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/Dispatcher
Provide professional, quality service to citizens by receiving, evaluating, and routing emergency and non-emergency calls. KCPD's dispatchers typically begin their careers as Call Takers.
Crew Leader Fleet Operations Supervisor
Schedule, coordinate, and supervise operations in the Fleet Operations Unit and Police Service Station. Exercise leadership as a lead worker on an assigned watch or in a specialty service shop. Supervise a moderately sized group of semi-skilled and skilled employees. **APPLY BEFORE FEBRUARY 12, 2026**
Body Shop Fleet Operations Supervisor
Schedule, coordinate, and supervise operations in the Fleet Operations Unit, Body Shop. Exercise leadership as a lead worker on an assigned watch or in a specialty service shop. Supervise a moderately sized group of skilled employees. **APPLY BEFORE FEBRUARY 12, 2026**
Administrative Assistant - Community Engagement
Perform a variety of moderately complex work assignments, compile statistics, and develop information for reports. Assist others in locating information and in the implementation of new programs, systems, and procedures. **APPLY BEFORE FEBRUARY 5, 2026**
Operations Supervisor - Security
Supervise security personnel and perform general security duties as necessary. **APPLY BEFORE JANUARY 29, 2026**
Maintenance/Custodian IV
Performs work maintaining and repairing Kansas City Police Department facilities and surrounding grounds. Responsibilities include troubleshooting and performing advanced maintenance on HVAC, plumbing, electrical and other building systems, as well as custodial and landscaping duties. Responds to emergency repairs and call-backs as needed to ensure the continued operation and safety of department facilities. ***APPLY BEFORE JANUARY 29, 2026***
Supervisor - Communications Unit
Responsible for overseeing multiple employees in the day-to-day operations of a public safety communications center, ensuring effective coordination of personnel and resources during both routine and critical incidents. APPLY BEFORE JANUARY 30, 2026
Detention Officer
Processes arrests, utilizes intake procedures, conducts detainee release procedures, facilitates bonding, coordinates transfers, and manages the detainee population within the detention unit.
Parking Control Officer
Enforce Kansas City parking ordinances; expedite the safe movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic when problems exist or during community events; resolve parking and traffic-related complaints.
Maintenance/Custodian III
To provide general building cleaning and maintenance in an environmentally safe manner. To observe and identify security/CJIS violations and report immediately.
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.