Volunteers in Police Services Application Form

Please fill out completely or the application will not be processed. If any section does not apply to you, please indicate by typing “N/A”. The Lone Tree Police Department appreciates your interest in service and commends your spirit to volunteer. We are always happy to accept applications, but do not always have positions available.

Personal Information


Criminal History and Driving Record

Has your license ever been suspended or revoked?*
Have you ever been convicted of a crime?*

References

Please list four (4) individuals you have known for at least 5 years. Do not use family members or relatives as references. Please list name, complete address, zip code, and telephone number.


Education, Background, and Military Experience

Education Level*

Please select the highest level of education you have completed.

Military Service?*

Employment History

Please include employer name, address, supervisor, and dates of employment


Tell Us a Little About You

(i.e. computer skills, law enforcement knowledge)


Availability

Please check all that apply.

Please check all that apply.


VIP Position Opportunities

Please check the box associated with the descriptions of tasks you are interested in performing as a volunteer.

• Perform Neighborhood Patrols & Property Watches

• Execute Lone Tree Housewatch program

• Elementary schools foot patrols & crosswalk duty

• Motorist assists including providing gas, jump starting vehicles & traffic control

• Officer assists at traffic accidents & impounds

• Provide traffic control, paperwork assistance & waiting for tows

• VIN verifications

• Parking enforcement / citations & warnings

• Mall patrols

• Special event traffic & crowd control

• Requires that you attend and pass an in-depth Field Training process, and then requires a weekly commitment to fill various available shifts

• Short-term crisis intervention

• Direct services to victims, their families or designees

• Provide Victim’s Right information

• Provide referrals & information for assistance provided by other sources

• Criminal Justice support and advocacy

• Follow-up contact

• Crime Prevention – Community outreach and education

• Requires on-call monthly commitment including some holidays and weekends

• Work from front desk of Records as first point of contact for police inquiries

• Answer phones in a professional and friendly manner

• Direct incoming calls appropriately

• Receive housewatch program information from Lone Tree residents to participate in program

• Attach and purge items to case report files

• Assist in management of patrol forms

• Verify and purge documents

• Scan and file documents

• Maintain an inventory of all supplies in CPU (binders, lanyards, shirts, etc.)

• Update / add instructor (officer’s/VIP’s) biographies

• Keep up-to-date CPA schedule & LTPD Organizational Charts

• Complete CPA binders for next Academy

• Take pictures of students during first session & submit to IT Dept. for badge creation

• Take attendance & collect critiques at CPA sessions

• Prepare for Mock Crime Scene session for each CPA

• Prepare for Graduation ceremony of each CPA class

    o Create slide show for graduation

    o Print graduation certificates & place in folders

    o Create graduation program & print for ceremony

    o Create awards for graduation

    o Create collages for attendees & LTPD wall

• Participate in Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED) evaluations

for Lone Tree residents and business properties

• Assist in development and execution of Crime Free Communities, Crime Free

Apartments, and Crime Free Hotel/Motel programs

• Participate in elementary school programs

• Assist in Community Policing training presentations/classes for citizens (active

shooter, see something-say something)

• Assist in development of Neighborhood Watch and Business Watch programs

• Participate in special events including Drug Take-Back Day and Halloween patrols


• Assist Investigations with administrative tasks

• Adding suspect photos in RMS

• Pawn slips review and tracking

• Evidence.com management of purged videos

• Review Vehicle Inspection Sheets for needed repairs or noted problems & file reports

• Complete a walk about of all vehicles in LTPD lot and note any issues observed

• Transport LTPD vehicles as required for maintenance and/or car wash

• Weekly vehicle mileage checks and interior/trunk inspections

• Monthly cone/flare/fire extinguisher inventory & replacement if needed for each

vehicle

• Monthly inventory of vehicle supply storeroom and request needed items

• Assist with equipment inventories & restock as needed

• Assist with monthly data entry of Fleetmate Fuel Log

• Optional support for animal control incidents/ordinance violations


Emergency Contact Information

Who should we contact in case of an emergency?


Terms and Signature

As a volunteer with the Lone Tree Police Department, I am willing to furnish information for use in determining my qualifications.


I understand that for security reasons, a background/clearance/reference check will be conducted and I will be fingerprinted.


I understand that falsifying statements on this application or during the interview process is cause for my immediate dismissal from the Volunteers in Police Service program.


I understand that the Lone Tree Police Department will not disclose any of my information to any outside entity without my written consent.


I understand that the Lone Tree Police Department will not have to disclose the reason, if any, for not being selected to the program.


In signing, I do hereby certify that all information contained in this application is correct and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I further authorize the Lone Tree Police Department to verify criminal history and driving records, as well as, personal references, and employment history, as part of the background process.


If accepted to perform volunteer duties for the Lone Tree Police Department, I understand I may be privy to confidential information and promise to respect and maintain that confidentiality whenever presented with it.

Please type your full, first and last name


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