Police Officer (Lateral/Academy Graduate)

Responsibilities

• Patrols assigned areas of the City including streets, parks, commercial, and residential areas to preserve the peace and enforce the law;
• Controls vehicular traffic;
• Prevents or detects and investigates misconduct involving misdemeanors, felonies and other law violations and to otherwise serve and protect;
• Takes appropriate law enforcement action in response to emergency radio calls;
• Investigates and renders assistance at scene of vehicular accidents;
• Conducts follow-up investigations of crimes committed during assigned shift;
• Participates in investigating criminal law violations occurring within the City limits.

Requirements

• Knowledge of operations and standard operating procedures of a Police Department;
• Modern law enforcement principles, procedures, techniques, and equipment;
• Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, ordinances, and department rules and regulations;
• General characteristics of the City, including its geography, layout, major community organizations and emergency response resources/agencies;
• Care, maintenance, and operation of firearms and other modern police equipment;
• Principles and practices of data collection and analysis;
• Methods and techniques of report preparation and writing;
• English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation;
• Principles and practices used in the identification, preservation, and presentation of evidence;
• Techniques and applications of self-defense and proper use of force;
• Methods and techniques used in interviewing witnesses, victims, or suspects;
• Investigative techniques, procedures, and sources of information;
• Principles and applications of public relations;
• Standard broadcasting procedures of a police radio system;
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases;
• Occupational hazards and standard safety practices.

Qualifications

• Equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade;
• Successful completion of an approved law enforcement academy, such as Police Officers Standards and Training (POST);
• Valid California driver's license and satisfactory driving record.