Entry Level Police Officer

Salt Lake City Corporation•Hingham, MA

About The Position

Incumbents perform duties that consist primarily of actively preventing or detecting crime, providing security, community protection, and enforcement of criminal statutes or ordinances. Responds to situations involving threats to public safety and makes emergency decisions affecting the lives and health of others, including in circumstances and at times when personal life or personal safety may be at risk. Why SLCPD? We pay for your Utah POST SFO and LEO certification! All training is done in-house by our POST-certified instructors. Get paid while you attend the academy! You’ll start receiving your regular pay and credit towards retirement while in training. Receive full City benefits starting day one! That includes health, dental, and vision insurance, paid time off, and a variety of discounted supplemental benefits like pet insurance and legal services. All your equipment is provided to you! Everything from take-home vehicles (after training) and uniforms to handcuffs and body cams is included and paid for by the department to ensure you’re fully equipped for success. Enjoy competitive pay incentives! Whether it’s your regular merit increases, career path incentive pay for your bachelor's degree, or overtime opportunities, SLCPD has plenty of opportunities to increase your earning potential. Pay starts at $36.69 per hour. Salt Lake City is a place where your skills and dedication directly contribute to the community. With a team serving over 200,000 residents, we take pride in delivering meaningful work—from maintaining infrastructure to shaping public programs—with integrity and professionalism. We value experience, accountability, and results. Our organization recognizes talent and rewards contribution, offering employees opportunities to grow, lead, and make a lasting difference. If you're driven by public service and want to help shape the future of our city, we’d love to work with you.

Requirements

Have a high school diploma
Be 21 years of age by the time you’re certified as a law enforcement officer
Be either a U.S. Citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States with five years of legal U.S. residency
Have NPOST results with a score of 70% or higher in each of the four categories.
Graduation from the Utah Police Officers Standards and Training (POST) Academy with P.O.S.T. certification as a Law Enforcement Officer is required within one (1) year of hire.
Must be either a U.S. Citizen or a lawful permanent resident of the United States who has been in the United States legally for the five years immediately before the day on which the application is made; and has legal authorization to work in the United States as of the date of the first examination.
Must be at least 21 years of age at the time of certification as a law enforcement officer.
Considerable human relations skills and communications skills.
Ability to work independently, make critical decisions, and use initiative and common sense.
Must be able to render credible testimony in a court of law.
Must have valid state driver’s license or Utah driving privilege card (or the ability to obtain one within 30 days of employment).
Employees are permitted to display tattoos and body art on their hands, arms, and legs when they do not distract or interfere with the employee's on-duty actions and responsibilities.
Employees are not permitted to display tattoos that are located on the neck above the collarbone, the face, or head; an exception to this would be cosmetic micro-blading tattoos.
Tattoos that are found to be offensive, obscene, vulgar, depict graphic nudity, or are prejudicial to any segment of the population are strictly prohibited.
Any tattoos that may potentially bring discredit upon the Salt Lake City Police Department are also prohibited.
Disqualifying conditions and legal requirements can be found here: https://post.utah.gov/prospective-officers/qualifications/ and here: https://post.utah.gov/prospective-officers/legal-requirements/.

Responsibilities

Actively preventing or detecting crime, providing security, community protection, and enforcement of criminal statutes or ordinances.
Responds to situations involving threats to public safety and makes emergency decisions affecting the lives and health of others, including in circumstances and at times when personal life or personal safety may be at risk.
Suppresses crime through identification and apprehension of criminals and recovery of stolen property.
Regulates non-criminal conduct, such as traffic control, crowd control, and social relations.
Compiles and prepares required information and evidence to assist in prosecution of criminal cases.
Testifies as a witness and renders credible testimonies in a court of law.
Reports to scene of accidents and investigates causes and results of accidents.
Responds to robbery and burglary alarms and other misdemeanor and felony crimes, which may necessitate the exertion of extraordinary physical effort and the use of initiative and common sense.
Secures the scene of crime, conducts preliminary investigations, gathers evidence, obtains witnesses, and makes arrests.
Makes investigations of vice and narcotics activities, identifies and recovers stolen property, investigates reports of stolen automobiles and property stolen from automobiles, conducts investigations of homicides and thefts, conducts special investigations for other law enforcement agencies, investigates all complaints on checks and forgeries, investigates complaints of crimes committed by juveniles.
May work undercover in performing these functions to obtain evidence to be used in the arrest and conviction of guilty parties.
Maintains knowledge of criminal and civil law, and police techniques and tactics.
Attends regular training classes in police methods.
Provides peripheral services such as giving information, directions, advice and general assistance to the public whenever necessary.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Benefits

We pay for your Utah POST SFO and LEO certification!
All training is done in-house by our POST-certified instructors.
Get paid while you attend the academy!
You’ll start receiving your regular pay and credit towards retirement while in training.
Receive full City benefits starting day one!
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off
Variety of discounted supplemental benefits like pet insurance and legal services.
All your equipment is provided to you! Everything from take-home vehicles (after training) and uniforms to handcuffs and body cams is included and paid for by the department to ensure you’re fully equipped for success.
Enjoy competitive pay incentives!
Regular merit increases
Career path incentive pay for your bachelor's degree
Overtime opportunities
95% City-paid medical insurance
HSA (with $1,000–$2,000 City contribution)
Wellness clinic for employees & families
Robust Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Tuition reimbursement (up to $4,000/year)
Retirement contributions (pension and/or 401(k))
Discounted pet insurance, legal services, and more
12 vacation days to start
12 paid holidays + 1 personal holiday
Up to 80 hours personal leave annually
6 - 12 weeks of paid parental leave
Bonus leave credit for eligible rehires & public sector transfers