Police Officer Jobs

Police Officers provide direct services in enforcing the law, maintaining public order, and controlling traffic on City streets through surveillance, intervention, arrests, directing emergency activities, and related actions. The position is with the City of Cedar Rapids Police Department and is subject to a residency requirement: designated sworn employees must live within 50 driving miles of the Cedar Rapids Police Station. Newly hired sworn employees must meet this requirement within three months of employment; the department head may grant an additional three months when the employee documents a financial commitment to move within the residency area. The City does not offer employment authorization sponsorship. Police Officers are covered by the Police Bargaining Union collective bargaining agreement. New hires start at step 1 of the wage scale. Certified law enforcement officers from Iowa or other states may apply as lateral transfers if they were full-time certified peace officers and have had no break of more than 180 days in law enforcement service when hired by CRPD. Lateral officers are placed on the pay step corresponding to their years of certified service and, after completing probation, accrue flex time at the rate corresponding to their total continuous certified years of service. The department is hiring for multiple vacancies, with an anticipated start date of June 2, 2027. Applications must be submitted electronically by January 7, 2027, at 11:59 p.m. Applicants must authorize a background check as part of the application to advance to testing.