Entry Level Police Officer

Sumner Police Department; Sumner (WA); On-site; USD 63,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

The Sumner Police Department is recruiting for a Police Officer position to join a dedicated team serving the Sumner community. The department oversees patrol operations, criminal investigations, and community policing within Sumner.

The City emphasizes professionalism, integrity, and teamwork, with a Civil Service framework and guild representation. Positions are full-time and hourly compensation is provided within the stated pay range.

Qualifications

• Entry Level Police Officer: 0 years' experience as a fully commissioned law officer.
• Exceptional Entry Police Officer: Less than 2 years' experience as a fully commissioned law officer, with no more than a 24 month break in service.
• Lateral Police Officer: 2 or more years' experience as a fully commissioned law officer, with no more than a 24 month break in service.

Responsibilities

• Patrols designated areas of the City, either in whole or in part.
• Emphasizes crime prevention, enforcement of laws, and public safety within Sumner.

Job description

The City is establishing an Initial Eligibility List.

2026 Pay Range: $45.61 - $58.36 per hour plus potential for education premiums.

This position is a full-time, Fair Labor Standards Act position. The incumbent in this position is a Civil Service employee. This position is eligible for representation through the Police Guild.

Police Officer Position Hiring Levels

• Entry Level Police Officer: 0 years' experience as a fully commissioned law officer.
• Exceptional Entry Police Officer: Less than 2 years' experience as a fully commissioned law officer, with no more than a 24 month break in service.
• Lateral Police Officer: 2 or more years' experience as a fully commissioned law officer, with no more than a 24 month break in service.

About Sumner

The City of Sumner’s vision is to set the standard of excellence for a progressive small city. In working to achieve that vision, Sumner prioritizes and celebrates diverse perspectives, life experiences and differences. The City actively seeks and encourages people with diverse backgrounds and characteristics to apply and all come together with a goal of continuing to learn and improve to better serve the residents, businesses and visitors of our community. Sumner remains a traditional city of just over 10,000 residents with agricultural roots, known for decades as the Rhubarb Pie Capital of the World. At the same time, its compact, walkable layout aligns perfectly with progressive planning trends, as its classic Main Street becomes repurposed for boutiques, independent restaurants and daily services such as legal offices, financial advisors and doctors. While Sumner retains historic neighborhoods of Craftsman houses and an active high school right on Main Street, it also offers over 10,000 manufacturing and distribution jobs for companies such as REI, Keurig Green Mountain, Amazon.com, and Dillanos Coffee Roasters. With a downtown Sound Transit station with buses and trains, it is well connected to the Puget Sound region while striving to be a full service city with the largest YMCA facility in the state of Washington as well as a link trail system that will connect the Foothills and Interurban trails. Like the community, the city government is large enough to be professional but small enough to be creative. The City has won a variety of awards from the Governor's Smart Planning Award to recognition at the International Association of Chiefs of Police for its groundbreaking police work on victims' assistance. With a strong mayor format, the City has just over 100 employees who operate a cemetery, wastewater treatment facility, accredited police department, parks, full service public works and administration.

About the Sumner Police Department

The Sumner Police Department has 21 commissioned officers which include: Police Chief, Deputy Chief, two Sergeants, two Detectives, one School Resource Officer, and the remaining Patrol Officers. Additional staff include four administrative support staff, one Evidence Custodian, and one Parking Enforcement Officer.

The City contracts jail services with neighboring agencies and dispatch service is provided by South Sound 911. The City also provides contracted animal control services to six other cities and maintains a shelter in the city of Puyallup. The department participates in multi-agency teams for SWAT, Major Crimes, Civil Disturbance, Collision Investigations, and numerous traffic emphasis.

We are guided by our principles of professionalism, integrity, teamwork, and commitment. The department has been state accredited since 2005. Our vision is to set the standard of excellence for a progressive small city police department.

General Purpose

Performs a variety of duties related to the suppression and prevention of crime, the protection on life and property and the preservation of the public peace; responsible for the enforcement of laws and for giving aid and information to citizens in the community.

Supervision Received

This position reports to the Police Sergeants.

Supervision Responsibilities

Supervises the community and ensures that laws and regulations are being followed.

The job duties and responsibilities represented in this job description in no way imply that these are the only duties to be performed. Employees occupying the position will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by a supervisor. While requirements may be representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills and abilities to perform this job successfully, the employee will possess the abilities or aptitudes to perform each duty with proficiency.

Primary responsibilities include

Patrols designated areas of the City, either in whole or in par