Police Officer Recruit

Lafayette, CO
Lafayette Police Department

Salary: $80,080

Essential Functions:

  • Learns to patrol the City in a police vehicle or on foot, in order to enforce Federal, State and local laws and ordinances.
  • Learns to serve and protect individuals and property and to respond to complaints, crimes, disturbances, accidents and other related situations.
  • Observes Officers performing preliminary investigations; obtaining physical and other evidence and listens to statements necessary for reporting facts and circumstances of incidents in order to charge individuals with offenses, and to follow-up detailed investigations and how to protect crime scenes.
  • Learns how to appear in court in order to offer testimony; meet and confer with attorneys on legal questions regarding arrests of individuals.
  • Helps to prepare and maintain a variety of reports, by recording and logging necessary data on a daily basis regarding activities and specific incidents that have occurred.
  • Observes officers’ control vehicular traffic and enforce traffic laws; deal with traffic accidents; establish and maintain roadblocks as necessary.
  • Learns to interact with the public in a variety of settings; e.g., providing counseling to families and individuals in peace disturbance situations, offering assistance to community members and visitors.
  • Learns to handle calls for service, responds to emergencies and other incidents, arrests suspected criminals and keep the community safe and orderly.
  • Requires the ability to learn to operate a patrol car, think clearly and make decisions quickly and accurately and to occasionally defend yourself or others through the use of defensive physical tactics.
  • Teaches the consideration of and use of lawful deadly force against another person and learns how to respond to crime scenes and major incidents.

Requirements:

  • Must be at least 21 years of age
  • Possess a valid Colorado class R Driver’s License
  • Obtain a copy of a safe driving record from the Department of Motor Vehicles
  • Must be willing to attend and pass Police Academy as required and have the ability to become POST Certified.
  • Must pass physical ability test, interviews, and polygraph test. Post-hire tests include psychological exam, medical exam, drug screening, and thorough background check.