- Physical ability tests (PAT) - Pass or Fail Examination
- PST Written Exam - weighted 100%
- Top 20 placed on Eligibility List
- You will receive an email with a link to apply to our current posting
- Criminal background check, psychological assessment, polygraph, and medical assessment
- Chief's and/or Command Interview
- Basic Law Enforcement Academy through Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission
- Provide service to the citizens and visitors 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.
- Support agency core values of professionalism, vigilance, and community.
- 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.
- 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, 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.
- Attend ongoing professional development training provided by the Department.
- Engage in a wide variety of traffic direction and crowd control activities, particularly in connection with traffic accidents, demonstrations, riots, and disasters.
- Attend community events as directed.
- 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.
- Prepare reports and preserve evidence using systems provided by the Department.
- 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.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Maintain regular attendance.
- (Some of the above tasks are assigned to specific officers.)
- 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.
- 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 deescalate hostile and unpredictable situations and people.
- 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.
- Must possess good powers of observation and memory.
- Ability to reach overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally.
- Ability to run, walk over rough or uneven surfaces, climb stairs, bend at the waist, stoop, kneel or crouch, crawl, turn/twist.
- Ability to speak and hear to communicate and exchange information.
- Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to operate computers including keyboarding on a car mounted MDC for extended periods of time. Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to operate electronic devices to include, but not limited to, two-way radio, cell phone, cameras, and other standard police equipment.
- Visual acuity to read and compose various reports and other documentation.
- Ability to perform heavy lifting, physical agility and to maintain stamina.
- Applicants must have a High School Diploma or certified G.E.D. Equivalent
- Be a Citizen of the United States of America or a lawful permanent resident who can read and write the English language
- Possess a valid Washington State Driver's License
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- Lynnwood Recruiter at Testing Site
- Public Safety Testing
- Lynnwood Facebook/Ad
- Lynnwood LinkedIn/Ad
- Lynnwood Instagram/Ad
- Internet Search
- Lynnwood Website
- Personal Contact
- Digital Billboard
- Radio Ad
- Other
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Description
Salary: $ $54.41 HourlyLocation : Lynnwood, WA
Job Type: Regular Full-Time Benefitted
Job Number: 2024-PO019
Department: POLICE DEPARTMENT
Opening Date: 05/21/2024
Closing Date: 5/27/2024 11:59 PM Pacific
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Bargaining Unit: POL
Summary
Note: Prior to application with the City of Lynnwood, all candidates must pass the written and physical ability testing processes and have been referred by before becoming eligible to apply to the City of Lynnwood. Entry Police candidates must test with PST AND achieve a 70% or better on the PST Written assessment AND pass the physical ability test to be considered for our hiring process.
How to Apply
Entry Police Officer Applicants - the Lynnwood Police Department conducts entry-level testing through Please visitPublic Safety Testing to schedule your test and begin the process.
Our hiring process is as follows:
Hiring Bonus
Entry level police officers hired by the Lynnwood Police Department will receive a five thousand dollar ($5,000) incentive. Three thousand dollars ($3,000) will be paid following the start of employment. One thousand dollars ($1,000) will be paid upon successful achievement of solo status. One thousand dollars ($1,000) will be paid upon successful completion of their probationary period.
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:
Additional Information
AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFIERS FOR POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER
INTEGRITY
1. Any material misstatement of fact or significant admission during the application or background process shall be disqualifying, including inconsistent statements made during the initial background interview or polygraph examination or discrepancies between this background investigation and other investigations conducted by other law enforcement agencies. In addition, any disclosures revealed by active law enforcement applicants (laterals) that reveal criminal actions or potentially damaging information to their employing agency may be revealed to their current employer.
2. Any forgery, alteration, or intentional omission of material facts on an official employment application document or sustained episodes of academic cheating.
3. As an adult, being convicted of any crime, felony or misdemeanor, involving perjury, false statements, or a crime of moral turpitude.
4. 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.
ACADEMIC DISMISSAL
1. Being under current academic dismissal from any college or university where such dismissal is still in effect and was initiated within the past two years prior to the date of application.
2. Having been academically dismissed from any CJTC certified basic law enforcement academy wherein no demonstrated effort has been made to improve in the deficient areas, except: subsequent successful completion of another CJTC basic law enforcement academy shall rescind this requirement.
JUDGMENT UNDER PRESSURE
1. Admission(s) of administrative conviction or criminal convictions for any act amounting to assault under color of authority or any other violation of federal or state Civil Rights laws.
2. Any admission(s) of administrative conviction or criminal conviction for failure to properly report witnessed criminal conduct committed by another law enforcement officer.
ILLEGAL USE OR POSSESSION OF DRUGS
1. Any adult use or possession of a drug classified as a hallucinogenic within seven years prior to application for employment.
2. Any other illegal adult use or possession of a drug not mentioned above (including cocaine) within three years prior to application for employment.
3. Any illegal adult use or possession of a drug while employed in any law enforcement or military police capacity.
4. Any adult manufacture or cultivation of a drug or illegal substance.
5. Failure to divulge to the Department any information about personal illegal use or possession of drugs.
6. Any drug test of the applicant, during the course of the hiring process, where illegal drugs are detected.
*The following is a link to policy 1000 Recruitment and Selection that includes further details regarding disqualifiers.
For more information about the Lynnwood Police Department watch our video:
The City of Lynnwood is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for positions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, gender identity, or any other basis prohibited by federal, state, and local laws.
For information on City of Lynnwood's benefits, please click on the following link:
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Have you successfully tested through and achieved a 70% score or better on the Written Assessment AND passed the physical ability test ?
If you answered yes, please specify the month and year you completed testing. ***If you answered no, enter N/A and do not continue with the application process.*** Applicants must have completed the written and physical ability testing process with Public Safety Testing prior to applying for this position.
03
Are you 20 1/2 years of age or older?
Are you a citizen of the United States of America or a lawful permanent resident who can read and write the English language?
Minimum Requirement: Do you have a high school Diploma or GED equivalent?
Do you have active military service with an honorable discharge from one of the armed branches (Note: A copy of your DD214 must be attached to receive Veterans Preference points.)
Do you claim Veteran's Preference?
Have you ever been hired into a public service position in which you claimed your veterans preference?
Have you ever been charged with a misdemeanor or felony?
If you answered Yes, list all arrest information for each incident (other than traffic). Specify what the charge was, when and where you received it and what the disposition of the violation was. If you answered no, enter N/A.
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Have you ever used any illegal drugs?
If you answered Yes, indicate the type(s) of drugs used, the year(s) it was used and on how many occasions. (Prior drug use does not necessarily eliminate you from consideration. See automatic disqualifiers on the job description.) If you answered No, enter N/A.
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Do you have any activities, commitments or responsibilities that may prevent you from meeting work attendance requirements?
Have you completed any other Civil Service Police Officer Oral Board exams within the past 12 months?
If you are currently on an active hire list please list the department(s).
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Have you ever previously completed the City of Lynnwood application for the position of Entry Police Officer?
If yes, please give the date(s) of your previous application.
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How did you hear about us? (Check all that apply.)
I certify that all statements above are true to the best of my knowledge. I certify that I am not engaged in or associated with others who are engaged in any acts that are illegal or perceived to be illegal. I understand that any untruthfulness, deceit or failure to disclose information on my part through written or oral statements will be sufficient cause for removal from the hiring process, the Civil Service list and/or employment.