Company Profile
Issaquah Police Department & Jail
Company Overview
Our Mission is to uphold the public trust by working with all citizens to protect lives and property while sustaining a high quality of life and encouraging individual responsibility.
Our vision is to be a recognized leader in local law enforcement services through professionalism, dedication, innovative solutions and positive changes.
We are a community-oriented department represented by dispatch, jail, police and records personnel who provide outstanding services to Issaquah.
Police Officers
Both entry level and lateral officers will initially be assigned to patrol as a uniformed officer handling calls for service and conducting routine patrol functions. Officers will be eligible after two years in patrol to test for other assignments, including:
Community Resource Officer
Field Training Officer
Detective
School Resource Officer
Additionally, officers can be part of special groups responsible for training and other police functions, including:
Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT)
Emergency Vehicle Operation and Control (EVOC) Instructor
Less Lethal Instructor
Taser Instructor
Defensive Tactics Instructor
Firearms Instructor
Special Operations Team (SOT)
Our officers and staff are all part of collective bargaining agreements (CBA/Unions).
We have an amazing group of people working for us we all consider family. People are genuine, enjoy the job and who they work with. Join us!
Benefits
Physical fitness incentive 1%
Longevity Pay 15 yrs - 1.75%, 20 yrs - 2.75%, 25 yrs - 3.75%
Vacation:
0-2 yrs 92 hours
3-4 100 hours
5-9 124 hours
10-14 156 hours
15-19 172 hours
20-24 188 hours
25+ 196 hours
Uniforms, equipment, vehicles
Annual trainings (required and those of interest)
LEOFF II - retirement system = Washington state's Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters State Retirement Plan II (LEOFF II) is the current retirement system. Employees are eligible for vested retirement after five years of service and attainment of age 53, the amount equaling 2 percent of the final average salary for each year of service.
Life Insurance
The City of Issaquah provides life insurance for the officer.