City of Boulder, CO Police, 5 Oct 2018

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From YouTube: Work for the Boulder Police Department

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The Boulder Police Department strives to be a premier law enforcement agency and a model of excellence in policing by creating partnerships, building trust, reducing crime and improving the quality of life for our community. Watch what it's like to work for our police department.

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This is more than just a job. To me, this is my second family. You want to help the citizens. You want to be here to help your teammates, everybody.

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Wants you to be successful and that's a great part about working here and that you don't normally get in big city departments? We.

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Are a thriving community, we have a huge business district, we have Cu, we have a student neighbourhood, so we have all those issues that a major city faces, but that small town feel it's that opportunity to make your career what you wanted, but also that intimate feeling of being in this department where people actually genuinely care about you.

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You can train for this job builder. Pd will send you to you an academy. You have the ability to choose your areas of interest so.

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I'm, here two three and a half years now and I'm training officer, SWAT and the defensive tactics instructor. We.

A

Have a huge group of people that work behind the scenes? They are our communication line when we're out on the street, but.

B

We would not be able to do our job successfully if it wasn't for dispatch. I mean a police officer is not just a one-man job. You have to learn how to play well with others, learn how to communicate well with others. A.

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Lot of what we do here is proactive and being more of a community police officer, we're.

C

Nestled up right against the Flatirons in the foothills and it's gorgeous, but that also brings natural dangers that are common in these areas like the flood in 2013 wildfires, those pose unique problems to the department and the city that you're not going to find in a big metropolitan area. We deal with a lot. You know it's the high stress high emotional job, but if that's for you, then you can thrive in it.

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If you want to work at a department that truly values its employees and the citizens that live here, then Boulder is a place for you. I live.

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When I work in the most beautiful place ever you.

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Know people travel from all around the country to come, see what's right on our doorstep, the.

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Department as a whole is they welcome you with arms, wide open every.

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Day is different, you don't know, what's gonna happen, you don't know what to expect and that's what keeps you on your feet and learning every day once.

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You start working here, you see what Boulder has to offer and the lifestyle that people live here, and it's just one of those things that you want to preserve for the citizens and visitors, so that can continue to thrive is a well-known and great city. We.

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Have crime we have riots, we have you name it. We have it. We don't have it every day which the benefits of that is, you don't get burned out and if you want to go someplace and you want to last a lifetime. The swisco place.