EXCEPTIONAL ENTRY POLICE OFFICER

Summary The City of Lynnwood currently has a Exceptional Entry Police Officer position opening. 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.

Applicants hired as exceptional entry police officers will receive a ten thousand dollar ($10,000) incentive. Five thousand dollars ($5,000) will be paid upon successful completion of Phase 1 of the field training (FTO) process.. Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) will be paid upon successful achievement of solo status. Two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) will be paid upon successful completion of their probationary period.

Following completion of the probation period, exceptional entry police officers will also be eligible for additional wage augments including educational premium pay and assignment/specialty pay as applicable.

Police Officer Salary (2026 Base Wages) Step 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Hourly Rate$51.1436$55.5051$57.7599$60.1059$61.9622Per Pay Period$4,091.49$4,440.41$4,620.79$4,808.47$4,956.98Annual Salary$106,378.69$115,450.61$120,140.59$125,020.27$128,881.38

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 Must have been employed as a full-time paid law enforcement officer with a municipal, county or state law enforcement agency 12 months or less continually and be currently employed or separated less than 24 months at time of application and;

Must have satisfactorily completed the Washington State Basic Law Enforcement Officer course or meet the standards prescribed by the Washington State Training Agency Commission for Equivalency.

Additional Information

AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFIERS FOR POSITION OF POLICE OFFICER INTEGRITY

• 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.
• Any forgery, alteration, or intentional omission of material facts on an official employment application document or sustained episodes of academic cheating.
• As an adult, being convicted of any crime, felony or misdemeanor, involving perjury, false statements, or a crime of moral turpitude.
• 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

• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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

• Any adult use or possession of a drug classified as a hallucinogenic within seven years prior to application for employment.
• Any other illegal adult use or possession of a drug not mentioned above (including cocaine) within three years prior to application for employment.
• Any illegal adult use or possession of a drug while employed in any law enforcement or military police capacity.
• Any adult manufacture or cultivation of a drug or illegal substance.
• Failure to divulge to the Department any information about personal illegal use or possession of drugs.
• 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.

https://public.powerdms.com/LYNNWOODWA/documents/26984

For more information about the Lynnwood Police Department watch our video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXrFydAdPKo

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:

https://www.lynnwoodwa.gov/Government/Departments/Human-Resources

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Are you currently employed as a full time law enforcement officer with a civilian law enforcement agency?

• Yes
• No

02

Have you been employed as a full time law enforcement officer with a civilian law enforcement agency for at least 12 of the past 36 months?

• Yes
• No

03

Have you successfully completed probation in your present (or most recent) employment as a law enforcement officer?

• Yes
• No

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Have you successfully completed the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission 720 hour Basic Law Enforcement Academy (or, if you are an out-of-state applicant, an equivalent to this course)?

• Yes
• No

05

If you answered Yes, list the name of academy, location of the academy, date of graduation, and number of hours. If you answered No, enter N/A.

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Please attach to this application your certificate of graduation and any transcripts, progress reports, or instructor comments if you have them. If you are unable to attach, mail them to the City of Lynnwood, Human Resources Department, Attention: Lateral Officer Candidate.

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Do you have any activities, commitments or responsibilities that may prevent you from meeting work attendance requirements?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered Yes, explain. If you answered No, enter N/A.

09

Have you ever been convicted of, or have you served time in a correctional institution for any crime which might have some bearing on your qualifications and fitness to accept the duties and responsibilities of the position for which you are applying?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered Yes, give details. If you answered No, enter N/A.

11

List all police or law enforcement agencies you have worked for, starting with the most recent. Include agency name, agency address, agency phone, position held and salary, name of supervisor, hire date, termination date, reason for leaving.

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List all professional police courses taken that were 40 hours or more in duration. This will be primarily in-service training but can include other professional, police related training, as appropriate. List the course title, school, school location, dates, length of course and topics covered.

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AREAS OF POLICE WORK: Describe all duty and specialty assignments in your police career such as patrol, traffic, investigations, narcotics, community relations/crime prevention, training of officers, K-9, DARE, administration, etc. Note the duration of each assignment and where held. Specify reason for transfer or reassignment.

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REASON FOR LATERAL TRANSFER: Please give your reasons for leaving your current department and why you want to work for the Lynnwood Police Department.

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List all police vehicle accidents you have been involved in, regardless of fault.

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List all sustained citizen's complaints and internal investigations, as well as any disciplinary actions you have received while employed as a police officer.

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List all commendations you have received while employed as a police officer.

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List any special achievements, unusually high productivity in a particular enforcement aspect, or innovative programs you may have implemented.

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Please attach to your application copies of all commendations, notices of disciplinary actions, and performance evaluations. If you are unable to attach, please mail to the City of Lynnwood, Human Resources Department, Lateral Officer Candidate.

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NARRATIVE QUESTION: Please respond to the following question: Describe how your employment, experience, and education have provided you the ability to exercise seasoned judgment under stress. Please provide at least one example.

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Do you have a driving record acceptable to the City's insurance carrier?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered yes, list the State where your license is issued, your driver license number and expiration date. If you answered No, enter N/A.

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Have you ever been charged with, forfeited bail on or been convicted of any traffic law violation?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered yes, provide the date(s), location(s), and the disposition of each traffic law violation. If you answered no, enter N/A.

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Have you ever had your drivers license suspended in this State or any other State?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered yes, give the date(s), location(s) and the reason for the suspension(s). If you answered no, enter N/A.

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Have you ever been charged with a misdemeanor or felony?

• Yes
• No

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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?

• Yes
• No

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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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Have you ever had your wages garnished?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered yes, what was date of garnishment, employer involved, creditor involved, and disposition. If you answered No, enter N/A.

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Have you ever filed bankruptcy?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered yes, list the date of the bankruptcy and describe your current financial situation. If you answered No, enter N/A.

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Are you currently on an active hire list?

• Yes
• No

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Are you able to speak/understand a language other than English?

• Yes
• No

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If you answered Yes, specify what other language(s) your speak/understand. If you answered No, enter N/A.

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How did you hear about us?

• Lynnwood Recruiter at Testing Site
• Public Safety Testing Testing
• Lynnwood Facebook AD
• Lynnwood LinkedIn Ad
• Internet Search
• Personal Contact
• Lynnwood Website
• Other

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If you selected other please specify.

• Required Question