The City of Gunnison

City of Gunnison Patrol Officer

Salary available in the full job description. Differential pay for shift work.

Signing Bonus $15,000 ('24 budget). ($7,500 at hire, $7,500 at completion of Field Training.)

City owned transitional housing available for PD officers.

Generous benefit package. See more below for full details.

• Education:
  
  Applicants must have either a high school diploma or G.E.D.
• Age:
  Applicants must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age at hire.
• Citizenship/Firearms possession:
  Must be eligible to work and possess firearms in Colorado and the United State at time of employment. Qualified exceptions may exist for DACA recipients, refugees and asylees.
• Driver's License:
  Must possess a valid Colorado driver's license at time of appointment.
• Driving & Employment Record:
  Applicants must have a good driving record and employment record to be considered for employment.
• Residency:
  Officers must live within a (30) thirty-minute drive time to the city limits of Gunnison. The (30) thirty-minute drive time will be base-lined when the streets are dry, with a vehicle driving the legal speed limit.
• Illegal Drug Activity:
  Applicants who have illegally sold, delivered, distributed, or manufactured drugs will be disqualified. Applicants who have illegally used drugs within the last 36 months will be disqualified. Applicant use of marijuana six months prior to application will be disqualified. The City of Gunnison has a Drug Free Use Policy.

Shift

Schedule:

Patrol Officers work 10 hour rotating shifts (Day shift, Swing shift, Grave shift). 4 days on 3 days off. Every 4 months assigned shifts and days off changes with rotation. Shifts are assigned by shift bidding based on officer seniority for a yearly schedule. Department provides 365 day 24-hour coverage so officers may be required to work weekends, holidays and any shifts as assigned.

P.O.S.T. certification:
Must possess a Colorado Basic Certification or Colorado Provisional Certification at time of appointment as a police officer.

• Provisional Certificate Holders
  - City of Gunnison will pay travel and training costs associated with full certification compliance after appointment and as part of a conditional offer.
• Non-Certificate Holders
  - City of Gunnison will pay academy costs associated with full certification compliance as part of a conditional offer, to include appointment as a police cadet while attending academy and housing costs.

• Gunnison Sportsman's Association Gun Club membership cost covered.
• 100% covered employer paid personal law enforcement liability insurance on and off duty.
• Officers are assigned take home vehicles.
• Officers issued all duty equipment including uniforms, belts, ballistic vest, handgun, rifle, etc.
• Collateral/Rotating assignments can include tactical team, detectives, crime scene team, community resource, department instructor in various disciplines, field training, armorer, and K9 unit opportunity when available.
• Training is conducted within the Department and through the Colorado P.O.S.T. program.

• 13 paid holidays
• 12 sick leave days
• Vacation balance accrues hourly at 4.62 hours per 2-week pay period, up to 180 hours (3 weeks) totaled per year. Vacation must be used in 8-hour increments.
• Medical, dental, and vision premiums covered 75% by employer 25% by employee for employee and dependents.
• 11.2% mandatory retirement contribution matched by employer to total 22.4% contribution in CCOERA. (No Social Security withholding.)
• Gunnison Recreation Center membership cost covered for employee, discounted cost for group/family membership.

The City of Gunnison, is a peaceful, cherished Colorado municipality located in the beautiful, high-altitude Gunnison River Valley, surrounded by national forest and mountains on nearly all sides. Gunnison (population 6,653, area 4.85 sq mi, elevation 7,703ft) is due south of Crested Butte and northeast of the incomparably beautiful San Juan Mountains. Add the Gunnison River, Curecanti National Recreation Area, and Blue Mesa Reservoir, and Gunnison becomes very hard to top in terms of outdoor…