Police Cadet

Description

Pre-professional opportunity for Criminal Justice students, which allows first-hand experience in local law enforcement operations through employment while pursuing higher education.

Examples of Duties

• Provide internal and external customer service.
• Aid customers with fingerprinting, gun permits/registration, sex offender registration, report requests, traffic citations, customer service, and many other functions.
• Engage in Code Enforcement activities, including ticketing and animal complaints.
• Operate Jail facilities and process arrested subjects.
• Manage Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN) operations, using local police and court databases to determine prior contact and activity.
• Write, dictate, and supplement reports, as well as learn the functions of area law enforcement agencies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Typical Qualifications

• Enrolled in a full-time college program with good academic standing.
• Available to work first, second, and third shifts (will accommodate class schedule).
• Able to pass a thorough background check, with no felony convictions.
• Possess acceptable physical, emotional, and mental fitness and be of good moral character.
• Valid Michigan driver's license.
• Willing to commit to a two-year cadet program.
• Must demonstrate ability to prepare, write and/or dictate thorough investigation and follow-up reports.
• Must possess the ability and license to drive assigned police vehicles, after a complete driver record check.

Supplemental Information

• Working Conditions:
  • Frequently exposed to weather, including occasional exposure to extreme cold or heat and wet or humid conditions.
  • Occasionally exposed to vibration, moving mechanical parts, electrical shock, radiation, explosives, and toxic/caustic chemicals.
  • Occasionally required to work in highly exposed locations.
  • Occasionally requires lifting or carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
  • Occasionally requires climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
  • Occasionally requires reaching, including overhead reaching.
• This position is not eligible for benefits.

Required Information

• Are you enrolled or soon to be enrolled in a Criminal Justice or a related field?
• If you answered Yes, to question one please tell us where you are enrolled or soon to be enrolled at?
• Are you able to give a moral commitment of two years to the Cadet Program?