Certified/Lateral Police Officer

City of Grand Junction • Grand Junction, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Grand Junction Police Department (GJPD) is seeking dedicated individuals to join their team as Lateral/Certified Police Officers. The department is committed to enhancing community safety, reducing fear of crime, and elevating the quality of life through partnerships and innovative policing initiatives. GJPD values professionalism, integrity, compassion, and service, and promotes the personal and professional development of its force through a wide variety of challenging and rewarding career opportunities. The department offers a full range of policing services, including traffic unit, investigations, K-9, bomb squad, crime lab, university campus policing, SWAT team, and drug task force. Police Officers work ten-hour shifts in a team concept. Applicants must be POST certified in Colorado. Those certified in other states or federal agencies must obtain a Provisional Certification through Colorado POST prior to a final offer of employment. The department emphasizes honesty and forthrightness throughout the application and hiring process, with immediate disqualification for misleading or deceitful information.

Requirements

• POST certified in Colorado
• One (1) year of experience in the law enforcement field (for Lateral Officers)
• If certified in another state or certain federal law enforcement agencies, must apply for and obtain a Provisional Certification through Colorado POST prior to a final offer of employment
• Honesty and forthrightness regarding past activities, as discovery of misleading or deceitful information is immediate cause for disqualification
• No felony investigation or conviction
• No conviction for a crime of violence, specifically assaults, domestic violence, etc.
• No conviction for a "hate crime" such as ethnic intimidation
• No perjury conviction
• No theft conviction regardless of value of item
• No theft from current employer or a previous employer
• No drug use (including marijuana) and/or current alcohol abuse
• No alcohol or drug conviction including but not limited to DUI/DWAI, depending on date
• No hit and run accident conviction
• Not be under or have been under driving restraint, cancelation, suspension or revocation of driving privileges in Colorado or any other state

Responsibilities

• Patrol assigned areas within City limits
• Respond to radio dispatch calls for service
• Perform preliminary investigations at scenes
• Prepare citations and summonses
• Make arrests and transport individuals
• Appear in court to offer testimony relative to the investigation of incidents
• Prepare a variety of reports and records
• Offer assistance to citizens

Benefits

• Hiring bonus up to $5,000
• Relocation Assistance up to $2,500
• 401k
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Paid time off (40 hours upon hire)
• City Employee Health Clinic (Sage Health & Wellness Center) offering free or low-cost healthcare services for employees and dependents enrolled in a City health plan, including preventive care, health assessments and coaching, treatment for common illnesses, lab services, physical therapy, medical massage therapist, and behavioral health counseling.
• Wellness programs, challenges, and classes

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed