Police Officer (Lateral)

Police Officer Opportunity

Are you a sworn police officer wanting to police with purpose? The El Mirage Police Department is hiring!

We're recruiting lateral police officers to join our team! Would you like to relocate, start fresh at a new department, seek new challenges, or increase balance with work and family? The City of El Mirage offers a rare environment, a hidden gem in a career field that's constantly evolving. We are seeking officers who are proactive, community-minded, want to gain experience, and make a difference. El Mirage is located close to activities, sports, and entertainment and has a lower cost of living.

It's been said that you must see it and feel it, not just hear it. Come ride along with one of our officers to see the family environment in our department and feel the support from our community.

We value our relationship with the community and enjoy strong support from the residents, city council and city management. We have a modern police facility, a fleet of new vehicles, on-site gym, up-to-date equipment and the latest in technology. We will provide you with the training, experience, and tools to work efficiently and be the best you can be!

We are a true family of officers and value the talent and contributions of each individual member. Within our department, you are not just a number or a face in the crowd. We will get to know you, support you, and offer you the opportunity to make a real difference in our community.

Growth opportunities and special assignments such as field training officer, motor officer, K-9 handler, detective, school resource officer, and task forces are available, along with opportunities for a variety of skill sets.

Police officer (lateral) pay starts up to $51.81 per hour ($107,764.80 annually), depending on qualifications.

In addition to the many opportunities and assignments, we offer the following benefits and specialty pays to eligible employees:

• Field Training Officer: 5% to the base hourly rate.
• Specialty Assignment Pay: 5% to the base hourly rate for assignments in the gang task force, neighborhood enforcement team, canine unit, traffic motor unit, or special weapons and tactics (SWAT).
• Deferred Compensation: $100.00 employer contribution per pay period.
• Uniform Allowance: $700 at academy graduation or upon start, and up to $1,400 per year.
• Bilingual Pay: $0.75 per hour.
• Shift Pay: $0.50 to $1.00 per hour.
• On-call Pay: $3.00 per hour.
• Call Back: 4 hours at the overtime rate.
• Court Appearance: 2 hours minimum
• Health and Dental Insurance: City pays 100% of employee-only health and dental premiums for base health and dental plans
• Tuition Assistance: 100% reimbursement per credit hour up to $5,250 per calendar year.
• Vacation Leave: Up to 80 hours the first year, and 10 additional hours for each year of service thereafter, up to 180 hours per year
• Sick Leave: Up to 96 hours per year
• Service Award Leave: Up to 40 hours per year
• Holiday Pay: 10 hours holiday pay for 10 holidays
• Sick Leave Conversion at Retirement Eligibility: Employees with a minimum of 1000 hours of accrued and unused sick leave at the time of separation are eligible for pay of an amount of compensation equal to 40%. Employees with a minimum of 1400 hours, eligible for compensation equal to 60%.

Come grow with our organization!

For additional information, please visit the El Mirage Police Job Opportunities website.

Job Classification Title: Police Officer

Working Title(s): Police Officer

FLSA Status: NE

Safety Sensitive: Yes

Pay Grade: MOU Police Officer

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

Organizational Role: Paraprofessional-Operational

Supervision Exercised: None

Budget Authority: None

Competency Rank(s): N/A

This job classification description is meant to be a general overview and does not include all possible duties, responsibilities, and requirements. The essential duties and Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) designation may vary depending on the specific tasks assigned by the City of El Mirage.

This class is the second level in a four-level Sworn Police series. Incumbents ensure the safety and security of municipal streets, buildings, residences, and neighborhoods; enforce ordinances and laws; respond to calls; conduct investigations, and provide other assigned law enforcement and public safety duties.

The following are intended to describe core work functions of this classification. While the level and broad nature of essential duties may not change, specific work tasks will vary over time depending on the City's needs.

• Responds to service and assistance calls.
• Performs community and problem-oriented policing activities.
• Conducts investigations by locating physical evidence, victims, witnesses and suspects.
• Gathers information and completes interviews.
• Documents facts and elements of a crime.
• Makes arrest when necessary.
• Writes reports.
• Operates a motor vehicle and patrols assigned areas.
• Testifies in court.
• Holds and participates in training sessions, as assigned.
• Serves as a detention/booking officer.
• Serves warrants.
• Provides for traffic control.
• Operates and maintains devices, equipment and weapons associated with law enforcement activities.
• Secures crime scenes.
• Administers first aid.
• Performs related work as assigned.

Knowledge

• Law enforcement principles, practices and equipment.
• Methods and process of law enforcement investigative work.
• Standard policies, rules and regulations of a law enforcement agency.
• Methods and practices of community and problem-oriented policing.
• Methods and techniques of law enforcement interviews.
• Chain of custody process and preservation of evidence methods and requirements.
• Arizona criminal justice and court systems, procedures and protocols.
• Traffic control methods.
• Radio and communication system operation and protocols.
• Safe driving practices and geography of the city.
• Law enforcement issues in the city.
• Computerized law enforcement information systems.
• First aid principles and practices.
• Occupational hazards and applicable safety principles and practices.
• Uses and properties of law enforcement supplies and equipment.
• Report preparation, including accurate grammar, punctuation.
• Basic math to calculate measurements and perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and percentages.

Skills

• Understanding and interpreting laws, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Applying police methods and procedures, including patrol, crime prevention, traffic control, investigation and identification techniques, equipment, police records and reports, and first aid techniques.
• Interpreting criminal law and criminal procedures with particular reference to the apprehension, arrest and custody of persons committing misdemeanors and felonies, including rules of evidence pertaining to the search and seizure and the preservation of evidence in traffic and criminal cases.
• Interviewing victims and witnesses to obtain facts.
• Accurately remembering faces, numbers, incidents and places.
• Thinking and acting quickly in emergencies and to judge situations and people accurately.
• Rendering credible testimony in a court of law.
• Using standard broadcasting procedures of a police radio system.
• Operating computerized law enforcement information systems.
• Exercising judgment and make decisions as to appropriate action under pressure in accordance with rules, regulations and policies,
• Work cooperatively, courteously, but firmly with the public.
• Properly caring for firearms and related law enforcement equipment.
• Calculating measurements and performing addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and percentages.
• Correctly identifying elements of a crime and accurately recording them in a police report for purposes of