Police Cadet

Essential Duties

• 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, while being actively involved, in all facets of the academic rigors of being a police cadet.
• Maintains personal and professional behavior at the highest of moral, ethical, and legal standards that represents the profession and the Seguin Police Department in the highest regard.
• 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 the 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 with other cadets in academy class.

Other Important Duties

• Performs such other duties as may be assigned by academy staff or departmental supervisors.

Required Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Knowledge of: General studies, High School Diploma.
• 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; and understand and follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rate, ratio, and percent; and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.

Physical Ability

• Must be able to learn to make forceful arrests using own body strength;
• Learn to demonstrate proficiency with firearms;
• Grasp ability to be able to legally and properly utilize non-lethal or lethal force and related equipment/weapons where applicable;
• Simulate forcible arrests in 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; 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.

Acceptable Experience And Training

• A high school diploma.

Certificates And Licenses Required

• A valid Texas Driver's License.

Starting Salary: $27.24/hour Position Will Remain Open Until Filled The City of Seguin is an "Equal Opportunity Employer" (AA/EOE) Must Reside in Guadalupe County