Police Officer – POST Certified or Lateral Officer

National Police; Englewood (CO); On-site; USD 69,000 - 94,000; Full time

Job summary

National Police in Englewood, CO is hiring patrol officers to deter crime and ensure community safety. You will respond to calls, investigate incidents, conduct preliminary inquiries at scenes, and document daily activities.

The role requires flexibility, strong communication, and physical readiness. The position offers a clear advancement path across police classes and involves ongoing background checks and training compliant with state standards.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or GED.
• Completion of sixty (60) semester hours of college credit required.
• Colorado POST certification or equivalent is required or obtainable in Colorado.

Responsibilities

• Patrols assigned areas within the city to deter illegal activities and protect and preserve the safety and security of individuals, buildings and neighborhoods.
• Maintains a high level of customer service and responds rapidly to changing conditions.
• Responds to calls for service and investigates citizen complaints including crime in progress, crimes discovered after the fact, disturbances, domestic disputes, accidents and requests for information or assistance.
• Performs preliminary investigations and interviews at crime scenes, traffic accidents, domestic disputes, and disturbances.
• Assesses customer and community needs, wants and perceptions.
• Collects and preserves physical evidence and photographs scenes for documentation.
• Builds conflict management skills for different situations and contexts.
• Performs traffic enforcement activities to observe and apprehend violators of ordinances and statutes.
• Prepares citations and summons for violations of ordinances, statutes, and laws.
• Makes arrests and transports individuals to holding.
• Provides sworn testimony in trials and hearings related to investigations and charging.
• Prepares routine and non-routine reports and records of daily activities.
• Develops and promotes high standards of personal commitment and assists citizens and visitors.
• Advancement path is from fifth to first class based on experience and performance.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Customer service

Conflict management

Communication

Physical fitness

Situational awareness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

60 college credits

Colorado POST certification or equivalent

Job description

Salary: $81,749

Essential Functions:

• Patrols assigned areas within the city to deter illegal activities and protect and preserve the safety and security of individuals, buildings and neighborhoods.
• Maintains a high level of customer service and responds rapidly to changing conditions.
• Responds to calls for service. Investigates citizen complaints including crime in progress, crimes discovered after the fact, disturbances, domestic disputes, accidents and requests for information or assistance.
• Performs preliminary investigations and interviews at crime scenes, traffic accidents, domestic disputes, and disturbances.
• Assesses customer and community needs, wants and perceptions.
• Collects and preserves physical evidence, recovered property, and diagrams. Photographs scenes and obtains other information from suspects and witnesses necessary to document specific crimes and incidents.
• Builds and uses a variety of conflict management skills for different situations and contexts.
• Performs traffic enforcement activities to observe and apprehend violators of ordinances and statutes.
• Prepares citations and summons necessary to charge individuals with violations of ordinances, statutes, and laws including petty, misdemeanor, and felonious offenses.
• Makes arrests and takes suspects into custody which includes searching, booking, and transporting of individuals to holding.
• Provides sworn testimony, in both criminal and civil trials and hearings, that are associated with investigation and charging of individuals with non-criminal and criminal offenses.
• Prepares a variety of routine and non-routine reports and records necessary for the reporting of daily activities, and disclosure of specific criminal and non-criminal incidents.
• Develops and promotes high standards of personal commitment to goals. Offers assistance, directions and information to citizens and visitors to Englewood. Provides motorist assistance, and performs other community service functions.
• The common channel of advancement for Police Officers is from fifth to first class depending on experience, length of employment, training completed and adequate performance of the job. The basic functions are similar for all classes of Officers.
• Performs other duties as assigned and required.

Requirements:

• Graduation from high school or possession of a GED.
• Completion of sixty (60) semester hours of college credit from an accredited institution is required
• Applicants who do not possess sixty (60) semester hours at the time of appointment shall be required to obtain the required credit within one (1) year of appointment as a condition of continued employment.
• A minimum of four (4) years of active military service with an Honorable Discharge may be accepted in lieu of the college credit requirement.
• Colorado P.O.S.T. certification, currently enrolled in a Colorado P.O.S.T. approved academy, or out of state Police Officer that is fully certified in another state and have served for a minimum of one year within the last three years (will qualify for a provisional Colorado POST certificate).
• Valid Colorado driver’s license or valid Colorado driver’s license within 30 days of residing in Colorado.
• Clear or acceptable MVR
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Colorado Driver’s License and safe driving record for continued employment.
• Cannot have been convicted of a felony or disqualifying misdemeanor as per NCIC/CCIC policy.
• Requires the physical ability to protect oneself and others in threatening and stressful situations including the ability to pursue, subdue, and control resisting individuals.
• Requires the incumbent to undergo a background check including criminal record check, motor vehicle records check, polygraph and psychological examination and medical evaluation.
• Requires extensive training and proficiency in the use of various police weapons.
• Ability to learn and enforce ordinances, statutes, laws and court decisions relative to enforcement activities.
• Must be able to work in an environment of emotional and mental stress due to the emergency situations present during the course of the work.
• Must be creative, responsive, flexible and able to work in a fast paced and constantly changing environment.
• Requires extraordinary conflict resolution and strong human relations skills.