Police Officer

Job Description

This position is eligible for a $500 new hire retention incentive after 6 months of successful employment with the City!

Police Officer

The City of O'Fallon, MO is looking to hire full-time Police Officers. Are you ready to embark on a career in law enforcement and looking for the perfect Missouri community to serve? Our Police Officers earn competitive salaries from $67,454.40 - $82,992.00. Your first year you can expect to make a starting salary of $67,454.40. We also offer excellent benefits including health, vision, dental, employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability, a retirement pension, 11 holidays, 1 personal holiday, vacation time, paid sick time, a deferred compensation plan, employee assistance, tuition assistance, and a discounted fitness membership. Is this the law enforcement opportunity for you? Read on!

ABOUT THE CITY OF O'FALLON

Join the team that keeps O'Fallon as "One of America's Best Places to Live" (Money, 2019) and one of America's Safest Cities (Safewise.com 2019).

A DAY IN THE LIFE AS AN O'FALLON POLICE OFFICER

As one of our Police Officers, you do an excellent job of keeping our residents safe and have a reputation of being helpful and willing to serve our community. Whether it is patrolling the streets to detect and deter crime, investigating crimes and accidents, responding to calls for service, interviewing citizens, providing resources to schools, transporting prisoners, or conducting business checks, you love playing an active part in our dynamic community. You take your responsibility to the citizens of O'Fallon seriously and secure crime scenes and collect evidence with care. Your integrity is impeccable and you provide honest and credible testimony in municipal, state, and federal court as needed.

Though most of your law enforcement work engages your love for interacting with people, you also spend some time applying your attention to detail to preparing reports for investigations and accidents. You are organized and carefully keep track of evidence, paperwork, warrants, and equipment. You show great respect for others and their property. You maintain your assigned vehicles and equipment with care. Your self-motivation is evident as you are always looking for ways to improve your knowledge and skills, attending training sessions regularly and keeping your state certification up-to-date. You get great satisfaction from contributing to what makes O'Fallon such a great place to live!

QUALIFICATIONS FOR A POLICE OFFICER

Current Missouri POST certification

Ability to pass an extensive background check

Valid driver's license issued by the State of Missouri or ability to attain

No experience necessary!

Are you service-oriented? Do you have a love for Missouri and particularly what a city like O'Fallon has to offer? Are your communication skills excellent, both written and verbal? Do you remain calm under pressure? Are you confident and able to exercise good judgement but also humble? If so, you just might be perfect for this O'Fallon Police Officer position!

WORK SCHEDULE

This is a full-time 40-hour to 45-hour work week law enforcement position. It is not a 9-5 job.

ARE YOU READY TO JOIN OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT TEAM?

If you feel that you would be right for this law enforcement position in O'Fallon, Missouri, please fill out our online application. We look forward to meeting you!

Online employment applications can be accessed on the City Website at

The City of O'Fallon is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify

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