Police Retiree Full time

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This is an EXCITING time to Join the City of Richmond! We are committed to nurturing talent fostering growth opportunities and building strong connections within our workforce. As we continue to make strides to becoming the employer of choice we are thrilled about the below employee benefit enhancements:

• Virginia Retirement System (VRS)
• Language Incentive
• Referral Bonus
• Tuition Assistance Program

1. Must have retired from RPD
2. Retirement must have been in the last 5 years or still hold a current DCJS certification
3. If still employed with RPD must complete the DROP program before eligible
4. Must be separated from the department for at least one pay cycle

1. You will come in at the step based on when you left. If you did 25 years it will be step 25 27 or more and you will be placed in step 27 the highest step.
2. If you elect the same defined benefit retirement plan your pension will be recalculated based on new salary
3. Eligible to work off-duty and over time.
4. After 9 months you are eligible for any promotional process
5. Your monthly retirement benefits will stop upon your rehire. When you retire again your monthly retirement will begin again.
6. For sworn employees you may elect the same or a different retirement plan/option upon rehire. The additional service and salary during the rehire period are used in the recalculation of your prior pension amount if you elect the same defined benefit retirement plan.
7. For general employees hired or rehired after 6/2006 you are not eligible for the Defined Benefit Plan. This means that when you terminate after the re-employment period your previous monthly retirement payment will begin again but there is no recalculation of your monthly retirement benefits. However the benefits you earn during the re-employment period will be paid in accordance with the Defined Contribution Plan.
8. Upon rehire you are eligible for the same employee benefits that any other new hire in a full-time permanent position would receive. This includes all employee benefits including health and dental insurance life insurance Aflac Benefits Legal Resources Aflac Benefits 457 Deferred Compensation etc.
9. Upon rehire you are eligible to earn vacation and sick time. Your accrued time off will begin with 0 (zero) hours accrued and your crediting rate to earn time off will be the same as a new employee.

• Patrolling assigned city jurisdiction for traffic and other violations utilizing a variety of means of transportation including patrol car motorcycle bicycle and horse
• Making traffic stops and intervening in other criminal activity
• Conducting general field services including monitoring police radio and responding to citizen calls and complaints
• Obtaining and issuing warrants
• Marking and packaging evidence
• Processing crime scenes
• Investigating potential arson cases
• Providing surveillance
• Interviewing suspects and witnesses and following-up with victims
• Fingerprinting and photographing suspects
• Conducting computer-generated searches to gather information on suspects
• Preparing for and participating in prosecution of cases in court
• Interacting with City and community agencies and groups
• Responding to citizen calls complaints and requests for information
• Maintaining case files data and preparing regular reports
• Other duties as assigned when needed

Please check your e-mail regularly as correspondence in reference to this recruitment will be e-mailed to you.

Successful completion of an interview thorough background investigation to include a polygraph exam physical and drug/alcohol screening is required. Please note that the Police Department background process may take up to 60-90 days. An applicant disqualified from the Police background process may reapply a year after disqualification.

TRAINING REQUIREMENTS

1. Rehired employees will complete Reentry or a modified Basic Training Class with the Training Academy prior to assignment.
2. Certified Officers will complete 8 weeks of Field Training. Subsequent to successful completion the officer will be required to maintain all applicable RPD and DCJS mandated training and certifications.

PHYSICAL AND DEXTERITY REQUIREMENTS:
Physical and dexterity refers to the requirement for physical exertion and coordination of limb and body movement.

Requires medium to heavy work that involves walking standing stooping lifting digging pushing and raising objects and involves exerting between 20 to 50 pounds of force on a regular and recurring basis and 50 to 100 pounds of force on a occasional basis.

ENVIRONMENTAL HAZARDS:
Environmental hazards refer to the job conditions that may lead to injury or health hazards even though precautions have been taken.

The job may risk exposure to bright/dim light dusts and pollen extreme heat and/or cold wet or humid conditions extreme noise levels animals/wildlife fumes and/or noxious odors traffic moving machinery heights disease/pathogens explosives and violence.

SENSORY REQUIREMENTS:
Sensory ability refers to hearing sight touch taste and smell required by the job.

The job requires normal visual acuity and field of vision hearing speaking color perception sense of smell depth perception and texture perception.

ADA COMPLIANCE
The City of Richmond Virginia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. ADA requires the City to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are invited to discuss accommodations

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The City of Richmond provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local laws.

The City of Richmond is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment the City of Richmond will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodations. If you require reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to participate in the job application and/or the interview process please contact Jessica McKenzie Human Resources Manager by email at .

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including recruitment hiring placement promotion termination layoff transfer leaves of absence compensation and training.

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