Police Officer

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. Our Police Officers value and embody professionalism, integrity, compassion, and service. The department promotes the personal and professional development of our police force through a wide variety of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

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. Police Officers work ten hour shifts in a team concept. To learn more about our department watch the video below.

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.

Lateral and Certified Officers starting pay will be $39.69‑$54.99 per hour, based on years of service and experience. Lateral and Certified applicants will receive 40 hours of paid time off upon hire. Lateral and Certified applicants may be eligible for a hiring bonus up to $10,000 dependent upon qualifications and experience. This hiring bonus will be awarded upon completion of the Field Training Officer Program with a signed three (3) year commitment to the Grand Junction Police Department.

Lateral and Certified applicants are eligible for reimbursement of up to $2,500 in qualified relocation expenses.

To apply as a Lateral Officer, applicants must be POST certified in Colorado and possess a (1) year of experience in the law enforcement field. If applicants are certified in another state (or certain federal law enforcement agencies), they must apply for and obtain a Provisional Certification through Colorado POST prior to a final offer of employment. Details regarding that process and eligibility can be found here: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

To apply as a Certified Officer, applicants must be POST certified in Colorado (by date of hire). If applicants are certified in another state (or certain federal law enforcement agencies), they must apply for and obtain a Provisional Certification through Colorado POST prior to a final offer of employment. Details regarding that process and eligibility can be found here: .

• Patrol assigned areas within City limits
• Respond to radio dispatch calls for service
• Perform preliminary 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

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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 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…