Police Cadet

Pay Group: P1

About the Role

Under supervision of the Administrative Sergeant, performs civilian duties as a police cadet while attending the police academy. Successfully completes the academy, passes the state licensing exam, and becomes a TCOLE licensed peace officer.

Responsibilities

• Performs a variety of learning activities related to law enforcement.
• Reports to academy location as scheduled and on time.
• Studies, participates, engages, and takes a proactive approach in all facets of the academic rigors of being a police cadet.
• Maintains personal and professional behavior at the highest moral, ethical, and legal standards representing the Seguin Police Department.
• Performs physical fitness training and activities at a level required by the academy.
• Maintains passing grades and achieves certifications in all academic and physical courses of study.
• Adheres to all rules, regulations, and safety protocols of the police academy.
• Communicates with the Administrative Sergeant to keep the department abreast of status and progression within the academy.
• Successfully completes the academy in the scheduled timeframe.
• Takes and passes the state licensing exam, becoming a TCOLE licensed peace officer.
• Performs other duties as assigned by academy staff or departmental supervisors.

Requirements

• High school diploma.
• Valid Texas Driver's License.
• Must reside in Guadalupe County.

Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of: General studies.

Ability to:

• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, academy policy, rules, regulations, and state laws.
• Understand and follow written and oral instructions.
• Perform basic arithmetic: add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rate, ratio, and percent; draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.

Physical Requirements

• Must be able to learn to make forceful arrests using own body strength.
• Learn to demonstrate proficiency with firearms.
• Grasp ability to legally and properly utilize non-lethal or lethal force and related equipment/weapons where applicable.
• Simulate forcible arrests in a training environment.
• Regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move more than 165 pounds.
• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Frequently required to sit, use hands and fingers to handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms.
• Utilize the sense of smell.
• Occasionally required to stand, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, pull, run, and jump.

Pay

Starting salary: $27.24/hour