Police Officer

Westminster is offering a $10,000 Hiring Bonus for ALL Newly Hired Police Officers including Trainees, Certified, and Lateral Officers: ALL Police Officer hires –Trainees, Certified and Lateral Officers will receive $5,000 upon successful completion of field training and $5,000 upon successful completion of their one-year probationary period.

The process is virtual for out of state applicants for both trainee and lateral positions

SALARY INFORMATION
Entry Level: $73,340 annual
Academy Graduate: $73,340 annual
Lateral Transfer: $84,448 annual
Top Pay: $108,513 annual

The Police Officer Trainee is for non-certified applicants. Candidates who are hired will be sent to a state certified law enforcement academy. Upon successful completion of this academy, the Trainee will be promoted to entry-level police officer and must also successfully complete a 16 week field training officer program; plus, all Trainee employees must sign a work agreement with the City of Westminster at time of employment. This position is part of a progression from Trainee to Police Officer/Senior Police Officer.

The Police Officer- Certified, is a safety-sensitive position that is involved with the complex and specialized activities required to maintain civil order and enforce laws and ordinances. Police Officers are responsible for the protection of life and property, detection and prevention of crime, apprehension of criminals, and enforcement of laws and ordinances in a designated specialized area or on an assigned shift. This is a safety-sensitive position. Candidates must be Colorado POST certified by date of hire, in order to be considered for this position.

The Police Officer/Senior Police Officer is a safety-sensitive position that is involved with the complex and specialized activities required to maintain civil order and enforce laws and ordinances. Police Officers are responsible for the protection of life and property, detection and prevention of crime, apprehension of criminals, and enforcement of laws and ordinances in a designated specialized area or on an assigned shift. This is a safety-sensitive position. Candidates for this position must have at least two years full-time Law Enforcement Patrol experience as a POST Certified Police Officer (Local, Municipal, Sheriff, State Patrol or Police) within the last 3 years.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Westminster, Colorado Police Department. We are a northwest suburb in the Denver Metro area that prides ourselves on the quality of our police work and high level of weekly training. Our department consists of patrol, detectives, K9, SWAT, SET (fugitive unit,) traffic, motors, SROs, Narcotics, and investigations/training/Professional services. Our shift schedule is set so training can be conducted weekly with all shifts. Weekly training will include firearms, arrest control/defensive tactics, officer survival, building searches, active shooter, felony car stops, driving, PIT training, CPR and first aid, investigation, and report writing. Each officer on patrol is issued a patrol rifle by the department; red dot optics on handguns are also optional. (We put on rifle and red dot optic classes multiple times a year.)

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

-Health, dental, and vision plans for employee and dependents, with the city paying a portion of the premium cost.

-FPPA retirement packages that include defined benefits or hybrid defined benefits and money purchase plan.

-142-190 hours of general leave accrued annually depending on years of service. 126-222 hours of paid vacation allowed per year, 10 paid holidays and one floating holiday per year.

-City pays full premium for life insurance coverage equal to 1.5 times of employees salary.

-Educational tuition reimbursement is available to employees after one year of employment at 50% of tuition fees, up to $2500 a year.

-Bilingual applicants earn up to $1,500 extra a year.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• Age: 21
• Education: High School Diploma/GED
• Experience: Lateral-POST cert, 2+ years experience; Certified-POST cert

For certified, must have a Colorado POST certification, graduation from a certified Police Academy. For lateral, you must have a minimum of two years full time patrol experience within the last three years and a current POST certification. Out of state applicants can apply for a Colorado POST certification; the department will help you obtain that certification as it needs to be completed within six months after being hired.

We value all prior military experience, though it is not necessary to get hired.

Rolling application open year round for certified and later police officers. Email Investigator Cohen jacohen@westminsterco.gov for information and dates on the trainee/academy process. Please contact investigator Cohen for information and dates on the trainee/academy process.

CONTACT INFORMATION
Jesse Cohen
jacohen@westminsterco.gov
Westminster Police Department (CO)
9110 Yates St
Westminster, Colorado 80031-2540
phone: 303-658-4077