HIRING TIMELINE FOR POLICE COMMANDER POSITION:
March 3 – March 19 - Posted
March 20– Resume/Cover letter Review
March 21- March 26 – Candidates complete initial interviews through the HireVue platform
March 27 – 29 – Hiring team will review HireVue interviews
March 30 – Candidates notified if they will move to the assessment center.
April 6th – Candidates will participate in an in person assessment center with a hiring team of both internal and external stakeholders
Week of April 10th – Chief and Deputy Chief interview
HIRING TIMELINE FOR DISPATCH (APPLICATION WINDOW: JULY 2022)
Block 1:
CritiCall Test: August 2 - August 24
Department and Community Interview: August 29 - September 1
Block 2:
Suitability: September 6 - October 7 (this may be administered on a single day at the CUPD Training Center and occur simultaneously with a Police Officer hiring process)
Polygraphy: September 6 - October 7
Chief’s/Commander’s Interview: October 10 – October 21
Conditional Job Offer: October 10 – October 21
Block 3:
Psychological: October 24 - October 28
Drug Screening: October 24 - October 28
Fingerprinting: October 24 - October 28
Full Dispatch Background: October 24 - November 28
Follow-Up / Finalization of Background: November 28 - December 2
Block 4:
Background Review / Recommendation for Hiring: December 2
Final Offer (Start immediately if in Academy): December 5 – December 9
HIRING TIMELINE FOR POLICE OFFICER RECRUIT, POLICE OFFICER LATERAL (APPLICATION WINDOW: JULY 2022)
Block 1:
NTN Test – Frontline: August 2 - August 24
Department and Community Interview: August 29 - September 1
Block 2:
Suitability: September 6 - October 7 (this may be administered at on a single day at the CUPD Training Center)
Polygraphy: September 6 - October 7
Chief’s/Commander’s Interview: October 10 – October 21
Conditional Job Offer: October 10 – October 21
Block 3:
Psychological: October 24 - October 28
Medical and Drug: October 24 - October 28
Fingerprinting: October 24 - October 28
Full Police Background: October 24 - November 28
Follow-Up / Finalization of Background: November 28 - December 2
Block 4:
Background Review / Recommendation for Hiring: December 2
Final Offer (Start immediately if in Academy): December 5 – December 9
Starting for Police Academy or entry into CUPD mini-academy and CUPD PTO program January 2023.
Contact our recruitment team for further information about our positions and recruitment processes! For police and communications/dispatch positions, please contact Officer Joe Rossi. For all other positions, please contact Jacie Anderson.
OTHER POSITIONS:
- Applications accepted
- Testing conducted online Once your application is received, you will be contacted by a representative from Human Resources. The representative will provide you with a voucher to take the test through NTN. Completing the personal history questionnaire before taking the NTN test is mandatory. You are encouraged to take the test as soon as possible, as the hiring process is on a compressed schedule.
- Police department/community oral boards, Interviews will be automatically scheduled over Zoom.
- A Phase I suitability psychological exam, conducted online
- Polygraphs This will require travel to Denver Metro/Boulder area. If you are an out-of-state applicant, your polygraph will be scheduled closer to the chief’s interview.
- Chief’s interview
- Conditional job offers
- Phase II suitability, conducted online
- A medical exam and drug screen, conducted at a Concentra facility local to you
- Background checks will be conducted. Your background investigator will be in contact with you during this time.
- Final job offers
Candidates will be notified of the successful completion of each step in the process. Please do not make any travel arrangements until instructed to do so. Any changes to this schedule will be communicated directly to applicants still in the process and also updated on this website.