CDOC - Community Parole Officer (Fugitive Apprehension Unit)

Posting number: CPO FAU 82773 8.2026

Department: Department of Corrections

Job classification: Community Parole Officer

Posting type: Open

Categories: Corrections, Probation

Summary

This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

If your goal is to build a career that makes a difference and builds greater public confidence in good government, consider joining the dedicated people of the State of Colorado. Our professionals strive to support state government and the citizens of Colorado. Customer service is a key component for every position in state government as is the focus on ideas and ways to redesign the delivery of services in making state government more effective and efficient.

In addition to a great agency and rewarding, meaningful work, we offer: 

• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the state system;

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined; 

• Contribution Plan plus 401K and 457 plans. Member Contribution Rates. Correctional Officers I-IV qualify as "Safety Officers" and are eligible for increased PERA benefits;

• Medical and dental health plans; 

• Short and long term disability coverage;

• Paid life insurance;

• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave;

• Wellness program, tuition reimbursement, training opportunities and more;

• Visit State of Colorado Employee Benefits. for more information.

Examples of duties

The division is responsible to manage statutorily mandated community corrections and adult parole and YOS programs to include residential community corrections programs, nonresidential community corrections (ISP inmate), aftercare for the Youthful Offender Systems, Intensive Supervision Program for parolees and the regular parole supervision system for adult offenders released to parole supervision and the management of the Interstate Compact.
Under direction and supervision, the primary duties and responsibilities will be:

• Review case file materials, prepares and posts wanted notices in CWISE, completes criminal case filings when appropriate and conducts searches in various law enforcement data bases in order to determine possible locations of the individual fugitives;
• Write reports of investigation, after action reports, affidavits for new charges, and other documents related to the apprehension of the offender;
• Share intelligence and activity information and disseminates case related information on high risk offenders;
• Utilize various computer systems and databases;
• Document all fugitive apprehension activities (both in-office and field) in the offender’s chronological record database;
• Spend the majority of the time in the field - contacting family, friends, employers, and neighbors of the fugitives they are attempting to locate;
• Respond immediately to tips about the location of fugitives and therefore is expected to respond to the field with minimal delay;
• Conduct searches per state statute and case law;
• Conduct surveillance activities on certain high risk /high profile fugitive cases;
• Make arrests and transports fugitives to local county jails and/or correctional facilities;