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Class Title: Police Officer - Entry Class Code: PDOFFICER Salary: $28.97 - $35.10 Hourly $2,317.70 - $2,807.82 Biweekly $5,041.00 - $6,107.00 Monthly $60,492.00 - $73,284.00 Annually   Print Job Information Email me when jobs like this become available Description  Benefits   Note: To apply, candidates must initially submit their applications to PublicSafetyTesting.com. All candidates must pass the written and physical ability testing processes and have been referred by PublicSafetyTesting.com before becoming eligible to apply to the City of Lynnwood. The incumbent of this position is responsible for general duty police work which includes the prevention, detection and investigation of crimes and for maintaining and enforcing law and order. The position is located in the Lynnwood Police Department and is under the direct supervision of the shift duty sergeant.  Job Location and Equipment Utilized: Work is normally performed in an indoor and outdoor work environment, subject to seasonal heat and cold, temperature changes or extreme weather conditions, regular exposure to fumes, dust and odors, working evening and variable hours, shift work, emergency call-out, and driving a vehicle to conduct work. Exposure to possible fights and confrontations, contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals, fumes from vehicle and equipment operation, explosives, and contact with blood and body fluids. Also requires operation of a vehicle, including during adverse weather conditions.  Essential Functions: Includes but is not limited to such essential functions as listed below: • Provide service to the citizens of the City of Lynnwood to safeguard and protect their lives, property, and constitutional rights. • Acquire and maintain thorough knowledge of all state, county, and city laws and ensure equal and impartial enforcement. • Acquire and maintain familiarity with administrative policy and execute service programs within assigned area of responsibility. • Secure all information pertinent to the proper conduct of business prior to the tour of duty. • Inspect and maintain all equipment used. • Ensure civil treatment and protection of all rights of all persons coming within the scope of police authority. • Maintain firearm proficiency. • Comply with all safety standards and regulations. • Work toward the achievement of departmental and divisional objectives within assigned area of responsibility. • Gather, submit, and maintain intelligence information and provide information to other units that may be useful to their investigations. • Maintain awareness of newly enacted laws and recent court decisions and their effect on police duties and responsibilities. • Respond to crime and/or traffic accident scenes and ensure the protection of the scene and all physical evidence and witnesses until relieved by higher authority. • Conduct preliminary investigation at crime scenes until either relieved by a detective or to a point where a lapse in the investigation would not hamper or jeopardize the outcome of the case. • Discern crime, public disorder, attractive nuisances, and other crime generating conditions and develop corrective strategies. • Resolve neighborhood crime and/or disorder problems. • Maintain radio communication during tour of duty, including mealtimes, and maintain a response time conducive to the needs of the citizens served, promptly responding to all calls assigned and to those calls assigned other units where their closer proximity and the nature of the call demands immediate response. • Maintain familiarity with the city and specific areas of assignment. • Provide first aid and rescue services at crime scenes, accidents, disasters, and other emergency situations. • Engage in a wide variety of traffic direction and crowd control activities, particularly in connection with traffic accidents, demonstrations, riots, and disasters. • Promote and preserve order, defend persons from imminent physical harm, respond to requests for protective service, resolve conflicts between individuals and groups and protect individual constitutional guarantees. • Maintain records of daily activities and present testimony at judicial proceedings and other formal hearings. • Serve as an interpreter of the law to exercise discretion in determining whether to take no action, to advise, to warn, or to arrest. • Enforce all moving violations and parking regulations according to city ordinances to ensure the smooth flow of traffic throughout the City of Lynnwood. • Make recommendations to improve operational effectiveness. • Encourage voluntary compliance with the law and reduce the opportunity for criminal activity. • Give special speeches and presentations to civic and other groups to promote the police image as assigned. • Evaluate officer performance and complete necessary report forms while assigned to the Field Officer Training and Evaluation Program. (Some of the above tasks are assigned to specific officers.)  Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: • Ability to analyze situations quickly and objectively recognize actual and potential dangers and to determine the proper course of action. • Ability to cope with situations firmly, courteously, tactfully and with respect for the rights of others. • Ability to develop and maintain interpersonal relationships. • Ability to understand and carry out complex oral and written instruction. • Must possess good powers of observation and memory. • Must have excellent moral character, physical strength and agility. • Ability to understand the problems and attitudes of people of all ethnic and economic groups in relation to law enforcement agencies. • Ability to write clear, concise incident reports organizing details logically and utilizing correct spelling and grammar. • Ability to read, understand and interpret applicable federal and state laws and city ordinances, and established principles, practices, policies and procedures of police work. • Ability to communicate effectively with co-workers, superiors and the general public, both orally and in writing. • Ability to satisfactorily complete the prescribed courses of training at the police academy. • Ability to maintain a high standard of physical fitness. • Ability to work under pressure. • Good mental intelligence, emotional stability, self assurance and a high degree of initiative and good judgment are required.  Required Physical Traits: • Ability to reach overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally. • Ability to run, walk over rough or uneven surfaces, climb stairs, bend at the waist, stop, kneel or crouch, crawl, turn/twist. • Ability to speak and exchange information • Requires heavy lifting, physical agility and stamina.  Minimum Qualifications: Applicants must possess an AA degree or have earned 60 semester or 90 quarter credits toward a degree at an accredited, accepted college or 4 years active service with honorable discharge from one of the armed branches, must be at least 21 years old at time of appointment, and be a US citizen. Applicants must also meet the requirements of physical and medical standards as prescribed by the Lynnwood Civil Service Commission. A thorough medical examination, polygraph, credit check, and psychological assessment will be given prior to appointment. Successful candidates will be subject to a background investigation conducted by the Lynnwood Police Department to assess their moral character and reputation in the community. Felony convictions are disqualifying. Other factors for disqualification which will be considered include past drug use, driving record, criminal history, and employment history. A valid Washington State driver's license is required for employment. Driving history will be thoroughly assessed; excessive violations or medical restrictions may be disqualifying.  Additional Information: AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFIERS FOR POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER FALSE INFORMATION: • Evidence that the applicant has willfully provided false or misleading information during the application or screening process, either orally or in writing. CRIMINAL HISTORY: • As an adult, being convicted of a felony crime. • As an adult, being convicted of any crime felony or misdemeanor, involving perjury, false statements or a crime of moral turpitude. • As an adult, commission of an unreported felony crime during the three year period immediately preceding the date of application. • Convicted of a crime of domestic violence. • Recent or ongoing affiliation with, and/or support of, an organization or group which advocates the violent overthrow of the United States government, or whose professed goals are contrary to the interests of public safety. SUBSTANCE ABUSE: • Any illegal use of a controlled substance within three years immediately preceding the date of application. • Illegal use of a controlled substance through injection into the body at any time. • As an adult, a pattern of illegal drug use within the previous four years preceding the date of application that indicates ongoing, regular or recreational illegal use of a controlled substance. • As an adult, the selling, production or financing the production, sale or distribution of illegal controlled substances, or the obtaining of such substances through illegal use of a prescription(s). • A history of chronic alcohol or controlled substance abuse, which has hampered job performance at any time during four years immediately preceding the date of application. • Dependence upon prescription medications or drugs which would result in physical harm to the applicant or which would limit the applicant’s ability to perform should duties preclude the availability of such medication or drug in an emergency situation. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY: • Termination from or disciplinary action in any employment within five years from the time of application for misconduct, ethics violations, criminal conduct, falsification orally or in writing, or a matter of moral turpitude.

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