Police Officer - Lateral

Lateral applicants hired are eligible for a $5,000 hiring bonus and 40 hours of front-loaded vacation.

The City of College Place is accepting applications for a lateral police officer. College Place is the home of Walla Walla University and a community of over 9,000 residents located in the heart of the Walla Walla Valley. It is the perfect place to experience all four seasons with warm sunny summers, crisp yet moderate winters and spectacular spring and fall seasons that fill the area with color. The area boasts four 18-hole golf courses, over 100 world class wineries, recreational trails, the Blue Mountains and local rivers, offering residents of all ages a variety of recreational opportunities.

• Police patrol activities.
• Utilizing various proven methods to prevent crime.
• Investigating criminal activity, apprehending and arresting law breakers.
• Conducts traffic law enforcement and investigates collisions.
• Investigates, reports, and determines factors, takes enforcement when appropriate; and provides the information to appropriate authorities and recommends preventative measures.
• Helping those persons in need of a variety of different kinds of assistance.
• Testifies in court.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
Serves under the direction of the Chief of Police and/or designated supervisor.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Temporary supervisory duties as job requires or designated.

• Works independently with minimum supervision in the investigation(s) of violations of law or duties related to position.
• Respond to calls for service, the public’s needs, and department assignments.
• Observe and recall incidents and situations encountered while on duty.
• Investigate crimes and/or traffic collisions, enforcement and incidents.
• Prepare and present reports and information as required.
• Maintain relations with citizens and agencies in the community.
• Accomplishment and adherence to mission, vision, values, goals, objectives, policies, rules, and regulations of the department.
• Maintain records chronologically in accordance with department rules and procedures.
• Works with Records Coordinator to organize, locate and archive all reports as required by the State Retention Schedule.
• Notify Communications or a supervisor of their location when off duty as needed to establish availability for emergencies in accordance with rules of the Policy Manual.
• Represent the College Place Police Department at events, schools, and other public gatherings.
• Maintains vehicle, uniforms, tools, equipment, and work area in a clean and professional manner.
• Ability to testify in court regarding criminal arrests, investigations and infractions.
• Pushing/pulling – for example, disabled vehicles, violators, cuffing resistant persons, operating vehicle controls, removing people from vehicles, forcing a jammed vehicle door open at collision scene, opening and closing patrol car door.
• Climbing/jumping – for example, negotiating all terrains (icy, bumpy, graded, loose gravel, or dirt) at collision and investigation scenes, nuisance code, obstacles when in foot pursuit or providing assistance to someone, jumping onto hood of vehicle to safety; climbing over guardrails, fences or gates.
• Squatting/kneeling – for example, retrieving evidence at crime scene, reading tape measure at collision scenes, checking vehicle equipment, rendering first aid, and picking up dropped items.
• Bending/stooping – for example, operating, entering, and exiting vehicles quickly, applying bandages to injured person, accessing reference materials, and effecting physical arrests or restraining a person.
• Twisting/turning – for example, exiting vehicle quickly to engage in foot pursuit, operating vehicle shield, conducting vehicle inventories, applying first aid to victim within a vehicle, picking up evidence at crime scenes, drawing weapons, arresting persons, reaching for handcuffs, or opening doors.
• Handling/grasping – for example, operating vehicle controls, handling weapons, flashlight, ticket books, reports, telephones, radios, writing instruments, door handles, handcuffing, or collecting evidence.
• Finger dexterity – for example, writing reports, pulling trigger of firearms with both hands, and drawing collision scene diagrams.
• Smelling – for example, distinguishing odors of gasoline, propane, diesel, fertilizers, insecticides at collision scenes or spills; marijuana or odors associated with the manufacture of illegal drugs.
• Feeling – for example, locating controls of vehicle or using firearms in the dark, locating a pulse during first aid, or determining if an engine is warm or cold at crime scenes.
• Pushing/pulling – for example, obtaining items from vehicle, lifting objects, putting a spare tire onto lugs for motorists, and closing vehicle trunk.
• Squatting/kneeling – for example, applying tire chains during inclement weather.
• Bending/stooping – for example, retrieving evidence from crime scene, picking up dropped item, obtaining tread depth readings at collision scenes, removing spare tire from trunk, and reaching supplies on shelves.
• Shoveling – for example, snow, sand, or clearing debris.
• Hammering – for example, PK nail at collision scene.
• Twisting/turning – for example, retrieving spare tire, accessing reference materials from shelf, or reaching for supplies in storeroom.
• Handling/grasping – for example, handling rifle, shotgun, ballistic shield, tire-iron, jack, wrench, grasping tire pressure or tread depth gauges.
• Reaching – for example, items from glove box, supplies in cabinets.
• Machinery, tools, equipment, personal protective equipment: Patrol vehicle, firearms (sidearm, shotgun, optional rifle) flashlight, taser, emergency equipment, handcuffs, ballistic vest, baton (asp), PBT, first aid equipment, speed monitoring devices, OC-10 spray, ballistic shield, flashlight, vehicle jack, lug wrench, jump pack, tire chains, mobile data terminal (MDT) computer terminal, radio and video device.
• Protective equipment include: bloodborne pathogens protection (gloves, face shield, Tyvek suit); HEPA filter mask, gas mask, ballistic vest, and riot helmet.
• Office equipment include: laptop or desktop computer, copier, printer, shredder, calculator, telephone, fax machine, blackberry, or cell phone.

• Complete the State of Washington Basic Law Enforcement Academy through the Criminal Justice Training Commission and serve one-year probationary period before receiving permanent status as a police officer.
• Understand and follow applicable laws, regulations, and other standards to maintain a safe working environment.
• Adhere to established safety policies and procedures; carefully observe and report potential hazards or breaches of security plans while in the work place.
• Maintain and properly utilize personal protective equipment as required by training and or division/district policy/procedure.

• Maintain the public’s safety when dealing under stress and pressure situations and take a human life in self-defense or when necessary to protect the public.
• Willingness to work with and serve all people in a wide variety of situations.
• Communicate orally and in writing with a variety of people in different settings.
• Recognize and appropriately respond to potentially dangerous or stressful situations.
• Ability and willingness to learn and apply common sense in all situations to the best of their ability.
• Ability to adjust to and perform well in rapidly changing situations.
• Meet the physical demands of police work, including use of physical force, compatible with the psychological requirements of police work.
• Knowledge of investigative procedures, evidential and departmental reporting requirements, and the use of proper arrest techniques.
• Take decisive action and be self-reliant when patrolling and providing security.
• Knowledge of departmental objectives, procedures, rules, regulations, city ordinances, federal and state law.
• Use of specialized police equipment and instruments.
• Use of police firearms and knowledge of safety procedures and legal controls.
• Knowledge of locations of allied city, county, state and federal or emergency agencies in assigned geographical areas of responsibility.

• Must be a high school graduate or have obtained a general education diploma.
• Must be 21 years of age.
• Complete applicant testing phase to include passing polygraph, background, psychological evaluation and medical screening.
• Possess a valid un-restricted Washington Driver’s license.
• Complete the State of Washington Basic Law Enforcement Academy through the Criminal Justice Training Commission and serve one-year probationary period before receiving permanent status as a police officer.
• Reaching (overhead, outward) – for example, arresting or handcuffing, operation of vehicle controls, radios, handing objects to others, measuring collision scenes, obtaining items from vehicle interior, firing weapons (shotgun, rifle, pistol, taser); answering telephones, writing reports, opening doors, restraining resistant prisoner, and manual traffic control.
• Lifting – for example:
  • Lightweight objects (25 pounds or less), such as flashlight, ticket books, reports, and tape measures
  • Medium weight objects (25 to 100 pounds), such as debris in roadway.
  • Heavy objects (100 – 250 pounds), such as during physical arrests, apprehending suspects, lifting bodies, removing obstructions from highway, carrying stretchers.
• Sitting for long periods of time, including but not limited to the following; road closures, criminal investigations, and other emergency activities.
• Standing for long periods of time while conducting the following task; traffic control, investigations, security functions, and contacting violators.
• Maintaining balance for example, at grades or rough surface at collision scenes, on trestles or bridges.
• Walking for long periods of time for example, making violator contacts, contacting the public, completing reports, obtaining information, and conducting investigations.
• Walking on rough terrain at collision scenes, or searching for wanted persons.
• Running during a foot pursuit, rendering aid, or assisting fellow officers.
• Have the ability to communicate knowledgeably while making violator contacts, court testimony, contacting the public, and communicating on the car radio or phone.
• Hear- Possess the ability to hear the following; radio traffic, court testimony, violator contacts, contacting the public, hearing alarms, ascertaining where sound is coming from during building searches, apprehending criminals, and approaching traffic; and discrimination among environmental sounds as in building searches, apprehending criminals, and criminal investigation scenes.
• Vision – for example, close vision for reading reports and statures in the English language, conducting sobriety tests, perceiving minute items of evidentiary value, or perceiving dangers; far vision for observing danger, reading license plates, identifying persons or vehicles, observing traffic, reading traffic control devices in the English language; side (peripheral) vision; for observing movement, such as violators, oncoming traffic perceiving danger; depth perception for discerning distances at collision scenes, distances between vehicles following too closely approaching traffic, or danger; night vision for observing person, objects, motion, and other characteristics in darkness, driving, operating vehicle controls, and contacting violators in the dark, glare recovery from oncoming headlights or signs, and perceiving danger in the dark; and color vision for discerning the color of hit-and-run vehicles, color of clothing of suspects of criminal activity, colors of buildings or homes to contact the public, and color of traffic control devices or signing.

• Work is performed in office and outdoor settings, in all weather conditions, including extreme temperature, and exposed to various pollens, dusts, and insects.
• Individual may be exposed to conditions and hazards associated with obstacles, heights, use of firearms, motor vehicle operation and maintenance, emergency response to fires, spills, or hazardous material, collisions involving power lines or flames.
• Work may be performed alone in remote locations.
• Individual may be exposed to hazards associated with law enforcement, such as physical altercations, use of force, and/or exposed as a target for other persons.