Garfield County Sheriff's Office

Glenwood Springs, Colorado · Sheriff's Office

About Garfield County Sheriff's Office

The Garfield County Sheriff's Office covers 2,956 square miles of western Colorado, home to close to 60,000 people who live mostly in six towns: Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, New Castle, Silt, Rifle and Parachute. Most calls come off the Interstate 70 corridor, and the office handles about 28,000 calls for service a year. Headquarters is at 107 Eighth Street in Glenwood Springs, with an annex in Rifle.

The agency has three branches: Administration, Detentions and Patrol. Patrol runs 12-hour shifts, each made up of a sergeant, a corporal and five deputies, and the county is split into three zones. Deputies work many of their own cases and write and serve their own search and arrest warrants. Patrol work here also takes in water rights, animal control, search and rescue, civil process and wildland fire response. Beyond patrol there's an Investigations Division, Drug Task Force deputies, K-9 deputies, school resource officers, civil code enforcement and the Garfield County All Hazards Response Team.

Every deputy gets 96 hours of in-house training a year, and the office sends people to outside schools too. Patrol deputies who live in the county, or within 40 miles of the county line in Colorado, take their patrol car home once they finish field training. Detentions staff can ride a free commuter shuttle from Rifle to Glenwood Springs.

Lateral officers are welcome. Out-of-state officers need to transfer their certification through Colorado Peace Officer Standards and Training, the sheriff sets starting pay case by case based on training and experience, and the field training program can be shortened for laterals who show they're ready.

Pay and benefits

• Retirement: 401(a) - County 401(a) plan: employees with under 10 years contribute 5% of gross pay pre-tax and the county matches it; at 10 or more years it's 6% matched. The county contribution vests 20% a year, fully at five years or at age 55. An unmatched 457(b) deferred compensation plan is also available.
• Benefits: Take-Home Vehicle, Retirement Benefits, Lateral Transfer Program, Advanced Training Programs, Specialty Unit Opportunities, Rural/Outdoor Environment

Open positions at Garfield County Sheriff's Office

• Deputy assigned to Patrol - $35.76 - $44.40 per hour
• Deputy assigned to Detentions - $35.76 - $44.70 per hour

Recruiters

• Max Bowen, Recruiting Sergeant

Agency website: https://www.garcosheriff.com/