POLICE OFFICER RECRUIT - ACADEMY SPONSORED: $39.69 HOURLY
CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICER: $39.69 HOURLY
*New to the City of Grand Junction Team?*
*Receive 40 hours Paid Time Off starting on your hire date! *
PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST APPLY DIRECTLY ON OUR SITE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION
About the Position:
Are you searching for something *more* than a job? Are you ready to *serve your community* through a *challenging and rewarding career *in policing with an agency that offers *personal and professional development*? If so, we invite you to read on.
The City of Grand Junction sponsors the Police Officer Recruit while he or she completes the Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Certified Basic Academy program through Western Colorado Community College in Grand Junction, CO. After successful completion of the POST Academy, Officers are moved to a 16-week Field Training Officer (FTO) Program with the Grand Junction Police Department. Upon successful completion of the FTO Program, recruits are released to solo patrol as a Sworn Police Officer.
What We Offer:
- Full-time, $39.69/hr. paid training while attending the POST Academy, and during FTO training
- 100% paid tuition, books, uniforms, and supplies
- Full benefits
We know that a healthy and happy workforce is a thriving workforce, which is why we offer a comprehensive benefits package that supports quality work-life balance, including 32 days of paid annual leave to be used for holiday, personal, and/or sick days, health insurance options, employer-matched retirement, a City employee health clinic, a City employee day care center, wellness program, and an Employee Assistance Program. Of equal importance, we offer an opportunity to serve the community you love and live in. Our employees find their work rewarding and fulfilling, knowing that their day job makes a positive impact.
About the Grand Junction Police Department:
At the Grand Junction Police Department (GJPD), we are committed to enhancing community safety, reducing fear of crime, and elevating the quality of life through partnerships and innovative policing initiatives. The GJPD provides a full range of high-quality policing services found in few departments our size including *traffic unit, investigations, K-9, bomb squad, crime lab, university campus policing, SWAT team, drug task force* and other collateral assignments.
What You'll Do:
*As a Recruit - *
- Attend, participate, and successfully complete a POST certified police academy.
- Pass all required classes, scenarios, physical training, and other assigned duties and tasks
*As a GJPD Police Officer --*
- Patrol assigned areas within City limits
- Respond to radio dispatch calls for investigation of breaches of the peace and citizen complaints
- Perform preliminary and initial investigations at scenes
- Prepare citations and summonses
- Make arrests and transport individuals
- Appear in court to offer testimony relative to the investigation of incidents
- Prepare a variety of reports and records
- Offer assistance to citizens
Click to view the full* *[*Police Officer Job Description*](https://trimview.gjcity.org/?=JOBDESC/109){rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"}
*This position is a safety sensitive position, which means you will be subject to random drug screens due to the nature of the work performed.*
What We're Looking For:
- Good physical condition
- Minimum of 21 years of age, as of date of hire
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Possession of, or ability to obtain, valid Colorado driver license
- Good moral character (past criminal activity ma be disqualifying -- see notice below)
- Ability to work a variety of shifts, including weekends and holidays
Notice to Applicants:
In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, we kindly request that you do not include the dates of your education to include years of attendance or graduation on your application, resume or attachments.
Testing Process:
- Telephone Interview
- Ride A-Long
- Physical Ability Test
- Written Exercise
- Oral Board Interview
- Suitability Evaluation
- Computerized Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA)
- Fingerprints/Background Investigation
- Executive Interview
- Pre-employment drug, medical, and psychological evaluation screening
Recruitment Timeline:
Please note that each step is contingent upon successful completion of the prior step. This is a tentative timeline that is subject to change.*
Phone interviews will start the week of July 14, 2025, the last week of phone interviews will be August 18, 2025.
- Two physical ability testing dates available (applicants will pick one to attend):
- August 19th
- September 10th
- Oral board interviews will start the week of August 18, 2025, the last week of oral board interviews will be September 8, 2025.
Testing weeks include, physical ability testing, written exercise, oral board interviews, suitability interviews and testing, and Computer Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA).
Executive interview dates tentatively scheduled the weeks of:
- October 13th
- November 3rd
- All final offers for the January 2026 Academy, will be tentatively extended no later than November 21, 2025 (earlier applicants could receive final offers prior to this date.)
Important Notice:
During the course of the application and hiring process, you will be asked to disclose information about your past activities. The below list of critical admissions, which may be cause for disqualification from employment with the Grand Junction Police Department, is provided to Background Investigators, Computerized Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA) Technicians, and others involved in the recruitment process. *It is important that you be completely honest and forthright about this history. While a critical admission may or may not disqualify an applicant from a job, discovery of misleading or deceitful information provided by the applicant is immediate cause for disqualification.*
- Any felony investigation or conviction
- Any conviction for a crime of violence, specifically assaults, domestic violence, etc.
- Any conviction for a "hate crime" such as ethnic intimidation
- Perjury conviction
- Any theft conviction regardless of value of item
- Theft from current employer or a previous employer
- Drug use (including marijuana) and/or current alcohol abuse
- An alcohol or drug conviction including but not limited to DUI/DWAI, depending on recency
- Hit and run accident conviction
- Being under or having been under driving restraint, cancelation, suspension or revocation of driving privileges in Colorado or any other state
Please note: The listed critical admissions are not the exclusive basis for disqualification. The City reserves the right to disqualify any applicant who may or may not have any one or all of the foregoing admissions. If you have specific questions or circumstances, you may contact the Human Resources office at 970-244-1512 or GJPD Recruiting at 970-549-JOBS.
City of Grand Junction Employee Childcare Facility:**
We know finding a quality childcare provider can be challenging, that's why the City of Grand Junction is proud to offer its employees affordable childcare through the City of Grand Junction Childcare Facility (GJCCF). GJCCF offers childcare for children ages 6 weeks (infants)