Police Officer

SALARY NOTE: The salary range for a severance patrol officer is a 7-Step Plan ($73,549 - $93,063).

Patrol Officer 7-Step Plan

Annual Pay- ENTRY: ($73,549) STEP1: ($76,491) STEP2: ($79,550)

STEP 3: ($82,732) STEP4: ($86,042) STEP5: ($89,483) STEP 6 ($93,063)

*Lateral candidates may be hired up to Step 6, depending on qualifications and experience.

What We’re Looking For:

The Severance Police Department is currently accepting applications for full-time Police Officers. You will be performing a wide range of law enforcement duties, including protecting property, community policing, crime detection, and maintaining public safety. You will report directly to a Sergeant and the Police Chief.

Why Work for Severance PD?

Severance is a growing community with small-town charm and many opportunities. Our Police Department exemplifies TOWN PRIDE: Teamwork, Open-Minded, Welcoming, Neighborly, Professionalism, Respect, Innovation, Dedication, and Ethics.

As an officer with the Severance Police Department, you’ll serve a friendly and thriving community where you’ll be respected, supported, and empowered to make a difference. Our officers play a key role in keeping the community safe while embodying our core values of community policing.

Benefits:

• 100% Paid Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance for you
• 50% Paid Family Insurance Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (E.A.P.)
• 100% Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• FPPA Retirement Contributions with employer contributions
• Take-Home Car if living within a 30-mile radius of Severance
• Floating Holidays, Paid Time Off (Vacation & Sick Time), and Overtime Opportunities
• Paid Training and Off-Duty Work Opportunities
• 4-Day Work Week (10-Hour Shifts)

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING THE EXAMINATION PROCESS - PLEASE READ

Candidates who are deemed qualified and eligible will be required to participate in and pass the following steps:

• Written Exam
• Oral Board Interview
• Personal History Statement (PHS) and Release of Information Agreement
• Background Investigation
• Interview with the Chief of Police/Town Management
• Physical and financial, Psychological Exam, Polygraph

NOTE: All applications will be reviewed upon submission. A member of the Town of Severance Administration will contact applicants who meet minimum qualifications to arrange the testing process (Written and Oral Board).

Summary of Duties

The list below is intended to be illustrative of the position's responsibilities and not all-encompassing. The Town may change these duties at any time.

• Responds to priority calls regarding public disturbances, and criminal, civil, or emergency situations. May provide emergency medical assistance, control traffic, and otherwise ensure attention is given to public safety.
• Detects and prevents criminal activities by surveillance of assigned business and residential areas. Notes possible criminal occurrences and takes steps to prevent criminal actions. Promotes crime prevention by initiating contact with businesses and residents, including explaining applicable laws, soliciting cooperation in crime reporting, and otherwise creating a good rapport with citizens.
• Conducts a variety of community-oriented policing activities including participating in, business and community participation, working with community groups, conducting welfare checks, etc.
• Investigates crime scenes or accidents and assists other officers. Protects evidence, takes testimony from witnesses, and assists detectives in specialized investigations.
• Enforces traffic laws, and vehicle codes and promotes traffic safety. Notes illegal or unsafe driving practices and advises or makes arrests as appropriate. Directs traffic, reports unsafe road conditions, and otherwise promotes vehicular and pedestrian safety.
• Prepares a variety of daily reports and logs.
• Prepares and provides testimony in court and works with prosecution attorneys.
• Provides a variety of related police services including transport of prisoners, assistance to motorists, and mediates family disturbances.
• Provides code enforcement and animal control activities as needed. Issue appropriate citations and take immediate action to mitigate problems and disputes.
• May conduct or assist with in-depth investigations involving felonies or other serious offenses and work closely with District Attorneys regarding cases.
• Performs related work as required and assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

To qualify for this position, an applicant must be certified by Colorado POST.

• High school diploma or equivalent (GED)
• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Must be able to attain and maintain a variety of law enforcement certifications.
• Must be able to pass a comprehensive background check, polygraph, drug screen, and psychological and physical exams.
• Valid Colorado Driver's License and satisfactory driving record.
• Must live within a 30 mile radius of town limits
• State of Colorado Peace Officers Standards Certificate (POST Certification) by date of hire or ability to get within 30 days of hire.

Supplemental Information

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or ability required:

• Knowledge of police principles and practices.
• Knowledge of applicable laws, Town ordinances, and State statutes.
• Knowledge of emergency medical and first-aid practices.
• Skill in operating motor vehicles in hazardous situations.
• Skill in using weapons and other police equipment.
• Skill in dealing tactfully and effectively with citizens in a wide variety of stressful situations.
• Ability to observe and direct potential problems.
• Ability to act effectively in crisis situations.
• Ability to investigate situations and prepare written reports.
• Ability to make oral presentations.
• Ability to physically detain law violators.
• Ability to pass the standard medical exam within normal parameters specifically with regard to the listed essential job functions.
• Ability to perform essential physical functions of the job.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups.
• Ability to communicate with victims, suspects, and other police officers.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide into all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Town of Severance Benefits The Town of Severance offers a comprehensive benefits package and pays a major portion of the employee premium to make these benefits more affordable. Coverage of these benefits begins the 1st of the month following the date of hire for benefits for full-time employees. Each year, you will have the option of changing your elections through open enrollment. Designated full-time employees may be eligible for the following benefits:

• Robust Medical, Dental, and Vision plans, including spouse, domestic partner, and family coverage options
• Employer-paid Basic Life/AD&D
• Voluntary Life/AD&D
• Employer-paid Short Term Disability
• Employer-paid Long Term Disability
• Employer-paid Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement defined benefit plan (FPPA) with employer contributions
• Vacation Pay, Bereavement Pay, Jury Duty, Sick Pay & Holiday Pay
• Paid Overtime and/or Comp Time
• Employer-sponsored wellness program
• Education reimbursement of up to $1,000 per year
• Employee work car to take home

Note: This position description is not intended to be an exclusive list of all of the requirements, duties, tasks, roles, or responsibilities associated with the position. Nothing in this position description restricts the Town’s ability to assign, reassign or eliminate duties and responsibilities of this job at any time. The Town is an “at-will” employer, and Town employees may be separated from employment at any time and at the discretion of management. Applicants may be excluded from further consideration at any point in the hiring process.  The reasons why an applicant is not selected for hire will not be discussed with the applicant.  If an applicant receives notice of elimination from the hiring process, it simply means the applicant’s qualifications do not fit the current needs.  This determination does not preclude the applicant from applying to other agencies.

The Town of Severance is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Applicants are considered for positions for which they have applied without regard to gender (regardless of gender identity or gender expression), race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age 40 or older, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy or other characteristics protected by law. The Town of Severance will make all reasonable accommodations to ensure that people with disabilities have an equal opportunity in employment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Notice Regarding Medical and/or Recreational Marijuana Use: Because the possession and use of marijuana, whether for medical use or otherwise, constitutes a federal offense and because the Town is a drug-free workplace, the Town will not accommodate the use of marijuana and enforces written policy prohibiting working for the Town while the employee is under the influence of marijuana or THC. The fact that state law recognizes medical marijuana as a prescribed or otherwise permitted medication does not alter or otherwise change this policy.

THE POSITION IS OPEN UNTIL FILLED. ALL INTERESTED CANDIDATES MUST APPLY FOR THIS POSITION BY SUBMITTING OF A RESUME AND SUBMISSION OF A COVER LETTER EXPLAINING WHAT COMMUNITY POLICING MEANS TO THEM THROUGH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

• The Town of Severance website.
• Drop off in person to Severance Police Dept.
• 3 S. Timber Ridge Parkway, Severance, CO 80550
• Indeed Job Posting
• Glassdoor Job Posting
  

Salary : $73,549 - $93,063