Job Information

DENVER CITY AND COUNTY
201 WEST COLFAX AVE
DENVER, COLORADO 80202
(720)913-5642
http://www.denvergov.org/jobs

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Updated: December 17, 2018

Job Classification: Deputy Sheriff

************* PREAPPROVED TESTING PROCESS – BY INVITATION ONLY ****************

The Denver Sheriff Department is currently seeking qualified applicants for Deputy Sheriff positions with the Denver County Jail among other locations. There are limited spaces in our upcoming academy so we recommend that you complete your application and testing as soon as possible.

****All applicants must submit a City application. To learn more about this opportunity and to apply for the position go to denvergov.org/jobs or click here. Testing for this academy will be by invitation only. Please apply at denvergov.org/jobs and if you are selected to test you will be contacted by a city representative**

About the position:

Salary Information: $56,335.00 - $78,501.00 Annually

The Denver Sheriff Department is currently seeking qualified applicants for the position of Deputy Sheriff. The next academy will begin on in July of 2019.

This position offers competitive salary, outstanding benefits to include medical, dental, vision, health savings, life insurance, retirement plans and more. The Denver Sheriff Department also has a comprehensive pregnancy policy for employees to utilize. Employees of the Denver Sheriff Department and their family members are now eligible for tuition assistance with a local university. The Department recently signed an agreement that offers a grant and other discounts based on training and experience.

Job Requirements

Age: Must be at least 21 years of age when academy begins

High School Grad/GED: Have a High School Diploma or GED Certificate

Valid COLORADO State Driver's License: Out of state candidates are welcome to apply. Possession of a valid Colorado Driver’s License is required at the time of application or within 6 months of probation.

****Please read the list of disqualifiers below. If you have any of these disqualifications your application will not be moved forward***

Disqualifiers:

Missed work due to alcohol consumption: No days missed in the past twelve months due to alcohol consumption.
Alcohol consumption during work hours: No unauthorized consumption of alcohol during work hours in the last twelve months.
Use of Illegal narcotics: Five years (60 months) must have elapsed since the candidate last used an illegal narcotic.
Use of social drugs illegally: Three years (36 months) must have elapsed since the candidate last used social drugs illegally (to include steroids use).
Use of marijuana/marijuana consumption: One year (12 months) must have elapsed since last marijuana use/consumption.
Purchase of illegal drugs: Social drugs- Three years (36 months) must have elapsed since last purchase.
Marijuana: Three years (36 months) must have elapsed since last purchase.
Shoplifting: No shoplifting in the last three years (36 months).
Theft from employers (merchandise): No theft in the last five years (excluding pens, pencils, sticky notes, etc.).
Theft from employers (money): $0 in theft of money from employers in the last five years.
Prostitution: No prostitution or solicitation of prostitution in a lifetime.
DUI or DWAI: No convictions or deferred judgments in the last 36 months.
Domestic Violence: No domestic violence convictions/deferred judgments.
Criminal convictions: No felony convictions/deferred judgments in a lifetime.
No misdemeanor convictions/deferred judgments in the last five years OR no convictions/deferred judgments in a lifetime for the following misdemeanor offense:
- Sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact, or an offense that would require registration as a sex offender under Colorado law
- Any offense based on unlawful sexual behavior
- Offense of child abuse (including child neglect) resulting in any injury to the child or to the child's health
- Any bias-motivated crime including harassment or intimidation of a person or group because of that person' s or group's actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, natural origin, religion, creed, age, gender, gender variance, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability
- Impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or public servant
- Obstruction of government operations
- Obstruction of a peace officer, firefighter, emergency medical service provider, rescue specialist, or like volunteer
- False reporting to fire, emergency, or law enforcement authorities
- Perjury
- Assault in the third degree
- Keeping a place of prostitution
- Dispensing violent films to minor
- Concealing Death
- False reporting to authorities
- Impersonating a public servant
- Abuse of public records
- Aiding escape
- Possession of contraband in the second degree
- Escapes
- Attempt to escape
- Soliciting unlawful compensation
- Trading in public office
- Official oppression
- First degree official misconduct
- Perjury in the second degree
- Willful misrepresentation of material fact on juror questionnaire
- Willful harassment of juror by employer
- Duty to report use of force by peace officers
- Bias-motivated crimes
- Unlawful distribution, manufacturing, dispensing, or sale
- Keeping, maintaining, controlling, renting, or making available property for unlawful distribution or manufacture of controlled substances

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