Lateral Police Officer

Lateral Police Officer Position

The City of Lynnwood currently has a Lateral Police Officer position opening. The incumbent of this position is responsible for general duty police work which includes the prevention, detection and investigation of crimes and for maintaining and enforcing law and order. The position is located in the Lynnwood Police Department and is under the direct supervision of the shift duty sergeant.

Applicants hired as lateral police officers will receive a twenty five thousand dollar ($25,000) incentive. Ten thousand dollars ($10,000) will be paid following the start of employment. Five thousand dollars ($5,000) will be paid upon successful achievement of solo status. Five thousand dollars ($5,000) will be paid upon successful completion of their probationary period. Five thousand dollars ($5,000) will be paid upon successful completion of their second year of service.

Lateral officers are only eligible to participate in the incentive program once. Lateral officers will be credited with vacation accrual consistent with their prior experience up to seven (7) years of service. Following completion of the probation period, lateral officers will also be eligible for additional wage augments including educational premium pay and assignment/specialty pay as applicable.

Police Officer Salary (2026 Base Wages)

Step 1 - Step 2 - Step 3 - Step 4 - Step 5

Hourly Rate - $51.1436 - $55.5051 - $57.7599 - $60.1059 - $61.9622

Per Pay Period - $4,091.49 - $4,440.41 - $4,620.79 - $4,808.47 - $4,956.98

Annual Salary - $ - $ - $ - $ - $

Includes but is not limited to such essential functions as listed below:

• Provide service to the citizens of the City of Lynnwood to safeguard and protect their lives, property, and constitutional rights.
• Acquire and maintain thorough knowledge of all state, county, and city laws and ensure equal and impartial enforcement.
• Acquire and maintain familiarity with administrative policy and execute service programs within assigned area of responsibility.
• Secure all information pertinent to the proper conduct of business prior to the tour of duty.
• Inspect and maintain all equipment used.
• Ensure civil treatment and protection of all rights of all persons coming within the scope of police authority.
• Maintain firearm proficiency.
• Comply with all safety standards and regulations.
• Work toward the achievement of departmental and divisional objectives within assigned area of responsibility.
• Gather, submit, and maintain intelligence information and provide information to other units that may be useful to their investigations.
• Maintain awareness of newly enacted laws and recent court decisions and their effect on police duties and responsibilities.
• Respond to crime and/or traffic accident scenes and ensure the protection of the scene and all physical evidence and witnesses until relieved by higher authority.
• Conduct preliminary investigation at crime scenes until either relieved by a detective or to a point where a lapse in the investigation would not hamper or jeopardize the outcome of the case.
• Discern crime, public disorder, attractive nuisances, and other crime generating conditions and develop corrective strategies.
• Resolve neighborhood crime and/or disorder problems.
• Maintain radio communication during tour of duty, including mealtimes, and maintain a response time conducive to the needs of the citizens served, promptly responding to all calls assigned and to those calls assigned other units where their closer proximity and the nature of the call demands immediate response.
• Maintain familiarity with the city and specific areas of assignment.
• Provide first aid and rescue services at crime scenes, accidents, disasters, and other emergency situations.
• Engage in a wide variety of traffic direction and crowd control activities, particularly in connection with traffic accidents, demonstrations, riots, and disasters.
• Promote and preserve order, defend persons from imminent physical harm, respond to requests for protective service, resolve conflicts between individuals and groups and protect individual constitutional guarantees.
• Maintain records of daily activities and present…