Police Officer - Cadet

About the role

The Police Officer Cadet is responsible for a variety of duties that are necessary to fulfill the Police Department’s mission. The Police Officer Cadet is a student and must complete an accredited Police Academy. All duties must be performed in an effective, efficient and safe manner that will foster the public’s confidence and trust.

Responsibilities

• Tests equipment for proper operation.
• Transports evidence/property/people.
• Utilizes laptop computers to enter offense reports.
• Aids lost/stranded people.
• Answers inquiries about laws and legal procedures.
• Applies crime prevention techniques.
• Applies for and serves arrest warrants.
• Applies for and serves search warrants.
• Arranges removal of stalled/abandoned/wrecked vehicles.
• Arranges transportation/evacuation of injured/ill/deceased people.
• Arrests/cites violators of criminal law.
• Affords assistance to citizens with home and vehicular lockouts.
• Affords assistance to emergency dispatchers as directed.
• Attends departmental meetings.
• Attends special job-related meetings and training sessions.
• Cares for the needs of prisoners in custody or jail.
• Checks businesses for liquor/cigarette laws, and city license violations.
• Cites/arrests for traffic law violations.
• Collects and reports criminal intelligence information.
• Collects, marks, and preserves evidence at crime/accident scenes.
• Completes daily work logs/work records.
• Complies with department policies and procedures, rules, orders, and directives.
• Conducts building searches for suspects.
• Conducts elderly/disabled citizen checks.
• Conducts inventories of vehicles.
• Conducts jail check duties when prisoners occupy the city jail.
• Conducts jail transfers of prisoners to or from the city jail and other agency jails.
• Conducts residential/commercial security checks.
• Conducts stakeouts/surveillances for long periods of time.
• Controls crowds and traffic in areas of accidents, fires, and other emergency and non-emergency situations.
• Counsels offenders.
• Delivers mail and other correspondence as needed.
• Delivers well being, contact, and death messages.
• Directs an

  Requirements

  • Must be a United States citizen.
  • Must be eligible for certification by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) as a Peace Officer.
  • Must be 21 years of age.
  • Must have a High School Diploma or GED equivalency certificate.
  • Must be able to proficiently read and write the English language and pass a 12th grade Reading/Writing proficiency and comprehension test.
  • Must have demonstrated a positive work history with a good attendance record.
  • Must possess and maintain a good credit history and financial record.
  • Must meet health standards not to pose a risk to health or safety of others in the workplace, or to persons they come into contact with while in the performance of duty.
  • Must possess adequate vision and pass the department vision tests. Must possess 20/20 corrected vision and 20/200 uncorrected.
  • Must possess a valid Texas Class C driver’s License.

  Qualifications

  • Must possess the following qualifications:
  • Must be able to comprehend and carry out verbal and written instructions.
  • Must be able to formulate and employ appropriate courses of action when no specific role or procedure has been established.
  • Must be able to supply reasoning skills to successfully investigate crimes or events.
  • Must be able to supply theory-based instructions/training to actual situations.
  • Must possess adequate memory capacity sufficient to remember various types of information that is necessary to carry out their duties successfully.
  • Must be able to assess a person’s intentions, behavior, and emotional state in order to make appropriate reactive and proactive decisions and responses.
  • Must be able to tolerate many types of stress without medication. They must be able to make appropriate decisions regarding the fight or flight psychological response.
  • Must be able to control their emotions in the face of divergent interpersonal or life threatening and traumatic situations.
  • Must be able to adequately maneuver a patrol vehicle at high rates of speed in traffic or confined areas while using all vehicle equipment, day and night, in all weather conditions. Must be able to exit their vehicle quickly (less than 5 seconds) and stand or assume positions wherein the vehicle is used for cover.
  • Must be able to engage in physical combat using defensive and offensive tactics; overcome and apprehend violently resistive people, and properly use the baton, handcuffs, mace or spray, and riot gear.
  • Must be able to rescue victims from danger, assess victim’s physical condition, and deliver CPR and first aid.
  • Must be able to pursue individuals outdoors in all terrains with sudden short durations of 100 yards or longer up to five (5) minutes. Climb stairs, surmount fences or walls.
  • Must be able to conduct searches or manhunts for three (3) hours or more over distances of at least two (2) miles.
  • Must be able to safely operate their duty weapon with accuracy from standing, kneeling, prone positions and while moving on foot.
  • Must possess the ability to efficiently, effectively, and safely perform all of the essential required duties and tasks of the position. The following outlines the required abilities:
  • Range of Motion/Flexibility: Must be able to move rapidly from a sedentary to active position in response to emergency conditions or perceived deadly force encounters.
  • Have the flexibility to rapidly assume a variety of positions to employ “cover and concealment” during emergency circumstances or perceived deadly force encounters.
  • Possess the necessary range of motion to overcome or respond to physical attack or effectively disengage an attacker or escape and summon aid.
  • Possess the quickness to be able to run short distances in order to escape danger, retreat from attack or take over or chase suspects on foot for short and long distances.
  • Manual Dexterity/Motor Skills: Must have the dexterity to be proficient in the use of their firearms and other defensive tactics equipment such as the baton, handcuffs, pepper spray, etc.
  • Possess the ability to operate all the equipment and tools necessary to perform the job tasks such as computers, typewriters, mobile and portable radios, vehicles, fax machines, sirens, tape recorders, mobile data terminals, video and audio equipment.
  • Aerobic Endurance: Must possess the ability to engage in foot pursuits of suspects without inordinate endangerment to themselves or others. They must also possess the endurance to overcome physical resistance after foot pursuits.
  • Be able to remain on the job performing essential duties for a period up to sixteen (16) consecutive hours without relief.
  • Strength: Must possess sufficient strength to:
  • Deliver CPR for extended periods of time.
  • Carry and use emergency equipment and supplies.
  • Overcome resistance or subdue physically violent persons.
  • Physically defend oneself or others from violent assault without the use of deadly force.
  • Climb fences or walls of at least six (6) feet.
  • Carry or drag a 150 lb. person from danger to safety for a distance of at least fifty (50) feet.
  • Lift heavy objects such as in the case of emergency situations.
  • Sight and Visual Activity: Must be able to discern the various colors and not have any color blindness that could prove a risk to himself or others.
  • Possess adequate depth perception in order to judge distances and estimate speed.
  • Possess adequate night vision that will permit the safe operation of motor vehicles, use of firearms, and allow identification of dangerous obstacles, or persons in conditions of darkness.
  • Possess adequate peripheral vision to allow the safe operation of vehicles, especially in pursuit driving and to detect danger in a variety of environments.
  • Hearing: Must possess the ability to hear adequately over the mobile and handheld radios as well as the telephone.
  • Be able to determine the point of origin of noises or sounds as during building or area searches for example.
  • Be able to identify different types of sound.
  • Smell: Must possess the ability to smell smoke, electrical hazards, and different types of fumes, toxic or otherwise.
  • Routine work indoors 80% of the job.
  • Routine work outdoors 20% of the job.
  • Working all shifts and days of the week.
  • Emergency work call-out at a moment’s notice.
  • Close physical contact with people.
  • Work in all weather conditions.

  Skills

  • Must be able to comprehend and carry out verbal and written instructions.
  • Must be able to formulate and employ appropriate courses of action when no specific role or procedure has been established.
  • Must be able to supply reasoning skills to successfully investigate crimes or events.
  • Must be able to supply theory-based instructions/training to actual situations.
  • Must possess adequate memory capacity sufficient to remember various types of information that is necessary to carry out their duties successfully.
  • Must be able to assess a person’s intentions, behavior, and emotional state in order to make appropriate reactive and proactive decisions and responses.
  • Must be able to tolerate many types of stress without medication. They must be able to make appropriate decisions regarding the fight or flight psychological response.
  • Must be able to control their emotions in the face of divergent interpersonal or life threatening and traumatic situations.
  • Must be able to adequately maneuver a patrol vehicle at high rates of speed in traffic or confined areas while using all vehicle equipment, day and night, in all weather conditions. Must be able to exit their vehicle quickly (less than 5 seconds) and stand or assume positions wherein the vehicle is used for cover.
  • Must be able to engage in physical combat using defensive and offensive tactics; overcome and apprehend violently resistive people, and properly use the baton, handcuffs, mace or spray, and riot gear.
  • Must be able to rescue victims from danger, assess victim’s physical condition, and deliver CPR and first aid.
  • Must be able to pursue individuals outdoors in all terrains with sudden short durations of 100 yards or longer up to five (5) minutes. Climb stairs, surmount fences or walls.
  • Must be able to conduct searches or manhunts for three (3) hours or more over distances of at least two (2) miles.
  • Must be able to safely operate their duty weapon with accuracy from standing, kneeling, prone positions and while moving on foot.
  • Must possess the ability to efficiently, effectively, and safely perform all of the essential required duties and tasks of the position. The following outlines the required abilities:
  • Range of Motion/Flexibility: Must be able to move rapidly from a sedentary to active position in response to emergency conditions or perceived deadly force encounters.
  • Have the flexibility to rapidly assume a variety of positions to employ “cover and concealment” during emergency circumstances or perceived deadly force encounters.
  • Possess the necessary range of motion to overcome or respond to physical attack or effectively disengage an attacker or escape