Patrol Division
The Patrol Division is supervised by Captain Scott Staley.
The Patrol Division is the heart and soul of the St. George Police Department and is the most recognizable Division. If you have ever had contact with officers from the St. George Police Department, odds are that it started with an officer from this Division. Along with responding to citizens’ calls for service and officers’ pro-active patrol work; St. George City’s Community Action Teams (C.A.T) are being coordinated through the patrol division. You will become very familiar with the uniform officers of this Division if you take an active role in your area Community Action Team. These officers are eager to work with you to improve the quality of life in the neighborhoods that effect you most.
The Patrol Division is organized into five specialties:
Uniform Patrol:
There are 45 sworn officers that comprise the uniform patrol arm of the Patrol Division. There are three Patrol Lieutenants who are referred to as Watch Commanders. The three Watch Commanders currently assigned to Patrol are:
Lieutenant Doug Sargent
Lieutenant Thad Feltner
Lieutenant Joseph Hartman
Each Watch Commander supervises 2 sergeants each. Each of these sergeants is responsible for supervising a crew of 6 officers, on a daily basis. In addition, the each Sergeant along with their Lieutenant supervise the activities of the Community Action Teams.
These crews are scheduled into six individual units, known as squads. These squads are broken into three shifts (day, swing, & grave yard) with two squads per shift. Half of the squads work Sunday through Wednesday, while the other half work Wednesday through Saturday. The overlapping Wednesday is used for department wide training, special enforcement, and special event staffing.
 Lieutenant Doug Sargent
Patrol Watch Commander
doug.sargent@sgcity.org
Lt. Doug Sargent started his career in law enforcement in 1987 with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Dept. In 1995, Lt. Sargent joined the SGPD and since then he has worked as a patrol officer, a gang detective and a fraud detective before being promoted to Sergeant in 2007. From there, Lt. Sargent worked as a patrol supervisor until August of 2011 when he transferred to the Administration Division, where he has taken on the challenge of dealing with all manner of personnel issues. In 2012 he promoting to Lieutenant and transferred back to the patrol division. Lt. Sargent also spent several years as part of the SGPD SWAT team and Crisis Negotiation Unit. Lt. Sargent has a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice from California State University at Fullerton. |
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 Lieutenant Joe Hartman
Patrol Watch Commander
joseph.hartman@sgcity.org
Lt. Hartman began his law enforcement career working for the Iron County jail in 1995. In 1997 he went to work for the Washington County Sheriff's Office. He has been with the St. George Police Department since January of 1999. He has worked as a patrol officer, bike patrol officer, gang detective, school resource officer, and is currently a Patrol Watch Commander. He is also a defensive tactics instructor; and the swat team leader. |
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 Lieutenant Thad Feltner
Patrol Watch Commander
thad.feltner@sgcity.org
Lt. Feltner has been an officer since 2000. He began his career with the Hurricane Police Department and transferred to St George in 2004. He started in Patrol where he took part in the field training program and was on the Bike Patrol Unit. Lt. Feltner supervised the Washington County Drug/Gang Task Force for 2 years. He served as an assistant team leader on the SWAT Team for 5 years. Lt. Feltner is a firearms instructor and has been since 2002. He has been a part of Community Action Teams and has been involved extensively working with the citizens in bringing positive change to the community. |
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Employment Information
General Information
The St. George Police Department periodically needs new officers to fill new positions or those positions left empty by retiring officers. We publish these openings with the local newspaper THE DAILY SPECTRUM. Notices of intent to hire are also sent to POST (Police Officers Standards and Training) and Weber State University. At times we may also list with newspapers in northern Utah. The St. George Police Department does not accept resumes or applications until official notice of hiring has been published.
Applicants need to meet the following basic requirements:
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- Must be a United States Citizen
- Must have high school graduation (or GED equivalent)
- Must possess a valid Utah Driver License upon appointment
- Must be of good moral character
- Must not have any domestic violence convictions
Application Process
When an officer position needs to be filled, those interested need to apply with the proper application which can be obtained from the department, the city office (or the city website) or Work Force Services. There are several steps that each applicant needs to pass before being considered for employment.
Physical Fitness Test (consisting of the following):
- 35 Sit ups in one minute
- 25 Push ups, no time limit, resting in the up position only
- Mile and a half run in under 15:30
- Vertical Leap of 16 inches
- Bench press 75% of your body weight
- Written Test (Designed to test judgement and decision making abilities)
- Oral Interview
- Background Check
- Computerized Voice Stress Analyzer evaluation (CVSA)
- Psychological testing
- Medical Exam
- Drug Test
- St. George Police Department Field Training Program
The hiring process is as follows:
Those who fill out an application will be notified of the physical testing date. Those who meet the minimum physical requirements will be given a written test consisting of questions designed to test judgement and decision making skills. Those who pass the written test will be given an oral interview. The applicants successfully passing the oral interviews will be ranked in order of preference. The top applicants will be given a conditional letter of intent to employ along with an informational packet. This
packet will be filled out and returned so that an extensive background check can be completed. Those passing the background checks and CVSA will be sent for psychological evaluation, the medical exam and the drug testing.
Those passing these steps who are not POST certified will be sent to the Police Academy and then begin their Field Training and assigned to a Field Training Officer (FTO) for a period of time. Those who are already POST certified will be directly assigned to an FTO for training and local application of the skills learned at the academy.
POST Certification or Waiver
Although not a pre-requisite to employment with St. George Police Department, many applicants request information about becoming POST certified prior to applying. Applicants from another state must meet POST requirements. This will include successfully passing the Utah POST Waiver Exam. This exam must be scheduled through this department and is at the expense of the applicant. You may contact POST for application to the police academy at:
POST
Basic Training Unit
4525 S 2700 W
Salt Lake City, Utah 84119
801-965-4730
or visit their web site.
Revised 11/16/2004
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Captain Scott Staley
Sergeant Sam Despain
