Job Description

Salary: $45.00 - $56.12 Hourly

Location : Richland Police Department: 871 George Washington Way - Richland, WA

Job Type: Regular Full-Time

Job Number: 2024-00002

Department: Police Services

Division: Police

Opening Date: 01/01/2024

Closing Date: Continuous

FLSA: Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit: 5000

General Summary

The Richland Police Department is seeking Exceptional Entry Level Police Officer applicants. If you are currently a sworn Police Officer who works full-time for another police agency, or have completed the Basic Law Enforcement Academy (BLEA) through the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (CJTC) or equivalent out of state academy approved by CJTC, but have worked there less than 24 months, you may be considered as an Exceptional Entry Level Police Officer candidate.


Under the direction of a Police Sergeant or designee, performs police protection and other services to safeguard the lives, property and constitutional rights of the citizens of Richland; responds to crime and accident scenes, emergency situations and other requests for assistance; detects, apprehends and arrest criminals; enforces the laws and ordinances of the City and performs a variety of specialized duties as assigned. Subject to 12-hour shifts, callback, standby and overtime as required.

Incumbents in this class may be allocated to one or more specialized full-time assignments on a rotational basis (DOQ). Each optional assignment within this classification is compensated in accordance with collective bargaining agreements recognizing difficulty and responsibility of each assignment.

Please view the Hiring Brochure and Recruitment Flyer for more information and job details.

For complete job description to include working conditions, click here .

Minimum Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Submit an online application, and attach a current resume and updated Personal History Statement (PHS) in PDF format. Please click here to access the PHS.
• Be a current full-time sworn police officer who works for another agency, and have worked less than two (2) continuous years (with no break in service for more than 24 months if not currently employed as a police officer).
• Applicants must be certified via attendance of the Washington State Basic Law Enforcement Academy (BLEA) through the CJTC, or an equivalent academy approved by CJTC*, within two (2) years of submitting application (Military, Corrections, Federal and Reserve Officer training, along with any other training not approved by CJTC, is not accepted).
• Valid Washington State driver's license upon hire date (out of state applicants must obtain within two months).
• All candidates must have a current police officer certification or equivalent (decertification in any State could be cause for disqualification).
• Twenty-one (21) years of age at time of application.
• U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, or a deferred action for childhood arrivals recipient.
• Satisfactorily complete field training provided by the Richland Police Department, in which methods, procedures and techniques of law enforcement work are presented by field training officers, before completion of probationary period.

*Equivalency standards for out of state academies are subject to review by CJTC on a case-by-case basis. Candidates determined by CJTC to not be equivalent may be subject to attending BLEA in Washington State.

Please review the brochure for further details on hiring standards, to include temporary or permanent disqualifiers.

Desirable Qualifications

• AA or BA Degree in police science, law, criminal justice or related field preferred.
• Completion of basic training academy, and previously sworn officer experience as a commissioned law enforcement officer in Washington state.
• Bi-Lingual a plus.

Supplemental Information

Final selection will be based on overall qualifications and the testing process (Oral board interview and presentation exercise).

If selected, the final candidate(s) will be required to complete and pass a comprehensive integrity interview, background/reference check (includes site visit), polygraph, fingerprinting, pre-employment physical, and psychological exam.


EOE

Summary of City of Richland benefit for Police affiliated staff (guild-represented employees):

• Excellent preferred provider medical plan with a substantial City-paid contribution
• City-paid dental and vision plans
• City-paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance (equals two times the employees annual salary)
• Participation in the State of Washington's LEOFF II Retirement Plan
• Vacation Leave*
• Sick Leave (8 hours per month*)
• 10 Paid Holidays
• 4.5% City-match (gross pay) deferred compensation plan 457
• Education Incentive Program
• Specialty Pays
• Section 125 - Flexible Benefits Plan
• City-paid and Employee-paid Retirement Health Savings Plan
• Employee Assistance Program

Vacation Accrual Rates
*Rates subject to change based upon collective bargaining agreement (CBA). See CBA for eligibility requirements. For 2022-2025 Police Guild CBA, rates are as follows: YEARS OF SERVICE*(HOURS/MONTH)*
1st- 9 years: 12
10th - 15 years: 14
16th - 20 years: 16
Over 20 years: 18

01


I have attached a current resume and PHS in PDF format. (Please see job posting for PHS link, if needed.)

• Yes
• No

02


Do you have a High School diploma or GED?

• Yes
• No

03


Which best describes your experience working as a commissioned law enforcement officer?

• I have not worked for a law enforcement agency
• I have less than 1 year of experience working for a law enforcement agency.
• I have less than 2 years of experience working for a law enforcement agency
• I have 2 to 3 years of experience working for a law enforcement agency.
• I have 3 years or greater experience working for a law enforcement agency
• I have at least 5 years of experience or greater

04


Please describe your experience, including where the experience and/or training is from and how much experience/training you have.

05


Have you completed Basic Law Enforcement Academy through the CJTC within the past two (2) years? (Military, Corrections, Federal and Reserve Officer training along with an other training not approved by CJTC is not accepted)

• Yes
• No

06


What date did you graduate from Basic Law Enforcement Academy through the CJTC?

07


Do you have a current Police Officer or equivalent certification?

• Yes
• No

08


Have you had a break in service for more than 24 months as a commissioned law enforcement officer?

• Yes
• No

09


Have you ever failed a probationary period for a law enforcement agency? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

10


Have you received any discipline as a Law Enforcement Officer, to include written reprimands, suspensions, terminations, or terminations with reinstatement? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

11


Have you ever been allowed to resign in lieu of discharge? If yes, please explain. If no, please indicate "N/A".

12


Have you ever been untruthful in a hearing, court hearing, trial and/or internal investigation? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

13


Have you had any adversarial contacts with law enforcement? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

14


Have you ever been, or taken out a restraining order, court order of protection, or injunction prohibiting harassment against someone? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

15


Domestic violence is defined as crimes to include assault, criminal damage, endangerment, imprisonment, intimidation, kidnapping, trespass, disorderly conduct, or reckless display or discharge of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument in the following: if the relationship between the victim and the defendant is one of marriage or former marriage or of persons residing or having resided in the same household, if the victim and the defendant have a child in common, if the victim or the defendant is pregnant by the other party, if the victim is related to the defendant or the defendant's spouse by blood or court order as a parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, brother, or sister or by marriage as a parent-in-law, grandparent-in-law, stepparent, step-grandparent, stepchild, step-grandchild, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, if the victim is a child who resides or has resided in the same household as the defendant and is related by blood to a former spouse of the defendant or to a person who resided in the same household as the defendant, or if the relationship between the victim and the defendant is currently or was previously a romantic or sexual relationship. The following factors may be considered in the determining whether the relationship between the victim and the defendant is currently or was previously a romantic or sexual relationship: type of relationship, length of relationship, frequency of the interaction between the victim and the defendant, and if the relationship has terminated, and the length of time since the termination.Have you ever committed an act of domestic violence according to the definition provided; and/or has any law enforcement agency ever responded to your residence, temporary or permanent, for any reason relating to domestic violence? If yes to either, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

16


Have you been convicted of a civil rights violation? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

17


Have you ever been rejected as a job applicant for issues raised by an oral board process? If yes, explain below. If no, indicate "N/A".

18


Have your ever been rejected as a job applicant for issues raised by a background investigation? If yes, please explain below. If no, indicate "N/A".

19


Have you ever been rejected as a job applicant for issues raised by your work history/performance? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

20


Have you ever been rejected as a job applicant for issues raised by a polygraph? If yes, please explain below. If no, indiciate "N/A".

21


Have you ever been rejected as a job applicant for issues raised OTHER than an oral board, background investigation or polygraph? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A"

22


Have you ever removed yourself from an eligibility list? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

23


Have you ever been given the opportunity to remove yourself from an eligibility list instead of being removed or disqualified by the agency? If yes, please explain. If no, indicate "N/A".

24


If selected for this position you will be required to complete a comprehensive background check to include an integrity interview, reference checks, criminal history check, driving record, etc. In addition, you could be required to go through a polygraph, fingerprinting, psychological and pre-employment physical exam, including drug/alcohol testing. Are you willing and able to go through this process, if selected?

• Yes
• No
• Maybe

25


Have you, at any point during this application process, lied or deliberately left off any information?

• Yes
• No

26


Do you understand that any omission, misrepresentation, or falsification on this document, answers provided, any interview, or any other part of the hiring process could result in permanent disqualification from employment from the City of Richland Police Department?

• Yes
• No

27


I understand that I will not receive and I am not entitled to a copy of the background investigation report or to know its contents. I further understand that the contents will be used in the evaluation process for employment with the Richland Police Department. Further, I understand that no documents submitted by me will be returned to me and no copies of any other reports or documents utilized for or during my application for employment will be furnished or given to me.Under penalty of perjury (purusant to Washington State RCW Chapter 9A-72), I hereby state and declare that all statements in this packet are true. I make this declaration fully aware that the Richland Police Department may choose to verify the truth of these statements through a polygraph examination, another truth verification examination, or a background investigation. Further if it is proven that I have made a false statement; I understand that this would be grounds for my disqualification as a candidate, or termination of my employment (if hired). Please indicate that you have read, understand, and agree to the aforementioned conditions and criteria.

• Yes
• No

28


I have reviewed the , to include temporary or permanent disqualifiers and I fall within the acceptable guidelines.

• Yes
• No

29


Did a current City employee refer you to apply to our agency?

• Yes
• No

30


If you answered "yes" to question above, what is the full name of the employee that initially referred you to apply to our agency? If no or not applicable, type "N/A".

Required Question

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