time of hire, a valid Colorado State driver’s license.
• No felony convictions or disqualifying misdemeanor convictions as specified by Colorado law.
• Must be able to read and write the English language.
• Must be of good moral character and of temperate and industrious habits.
• Must pass a background check as described in Woodland Park Police Policy.
• High school diploma or equivalent; two-year degree or bachelor’s degree is preferable.
• Must be POST certified.

Skills

• Knowledge of modern law enforcement principles, procedures, techniques, and equipment.
• Skill in operating tools and equipment used in law enforcement.
• Ability to learn applicable laws, ordinances, and department rules and regulations.
• Ability to perform work requiring good physical condition.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, peers, and supervisors.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in evaluating situations and making decisions.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to learn the City’s geography.

Physical Demands

• Frequently required to sit, talk, or hear; stand; walk; use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell.
• Must be able to drive cars for long periods, walk long distances wearing equipment and weapons, and run for safety or to pursue suspects.
• Must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Must be able to use physical force to subdue suspects.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus (vision may be corrected).

Tools and Equipment Used

• Police car, police radio, handgun and other weapons as required, first aid equipment, personal computer including office software, and other necessary police equipment.

Special Requirements

• Willing to meet Department standards for ethical behavior.
• Willing to use physical and deadly physical force when reasonable and necessary.
• Must be able to testify effectively in court.
• May be required to carry firearms off duty.
• Subject to recall to duty at any time; may be required to carry phones or pagers.

Work Environment

• Frequently works in outside weather conditions; spends long periods in police cars.
• Occasionally works near moving mechanical parts, in high or precarious places, with explosives, and is exposed to wet/humid conditions, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Pay

• Police Officer I: starting at $62,836
• Police Officer II: starting at $69,119
• Police Officer III: starting at $74,511

Benefits

• Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short-term/long-term disability (STD/LTD).
• 401A – 8% contribution from City, 457 plan.
• Basic life insurance policy.
• Vacation Time Off (VTO), Paid Time Off (PTO) accruals.

Selection process includes formal application, review of education and experience, written and physical agility tests, oral interview, background check, polygraph examination, psychological examination, drug test, medical examination, and final selection.