Police Officer
About the role
The Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) seeks individuals to join their team to provide law enforcement and public safety services to the community in Fairfax County.
Responsibilities
- Enforce criminal laws, traffic regulations, and maintain public order.
- Patrol designated areas utilizing police vehicles or other means.
- Conduct criminal and vehicle accident investigations.
- Efect arrests and testify in court.
- Use modern methods and practices of criminal investigation and identification.
- Comply with departmental rules and regulations.
- Understand the geography of the county.
- Operate firearms safely and effectively.
- Communicate with persons of all ages and backgrounds.
- Remember names, faces, and details.
- Comprehend and execute complex oral and written directions.
- Exercise good judgment in stressful situations.
- Maintain a high level of ethical standards.
- Exercise good judgment in stressful situations.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED.
- Completion of police recruit training.
- Valid driver’s license.
Qualifications
- Associate or higher degree, or at least 60 credit hours towards a degree, from an accredited university or college.
- Prior law enforcement or military experience.
- Current law enforcement officer certification in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- Professional working proficiency, or higher, in a foreign language or American Sign Language.
- Certified in the Virginia Crime Information Network (VCIN).
- Certified in firearms proficiency.
- Successfully completed Incident Command System 100 and 700.
Skills
- Knowledge of modern methods and practices of criminal investigation and identification.
- Knowledge of departmental rules and regulations.
- Knowledge of the geography of the county.
- Skilled in the use of firearms.
- Ability to effectively communicate with persons of all ages and walks of life.
- Ability to remember names, faces, and details.
- Ability to comprehend and execute complex oral and written directions.
- Ability to exercise good judgment in stressful situations.
- Good physical condition.
- Keen sense of observation.
- Ability to maintain a high level of ethical standards.
- Ability to demonstrate a high level of integrity at all times.
Benefits
- $15,000 sign-on bonus for fully qualified new county employees.
- Opportunity to transfer VRS (Virginia Retirement System) into Fairfax County Retirement System (FCRS).
- Variety of shifts including Day, Evening, and Midnight shifts.
Pay
Salary will be determined within pay grade based upon relevant preferred qualifications such as: prior law enforcement experience, college degree, military experience, foreign language proficiency, and prior participation in the Fairfax County Police Department’s Public Safety Apprentice program or Police Cadet programs.
Schedule
Shifts vary and may include: Day shift: 5:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.; Evening shift: 1:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.; Midnight shift: 7:30 p.m. - 7:00 a.m.; Workdays alternate weekly (1st week, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, 2nd week Wednesday and Thursday).
Application
Applicants must complete a comprehensive medical examination, including drug testing and a vision standard not worse than 20/200, provided there have been at least three months of success wearing soft contact lenses. Must be able to perform essential job functions (reasonable accommodation may be made on a case-by-case basis).
Equal Opportunity Employer
Fairfax County Government prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetics, political affiliation, or military status in the recruitment, selection, and hiring of its workforce. Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act.