Career Opportunities
CURRENT JOB OPENINGS
As the largest police department in the region, KCPD offers officers and professionals the chance to find the perfect role. Check out the open positions below.
Police Officer
Serve Kansas City by protecting life and property, enforcing laws and ordinances, conducting traffic enforcement, preventing crime, patrolling assigned areas, investigating accidents, resolving disturbances, and supporting prosecutions.
Call Taker
Provide professional, quality service to citizens by receiving, evaluating, and routing emergency and non-emergency
calls.
Public Relations - Video Content Creator
Responsible for planning, producing, and editing high-quality video content
to support the mission, goals, and public outreach efforts of the Kansas City, Missouri Police
Department. This role involves capturing video at department events, creating public service
announcements (PSAs), and generating compelling content for social media and other digital platforms. ***APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED THROUGH MAY 26, 2026***
Quality Assurance Manager - CRIME LAB
Manage the laboratory quality assurance system and quality assurance program in accordance with the laboratory's accreditation standards and to the laboratory's own internal procedures to assure accurate, reliable and high-quality output. Supervise administrative staff. Assist with crime laboratory operations. ***APPLICATIONS ACCEPTED THROUGH MAY 21, 2026***
Maintenance Custodian
Performs work ensuring the maintenance, cleanliness, and operational functionality of Kansas City Police Department facilities and surrounding grounds. Responsibilities include conducting routine maintenance and repairs, custodial tasks, and responding to work orders. The role also requires seasonal tasks such as snow removal and managing various facility equipment to ensure safe and efficient operations.
Dispatcher
Dispatch police officers and related personnel on emergency and non-emergency calls or self-initiated activities.
Auto Servicer
Provide body repair and reconstruction for departmental vehicles and all other department automotive equipment.
Auto Mechanic
Provide body repair and reconstruction for departmental vehicles and all other department automotive equipment.
Detention Officer
Processes arrests, utilizes intake procedures, conducts detainee release procedures, facilitates bonding, coordinates transfers, and manages the detainee population within the detention unit.
Patrol Desk Clerk
Provide clerical support and excellent customer service to citizens for police-related activities in an assigned patrol division station. Incumbent is responsible for answering the phone, typing police reports from citizens (both in person and phoned in) and handling money from sale of police reports.
The Kansas City Missouri Police Department employment practices are designed to hire, promote, and assign members without discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, limited English proficiency, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, or low-income level.
NOTE: Marijuana and its various analogues, derivatives, and precursors, in whatever form, even if prescribed under a state medical marijuana law, remains illegal under federal law and is prohibited under the employer’s policy.