Police Officer

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The Police Officer position is a full-time position and requires a minimum of 86 hours per two-week pay period including possible overtime, evenings and nights. The pay range is $61,560 – $90,422.

• PTO Accrual (available immediately as accrued)
• Health insurance, vision, and dental
• 457 Retirement with city match up to 6% (eligible after 6 months of continuous employment).
• Access to robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 15 paid holidays annually, including 1 floating holiday
• City-paid CO FAMLI premiums

Police Sergeant

Police Officers exercise a high degree of discretion, trust, and confidence performing skilled police work. The Police Officer duties include police patrol, criminal investigations, enforcement of traffic laws and regulations, related criminal law enforcement activities, and a wide variety of community services. Police Officers work in partnership with the community to identify and resolve issues, to provide public safety to the community, and to maintain peace, safety, and order.

Police Officers must exercise considerable judgment, initiative, and skill in a variety of situations and must be able to act without direct supervision in completing work. This position requires employees to work in highly stressful, emergency situations where injury or death of individuals might occur.

This job description is an overview and is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all the functions and tasks required of the position.

• Perform proactive police patrol functions, respond to calls for service, enforce laws, maintain order, prevent crime, enforce traffic laws and direct traffic and provide miscellaneous service to assist the public;
• Enforce statutes, codes and laws in a manner that is reasonable, fair and devoid of bias of any kind;
• Investigate crimes, gather evidence, interview people, issue citations, make arrests, prepare reports and cases for prosecution, and testify in court;
• Conduct investigations of criminal activity consistent with statutory requirements, best-practices and departmental policies and procedures;
• Conduct searches of individuals, structures and vehicles in a manner that meets constitutional requirements;
• Handle and process evidence according to department policy and in accordance with statutory requirements;
• Operate police vehicles responsibly and in a manner that reflects positively on the department;
• Utilize firearms in a manner consistent with safe practices, department policy, state statutes, federal law and the United States Constitution;
• Utilize weaponless defense techniques in a manner that is reasonable, just and constitutional;
• Interact with members of the community and the department in a manner that is professional, fair and without bias;
• Treat members of the community and co-workers with dignity, respect and in a manner that reflects positively on the agency;
• Communicate verbally and in writing clearly and concisely;
• Report to work on time, with the required equipment and dressed appropriately for the assignment in a manner that reflects positively on the department;
• Work on a computer for word processing, report submissions, sending and receiving emails, and data entry.

• Animal control;
• Community liaison;
• Perform related work and support for the city’s Police Department as required

No supervisory responsibilities.

Work is performed in accordance with legal requirements, standard practices and methods requiring initiative to complete recurring assignments independently and judgment to determine which of many methods are applicable in any given situation.

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to effectively communicate and interact with all levels of the city, outside agencies, and the general public in a positive and cooperative manner. Maintain strong working relationships with the community, city staff,…