Employment Opportunities

As a member of Olathe's finest, you will join an exciting, dynamic department in a metropolitan city where your law enforcement skills will help protect and serve nearly 123,000 citizens. Our career avenues are wide open.  Opportunities to serve include uniformed patrol, detectives, K-9, traffic to include our motorcycle unit, personnel unit, training unit and our school resource officer program.  We also have specialized units to include the field training officer unit, hostage negotiations team, gang unit, peer support team, honor guard, and the tactical support unit.

There are tremendous opportunities for advancement. You can go as far as your ambition and skills take you.  We will provide the training and opportunities. There has never been a better time to join Olathe's Finest.

Please review the links below for additional information!

We also offer an In State and Out of State Lateral Transfer Program which is included with the information listed below!

For more information e-mail personnel at OPDRecruit@olatheks.org