Police Officer Lateral

Post Certified Police Officer

Full-Time / Non-Exempt

Salary Range: $73,881 to $115,015

Employees with a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university receive an additional $2,500 per year while moving through the salary steps as an officer and will sunset upon reaching top pay.

General Statement of Duties:

Under general supervision, performs a wide variety of police and law enforcement duties involving traffic and field patrol, investigations, crime prevention, community relations and public safety, and related services and activities; participates in all work activities; assumes responsibility for assigned special programs, projects or department-wide functions or activities; and performs a variety of administrative and technical tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility.

Must exercise considerable judgment, initiative and skill in a variety of situations and must be able to act without direct supervision in completing work. Duties are carried out under established organizational values, policies, procedures and the laws of the City, the State of Colorado and the United States.

Example of Duties:

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Patrols a designated area on an assigned shift; preserves laws and order; prevents or discovers crime, apprehends criminals or offenders and enforces traffic laws.
• Detects and prevents criminal activities by surveillance of assigned business and residential areas. Notes possible criminal occurrences and takes steps to prevent criminal actions. Promotes crime prevention by initiating contact with businesses and residents including explaining applicable laws, soliciting cooperation in crime reporting, and otherwise creating a good rapport with citizens.
• Enforces traffic laws and vehicle codes and promotes traffic safety. Notes illegal or unsafe driving practices and advises or makes arrests as appropriate. Directs traffic, reports unsafe road conditions and otherwise promotes vehicular and pedestrian safety.
• Investigates, gathers evidence, locates and interviews relevant persons, makes arrests when required, takes necessary police action, prepares reports and cases for prosecution, and testifies in court.
• Responds to priority calls regarding public disturbances, criminal, civil or emergency situations. May provide emergency medical assistance, controls traffic, and otherwise ensures attention is given to public safety.
• Regularly interacts with citizens to identify issues of concern, works together with them to resolve those concerns, facilitates community problem solving, and takes enforcement action when appropriate.
• Prepares a variety of daily and other reports and logs.
• Provides a variety of related police services including transport of prisoners, assistance to motorists, and mediation of family disturbances.
• Acts with sensitivity to the feelings of others, does not contribute to antagonism, interacts effectively with diverse groups, calms emotional people, acts courteous/respectful, and uses good customer service skills.
• Establishes and maintains effective working relationships, works closely with others, accepts constructive criticism, learns and improves, corrects mistakes, and acts effectively as part of a team.
• Maintains self-control under stress, performs effectively, exercises restraint when verbally or physically abused, uses only necessary and reasonable force, and does not retaliate.
• Maintains a level of physical fitness, which meets all potential physical demands of policing and completing job responsibilities successfully.
• Inspects and maintains police related equipment, facilities and uniforms to ensure proper function, use and appearance.
• Attends community functions as police representative.
• Complies with all organizational values, policies, procedures, philosophies and all verbal and written instructions.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• A Police Officer is required to maintain a level of physical fitness to be able to safely perform all duties, especially those requiring maximum levels of exertion, e.g., arrest control, suspect chase. Successful completion of Essential Job Demands testing in accordance with Policy and Procedure.

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