CERTIFIED/LATERAL POSITION OPEN YEAR ROUND. OUT OF STATE APPLICANTS CAN COMPLETE THE ENTIRE PROCESS VIRTUALLY UNTIL THE VERY FINAL STAGES. APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND HERE UNDER "LATERAL/CERTIFIED." https://www.westminsterco.gov/employment
Westminster, Colorado Police Department. We are a northwest suburb in the Denver Metro area that prides ourselves on the quality of our police work and high level of weekly training. Our department consists of patrol, detectives, K9, SWAT, SET (fugitive unit,) traffic, motors, SROs, Narcotics, and investigations/training/Professional services. Our shift schedule is set so training can be conducted weekly with all shifts. Weekly training will include firearms, arrest control/defensive tactics, officer survival, building searches, active shooter, felony car stops, driving, PIT training, CPR and first aid, investigation, and report writing. Each officer on patrol is issued a patrol rifle by the department; red dot optics on handguns are also optional. (We put on rifle and red dot optic classes multiple times a year.)
$10,000 hiring bonus for new hires, with the first half received upon completion of field training and the second half received six months after field training.
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-Health, dental, and vision plans for employee and dependents, with the city paying a portion of the premium cost.
-FPPA retirement packages that include defined benefits or hybrid defined benefits and money purchase plan.
-142-190 hours of general leave accrued annually depending on years of service. 126-222 hours of paid vacation allowed per year, 10 paid holidays and one floating holiday per year
-City pays full premium for life insurance coverage equal to 1.5 times of employees salary
-Educational tuition reimbursement is available to employees after one year of employment at 50% of tuition fees, up to $2500 a year
-Bilingual applicants earn up to $1,500 extra a year
For certified, must have a Colorado POST certification, graduation from a certified Police Academy. For lateral, you must have a minimum of two years full time patrol experience within the last three years and a current POST certification or the equivalent. Out of state applicants will not have to go through an academy, you will need to test-out of of the Colorado POST cert within six months of hire; we will assist you with this, the test-out just takes a day.
We value all prior military experience, though it is not necessary to get hired.
Contact Investigator Cohen for more information
jacohen@westminsterco.gov
303-658-4077 office
720-705-3732 text