Police Officer

Requisition Number: 74280

Location:

Boulder, Colorado

City:
Boulder

State:
Colorado

Employment Type:

University Staff

Schedule:

Full-Time

Posting Close Date: 31-Aug-2026

Date Posted: 14-Aug-2026

The University of Colorado Boulder encourages applications for Police Officers, to be hired either as Police Officer Recruits or Lateral Police Officers. These positions exist to maintain order, prevent, solve, and document criminal activity. Officers' duties can include the following: conduct various methods of patrol, arrest violators, file criminal cases with prosecuting attorneys' offices, respond to emergencies, and provide a wide range of citizen assistance.

Police Officers work special events including athletic events, distinguished speakers and lecturers, and concerts. Police Officers will routinely solve issues that require heightened decision-making abilities, and use analysis and individual discretion to make choices affecting others and the campus at large.

Police Officer Recruits attend and successfully pass the Police Academy and the CUPD Police Training Officer (PTO) program in their first year. Successful completion of these programs, plus a probationary period, makes them eligible for full police work. Police Officer Recruits who have already graduated from a POST-approved Police Academy prior to their employment at CUPD may not qualify as lateral police officers until they have also completed their CUPD PTO program plus successful completion of the probationary period.

Lateral Police Officers (POST-certified) have experience at another law enforcement agency within the last twelve months. They can begin the duties of the position of Police Officer after completing training requirements of CUPD including on-the-job training.

CU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity, and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

The Division of Public Safety seeks to facilitate and coordinate a culture that supports the Boulder campus' commitment to maintain the highest level of ethics, integrity, and safety in the conduct of its operations. We do this through services to enhance community safety, protect life and property, and foster safe, secure, and ethical practices.

The University of Colorado (CU) Boulder is one of America's leading research universities and the flagship of the CU System. As a comprehensive public doctoral Research University, CU Boulder is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified as an R1 University. The university has nine schools and colleges offering over 150 academic programs and enrolling 35,000 degree-seeking undergraduate and graduate students.

At CU Boulder, we believe in supporting each other and valuing everyone who is part of our community. Our values are expected of all Buffs and lead our actions in the classroom, on campus and in our community. At CU Boulder, we commit to building a more diverse and inclusive campus community. We value different backgrounds, identities and perspectives and believe that engagement with a wide range of ideas and viewpoints can help students learn and grow.

Police Operations - Patrol

• Promote public safety by preventing, detecting, and identifying criminal and suspicious activity, issuing summonses, making probable cause arrests and/or incarcerating offenders, completing arrest and search warrants for violations of federal, state, and municipal laws and traffic offenses.

Emergency and Citizen Responses

• Assist the public with non-criminal emergencies such as medical emergencies, fires, hazardous materials accidents, natural disasters, stranded motorist, and missing persons, as well as provide directions and information to the public.

Special Event and Contract Assignments

• Provide for orderly public events by maintaining crowd and traffic control and specialized enforcement at political rallies, demonstrations, concerts, and sporting events, as well as providing money guards and collaborating with other agencies for security for dignitaries.

Filing of Cases

• Submit criminal cases directly to federal, state, or municipal prosecuting attorneys, or university officials for filing of criminal charges or referrals for violation of university rules/regulation by writing detailed reports, affidavits for search warrants and other paper work as required, as well as preparing and delivering courtroom testimony.

Evidence Recognition, Preservation, Collection, and Submission

• Collect and preserve evidence by photographing, videotaping, and sketching crime scenes, collecting fluid specimens, hair and fiber samples, fingerprints, and other items of evidentiary value, while maintaining chain of custody requirements.

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