Langley enjoys a small-town atmosphere within an hour's journey (including the car ferry trip) from urban Seattle. The town's signature characteristics include: bustling center of local commerce, strong seasonal economic impact from visitors, deep pool of resident artists and performers, artisans in nearly every medium, farmers, community involvement in local government, festivals, home of the county fair, beaches, forests, pocket parks, a 250-seat performing arts center that presents local as well as world-class entertainment, a small marina, and the oldest cemetery on Whidbey Island.

The Langley Police Department is committed to building and maintaining a relationship of trust with the community in Langley. We are committed to transparency and integrity in all aspects of the operations of our department. We are also committed to helping our officers achieve their professional goals and thus developing our department to it's greatest potential.

City of Langley

Police Department POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT

Lateral Police Officer

Job Description

GENERAL STATEMENT

The City of Langley has begun accepting applications for the position of a Lateral Police Officer with the Langley Police Department. A police officer for the City of Langley performs a full scope of law enforcement duties in protecting life and property, conducting investigations, community events, fire and medical as well as the enforcement of laws and ordinances. Due to the strong sense of community, an officer will act at all times to the best interest of the police department's role in being a service organization to the community on or off duty. Applications will be accepted through Public Safety Testing (https://www.publicsafetytesting.com/) until the position is filled. The City of Langley is an equal opportunity employer.

Pay and Benefits

The City of Langley offers competitive pay and benefits using either Kaiser or Regence Blue Shield medical coverage offering Medical and Dental plans for employees and family members. Pay from $65,864.41 (start), $74,610.89 (mid), to $83,357.38 (max) annually. Pay will be determined by experience level approved by the Mayor or his designee. Additional specialty and educational pay available depending on qualifications. Excellent vacation, holiday and sick leave accrual.

Collective Bargaining Unit

Each police officer has the opportunity to become a member of the Langley Police Guild bargaining unit.

Illustrative Examples of Work

Uses a patrol vehicle, bike patrol, and foot patrol to patrol city streets, parks, commercial and residential areas to preserve peace, control vehicular traffic, prevent unlawful conduct, detect and investigate violations of law. Arrests and investigations of people involved in criminal activity. Enforces all laws fairly and impartially as determined by reasonable judgment.

Prepares a variety of reports and records including investigative reports, warnings and correction notices, issues citations, evidence tags, criminal history forms, impound forms and various others. Prepares cases and provides testimony in court proceedings. Performs miscellaneous other duties as assigned including care and maintenance of department equipment, records, supplies and facilities.

Qualifications Required

Must have completed the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCJTC) Basic Law Enforcement Academy (BLEA) or equivalent prior to application. Must have a current WSCJTC Peace Officer Certification with no active WSCJTC decertification investigations. Must be able to deal with extremely stressful events in a professional manner.Must be in excellent physical condition without defects that would prohibit participating in all aspects of police work. No felony convictions, domestic violence related misdemeanors, or firearm related crimes. All misdemeanor convictions will be closely scrutinized. Must meet all current requirements of the Langley Civil Service Commission. Any information intentionally left out of background investigation will result in automatic disqualification. Applicants must have proof of high school graduation and WSCJTC Peace Officer Certification.

Must have the ability to communicate well and have the ability to employ good common sense and use sound judgment in dealing with the public in normal and stressful emergency situations. Will be responsible for a take-home patrol vehicle including care, upkeep, and scheduling of maintenance.

Langley Police Department - Lateral Police Officer has 1 vacancy.

The deadline to test for the next hiring cycle is October 01, 2025.

The eligibility list is a continuous listing and maintained as scores are received from PST with oral board interviews conducted on an as-needed basis. Vacancies are filled by Civil Service "rule of three" with the top three candidates forwarded to the appointing authority for background investigation & selection as vacancies occur.

Pay from $65,864.41 (start), $74,610.89 (mid), to $83,357.38 (max) annually.

$65,864.41 = $31.67 hourly

$74,610.89 = $35.87 hourly

$83,357.88 = $40.08 hourly

The City offers competitive benefits including health benefits (city pays 95% of the premium while employee pays 5% of the premium) 11 paid holidays with the addition of 1 personal holiday, 160 hours of vacation and 96 hours of sick leave in the first year, and education incentive pay.