Transit Police Officer - Lateral at Regional Transportation District in Denver, Colorado

Job Description:

At Regional Transportation District (RTD), We make lives better through connections!

When you join RTD, you will be among dedicated employees exhibiting RTD's values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration, and ownership. RTD is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of our diversity value statement, we encourage our employees to honor diversity in thought, people, and experience. Come join RTD on this great journey to be the trusted leader in mobility, delivering excellence and value to our customers and community.

RTD Employee Benefits: https://www.rtd-denver.com/careers/benefits

(RTD Represented Employee Benefits: Please refer to the Labor Agreement included in the above link for details.)

At Regional Transportation District (RTD), We make lives better through connections!
When you join RTD, you will be among dedicated employees exhibiting RTD's values of passion, respect, diversity, trustworthiness, collaboration, and ownership. RTD is committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of our diversity value statement, we encourage our employees to honor diversity in thought, people, and experience. This is a safety sensitive position subject to the rules and regulations of the RTD Drug and Alcohol Policy and is an armed sworn position under CRS 16-2.5-146.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

ESSENTIAL:

The RTD Transit Police Department operates a complex security model dedicated to providing a safe and secure transit system for our riders, employees, and the community.  In this position, you will have the opportunity to directly impact the safety and security of RTD and its patrons by:

• Enforcing Colorado State law through observation and patrol


• Performing investigations relating to theft, violence in the workplace, crimes on RTD property, and crimes against patrons and employees


• Processing crime scenes and performing evidence collection and analysis


• Performing comprehensive facility and counterterrorism threat and vulnerability analyses of the organization’s properties and special events


• Providing comprehensive written reports, procedures and implementation plans to protect employees, patrons, facilities, and equipment


• Completing citations and arrests as needed


• Other duties as required

Working with Transit Police provides a unique chance to support a diverse community through assignments to mobile patrol and foot patrols of properties, trains, buses, and special events. The transit police jurisdiction encompasses nearly 2,400 square miles, operating in eight counties and 40 cities across the Denver Metro region.

While working with Transit Police, you will also have specific opportunities to support you fellow RTD employees through:

• Conducting security-related training programs for employees, contractors and other transportation workers especially in the area of counter-terrorism activities


• Reviewing incident reports involving employees, investigating and resolving incidents, and preparing written responses

OTHER:

All job-related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Completed High School Diploma or GED


• Must be 21 years of age at time of hire


• Proficient in all aspects of the investigations process


• Familiarity with the criminal justice system; including federal, state, and local law enforcement regulations


• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite


• Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing


• Ability to use sound judgment


• Ability to manage time and workload effectively which includes planning, organizing, and prioritizing with attention to details


• Ability to work a flexible schedule including afternoon and overnight shifts, weekends, and holidays


• Must have and maintain a valid Driver's License


• Must possess a valid Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training certification or Colorado Provisional POST Certified - https://post.colorado.gov/certification/certification-types/provisional-certification
  


• Must possess a minimum of two years patrol duty experience - consisting of street related duty.

PREFERRED:

• An associate degree in business, public administration, management, criminal justice or related field is preferred

OR:

An equivalent combination of education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

The work environment and physical demands described here are representative of those required by an employee to perform the essential functions of this job with or without reasonable accommodations.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to stand, walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and taste or smell; and ability to distinguish colors. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than one hundred pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions.

Work schedule includes rotating shifts, including nights and weekends.

The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places; and with explosives and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes, or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, and vibration.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the several types of work that may be performed.

The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

This position description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.

The statements contained in this job description reflect general details as necessary to describe the principal function of this job, the level of knowledge and skill typically required, and the scope of responsibility.

CAREER MAP:

Based on job performance, experience, education and position availability the next step on the career map for this position may be:

Transit Police Corporal or Sergeant

Salary Step Scale:

PO3 $78,430 Completion of second full year

PO2 $83,956 Completion of third full year

PO1 $104,945 Completion of fourth full year

RTD is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, supporting diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. All applicants will be considered for employment without regard to the race, sex, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Applications for this position are accepted on an ongoing basis.

Pay Range:

$65,177.00 - $92,062.25 Annual

RTD is an Equal Opportunity Employer, please see our EEO policy ( https://www.rtd-denver.com/sites/default/files/files/2022-12/EEO%20Policy%20Statement-%20UPDATED.pdf )

RTD posts a compensation range that represents a good faith estimate of what RTD anticipates paying for the position at the time of posting.  Starting salary is based on the candidate’s relevant and verified education, training and work experience.  Applicants should submit all relevant and verifiable education, training and work experiences at the time of application.

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