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Please Note: If you are not currently Colorado P.O.S.T. certified or are not actively pursuing a Colorado P.O.S.T. Certification at the time of your application, your application will not be considered.
If you are an out of state certified officer and looking to transfer, please start your transfer process with Colorado P.O.S.T. as soon as possible in order to be considered.
The Town of Erie is currently accepting applications for a Lateral or Certified Police Officer for the Erie Police Department. The successful candidate will be responsible for a wide range of law enforcement duties, including ensuring public safety, detecting crimes and safeguarding property. The officer may also be assigned to a specialized area as required by the department. The candidate will work under established guidelines and develop the necessary knowledge and skills to perform tasks independently.
The Town of Erie values its employees and recognizes their significant contribution to the town's growth and development. The organization has earned an excellent reputation for quality and superior customer service, and each employee's individual contribution is vital to maintaining this standard.
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Pay Range: $36.47/hour - $53.19/hour ($75,857.60 - $110,635.20 annually). Lateral Officers will be hired at a level commensurate with years of service
Police Department Address: 1000 Telleen Ave, Erie, CO 80516
NOTE: All applications will be reviewed upon submission. Applicants that meet minimum qualifications will be contacted by Recruiting for next steps in the process. If you have any questions around the process or have issues applying please reach out to our Recruiter at . Please note that there has been a recent update to our resting period: If you have taken the PD test within the last 90 days, you are ineligible for retesting until the 90-day period has elapsed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Patrol Role
Other
Special Assignments Available:
To qualify for this position an applicant must be Colorado P.O.S.T. certified or for out-of-state applicants, must have the ability to successfully challenge the Colorado P.O.S.T. and obtain certification.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXAMINATION PROCESS - PLEASE READ
Candidates who are deemed qualified and eligible will be required to participate in and pass the following steps:
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:
Knowledge of: Police principles and practices; knowledge of applicable laws, Town ordinances and State statutes; knowledge of emergency medical and first aid practices.
Skills in: Operating motor vehicles including hazardous situations; skill in using weapons and other police equipment; skill in dealing tactfully and effectively with citizens in a wide variety of stressful situations; ability to observe and direct potential problems; ability to act effectively in crisis situations; ability to investigate situations and prepare written reports; ability to make oral presentations; ability to physically detain law violators; ability to pass standard medical exam within normal parameters specifically with regard to the listed essential job functions; ability to perform essential physical functions of the job; ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals; ability to write routine reports and correspondence; ability to speak effectively before groups; ability to communicate with victims, suspects and other police officers; ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists; ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
Environmental Factors: Work is performed outside and in a patrol car, as well as, in a standard office environment. Exposure to extreme temperatures and frequent time spent in outdoor environments varying on assignment. Frequent to constant use of a personal computer. Work may involve competing demands, performing multiple tasks, working to deadlines. Employee will be required to walk on uneven surfaces, wet areas, and outdoor terrain multiple times per day. Frequent exposure to loud noises such as firearms, sirens, flash bangs, explosives, ear radio communications and varying volumes of crowd noise. Frequent exposure to electrical wiring, batteries, vehicles, tasers, and electrical equipment in residential and commercial areas. Exposed to daily vibration from all vehicles. Will be frequently exposed to fumes from gasoline, exhaust, decomposing bodies, narcotics, lead, glass particles, acids/bases, fire, smoke, gunpowder, carbon monoxide, natural gas, and propane. There is a possibility of occasional exposure to other hazardous and flammable chemicals, such as tear gas. Occasionally required to enter confined spaces for 1 to 10 minutes depending on circumstances. Daily work in traffic necessary. Will encounter blood borne pathogens, vehicle collisions, violent subjects, and other factors related to unpredictable situations.
Physical Factors: While performing the duties of this job, the employee will lifts items weighing between 2 and 75 pounds daily and lift items weighing over 20 pounds several times a year, with some of this lifting being done above the head; reach for objects above below shoulders and knees; will work daily at heights of and climb through stairs, ladders, balconies, walls, roofs, bleachers, attics, and rafters; will push and pull objects between 1 and 300 pounds multiples times per day; frequent time spent walking but will vary by day; remain standing infrequently per day; will be required to run in emergencies and pursuits; and remain sitting for extended periods of time sitting in varying locations; will spend 3 to 8 hours per day on repetitive motion tasks. Employee will be required to frequently bend over, kneel, and stoop at various degrees for up to 30 minutes. Ability to grasp pens, pencils, firearms, people, all issued police equipment, weights between 1 ounce and several hundred pounds is necessary. Ability to distinguish between colors is necessary, 20/20 vision, or correctable to, necessary. Ability to operate a motor vehicle in Colorado for frequent travel while on patrol is necessary.
Town of Erie Benefits:
The Town of Erie offers a comprehensive benefit package and pays a major portion of the employee premium to make these benefits more affordable for you. Coverage of these benefits begin the 1st of the month following date of hire for benefited employees regularly working an average of 30 hours per week. Each year you will have the option of changing your elections through open enrollment.
Designated full time employees are eligible for the following benefits:
EEOC Statement:
The Town is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity in any term, condition or privilege of employment. Applicants, employees and former employees are protected from employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age (40 or older), disability and genetic information (including family medical history), veteran status, marital status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. This prohibition includes unlawful harassment or discrimination based on any of these protected classes. Unlawful harassment includes verbal or physical conduct, which has the purpose or effect of substantially interfering with an individual's work performance or creating a severe, intimidating, hostile or offensive work environment. This provision applies to all employees, including directors, supervisors, co-workers, and non-employees such as residents, members of all boards and task force groups, contractors, vendors, consultants, etc.