Posse - Sheriff's Office

Volunteer Opportunities With Weld County Sheriff's Office

It is in the mutual interest of the Weld County Sheriff's Office and citizens of Weld County to have a volunteer group. Citizens who volunteer at the Weld County Sheriff's Office are instrumental in improving the quality of life in their community. Volunteers work as a team with the Sheriff's Office to provide a host of neighborhood services. As a volunteer, you help the Sheriff's office decentralize law enforcement and take it out into the community where it is most needed. By giving your time to the Sheriff's office, you also ease the burden on deputies working in the field, allowing them to devote more time to fighting serious crime issues. By working together to identify problems and by forming partnerships based upon common goals and complementary strategies, law enforcement officials and community members can deal more effectively and efficiently with crime than they could by working separately.

If you meet the qualifications and are enthusiastic about volunteering your time, no other skills are required, but we do need specific skills in some situations. Training is offered to members of the Posse for some of the specific skills needed. You work as much as you can. Even a little bit of your time is greatly appreciated. There are many ways to get involved with the Volunteer Program:

• Volunteer: As a volunteer, you are not POST Certified, but still perform many duties.
• Reserve Deputy: A Reserve Officer is Colorado State POST Certified with more opportunities to perform patrol or other duties that require a Peace Officer Certification. You must receive an Appointment once you are accepted as a Reserve Officer.
• Mounted Unit: You do not need to be POST Certified to be a member of the mounted unit. It is recommended that you own or have access to a horse, but it is not required.
• Bike Patrol: You do not need to be POST Certified to be a member of the bike patrol. Some specialized training is required for bike patrol duty; the necessary training is provided by the Posse.

To become a Volunteer or Reserve Deputy, an individual must be able to meet each requirement listed below:

• Must possess a valid Colorado Driver's License.
• Successfully complete and maintain a current Red Cross First Aid and CPR certification; training provided by the Posse.
• Successfully complete the Tactical Combat Casualty Care training; provided by the Posse.
• Must pass various psychological, physical, and background examinations.
• Must be physically able to perform the tasks involved with Posse membership.
• Must communicate effectively in written and spoken English.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Posse member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, a Posse member needs to be able to:

• Frequently sit, stand, or walk for the typical four- to six-hour period of a detail.
• Use hands to handle or feel, objects, tools, or controls, as well as reach with hands and arms.
• Occasionally climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.

Posse members need the ability to see, specifically close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Visual skills are needed for the use of firearms, office and field equipment. Olfactory sensory capabilities to detect criminal/hazardous situations.

Posse members need the ability to hear and speak to enable communication with two-way radio, intercom system, and telephone. Hearing is required for the detection of sounds related to criminal/suspicious activity, and officer safety.

Weld County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.