Police Officer Pre-Certified (In-State)
for section headings: e.g., About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should only include sections when there is real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate: Opening Date, Closing Date, Job Number, Department, etc. Also remove EEO, legal, etc. Also remove application instructions like "PLEASE NOTE: Once your application has been submitted..." etc. Also remove "Work Location Police Chesterfield County is an Equal Opportunity Employer..." etc. Also remove "For Information On County Benefits, View Employee Benefits Summary." Also remove address, phone, website? Those are metadata; we can drop them or fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. Probably drop them. We need to preserve all substantive information: location Chesterfield, VA, Job Type Full-Time, Salary Depends On Qualifications (but we cannot create Pay section unless posting actually states them; it says "Salary Depends On Qualifications" and "Salary is commensurate with experience." Also later: "Eligible candidates ... will receive an annual salary commensurate with the salary earned by an incumbent Chesterfield County police officer with equivalent years of service..." So we have some salary info but not specific numbers. According to rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "Salary Depends On Qualifications" and "Salary is commensurate with experience." That's still stating something about pay, albeit vague. Should we include a Pay section? The rule: "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state something about pay (salary depends on qualifications, commensurate with experience). So we can include a Pay section with that content. However we must avoid filler like "commensurate with experience" is allowed? It says: "never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. 'commensurate with experience', 'not specified', 'N/A', 'varies', 'TBD')". That's interesting: they explicitly say "commensurate with experience" is filler/placeholder text and we should not emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text. So we should not create a Pay section if the only content is "commensurate with experience". The posting also says "Salary Depends On Qualifications" which is also vague. So we should not create a Pay section because it would be filler. So we omit Pay section. Similarly Benefits: The posting mentions "Benefits" heading but then just says "Minimum Qualifications". Actually the text: "DescriptionBenefits Minimum Qualifications". It seems garbled. There's a "Benefits" heading but no details. Later there is "For Information On County Benefits, View Employee Benefits Summary." That's a referral, not actual benefits. So we should not create Benefits section because no specific benefits listed. Schedule: The posting mentions "Shift Shifts are permanently assigned based on department need; however, candidates applying must be able to work any shift (including overnights and weekends if assigned)." That's schedule info. So we can include a Schedule section with that content. Requirements/Qualifications: There's Minimum Qualifications section with many details. Also there is "Pre-certified officers will attend an abbreviated 5-week academy..." etc. That's qualifications/training. So we can have a Qualifications section (or Requirements). Use
for Requirements or Qualifications. The instruction list includes Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We can choose Qualifications for the detailed list. Responsibilities: Duties section. About the role: Could be a brief paragraph summarizing role. The posting has a Description but it's garbled: "DescriptionBenefits Minimum Qualifications". No actual description. Might skip About the role if no substantive content. But we could use the first paragraph after job title? There is none. So we skip About the role. Thus sections: Qualifications (or Requirements), Responsibilities (Duties), Schedule. Possibly also Skills? Not needed. We need to preserve all substantive information: location Chesterfield, VA, Job Type Full-Time. Should we include location and job type? Could be placed in a short
before sections. The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading (the page already shows it) and do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it." So we can include a short
with location and job type. Thus output:
Location: Chesterfield, VA. Job Type: Full-Time.
Then sections:Qualifications
- ... each qualification as list items.
for each section heading. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For Pay section, it's prose, not a list, so use
. For Schedule, also prose.
We need to preserve all substantive information: include location and job type in a short
before sections.
Let's craft.
First, location and job type paragraph:
Location: Chesterfield, VA. Job Type: Full-Time.
Then Qualifications:
Qualifications
- Must possess a current Virginia law enforcement certification or have relinquished certification within two years preceding date of hire.
- Must have completed one consecutive year of sworn service upon completion of a field training program.
- Must have left former agency in good standing to be considered.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Must be a US citizen.
- Successful applicants must pass a physical agility test.
- Possess or be eligible for a Virginia driver's license with no more than six demerit points in the past twelve months.
- Binocular vision of 20/25 corrected.
- Weight in proportion to height.
- No conviction of felonies and/or habitual misdemeanors.
- No conviction of, or guilty plea or no contest pleas to any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, including petit larceny; any misdemeanor sex offense; or any domestic assault.
- Must pass an extensive background investigation which includes a polygraph, psychological, medical and drug screening.
- Pre-certified officers will attend an abbreviated 5-week academy and will receive a full field training experience to maximize assimilation and familiarization, emphasizing Chesterfield County Police Department philosophy, policies, and procedures.
- Pre-employment drug testing, FBI criminal background check and education/degree verification required.
- This position is considered Critical Safety Sensitive and is subject to random drug testing and alcohol testing.
- The use of illegal drugs, and/or the use of medical marijuana for this position is prohibited.
- Employees must not consume or be under the influence of alcohol while on duty, on work premises, or operating agency equipment.
- This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justice’s “Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy” and therefore requires successfully passing a more stringent criminal background check.
Responsibilities (Duties):
Responsibilities
- Operate an assigned patrol vehicle; patrol assigned areas of the county for traffic and criminal violations;
- respond to citizen calls, complaints, and requests for information;
- conduct victim, witness and suspect interviews;
- prepare detailed police reports;
- make arrests;
- testify in court;
- interact with community groups and organizations;
- perform other police patrol operations in the field as assigned and needed.
Pay:
Pay
Eligible candidates who are selected for employment will, at the very least, receive an annual salary commensurate with the salary earned by an incumbent Chesterfield County police officer with equivalent years of service through association with a historical Chesterfield Basic Police Academy Class – this will provide their step placement on the department's step-based Public Safety Pay Plan (PSPP). Additionally, candidates will be eligible to be compensated for their past personal and professional development to include: educational attainment, experience, training, assignments, and other accomplishments.
Schedule:
Schedule
Shifts are permanently assigned based on department need
. For Schedule, also prose. We need to preserve all substantive information: include location and job type in a short
before sections. Let's craft. First, location and job type paragraph:
Location: Chesterfield, VA. Job Type: Full-Time.
Then Qualifications:Qualifications
- Must possess a current Virginia law enforcement certification or have relinquished certification within two years preceding date of hire.
- Must have completed one consecutive year of sworn service upon completion of a field training program.
- Must have left former agency in good standing to be considered.
- High school diploma or GED.
- Must be a US citizen.
- Successful applicants must pass a physical agility test.
- Possess or be eligible for a Virginia driver's license with no more than six demerit points in the past twelve months.
- Binocular vision of 20/25 corrected.
- Weight in proportion to height.
- No conviction of felonies and/or habitual misdemeanors.
- No conviction of, or guilty plea or no contest pleas to any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude, including petit larceny; any misdemeanor sex offense; or any domestic assault.
- Must pass an extensive background investigation which includes a polygraph, psychological, medical and drug screening.
- Pre-certified officers will attend an abbreviated 5-week academy and will receive a full field training experience to maximize assimilation and familiarization, emphasizing Chesterfield County Police Department philosophy, policies, and procedures.
- Pre-employment drug testing, FBI criminal background check and education/degree verification required.
- This position is considered Critical Safety Sensitive and is subject to random drug testing and alcohol testing.
- The use of illegal drugs, and/or the use of medical marijuana for this position is prohibited.
- Employees must not consume or be under the influence of alcohol while on duty, on work premises, or operating agency equipment.
- This position is subject to working in high security areas governed by the US Department of Justice’s “Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Security Policy” and therefore requires successfully passing a more stringent criminal background check.
Responsibilities
- Operate an assigned patrol vehicle; patrol assigned areas of the county for traffic and criminal violations;
- respond to citizen calls, complaints, and requests for information;
- conduct victim, witness and suspect interviews;
- prepare detailed police reports;
- make arrests;
- testify in court;
- interact with community groups and organizations;
- perform other police patrol operations in the field as assigned and needed.
Pay
Eligible candidates who are selected for employment will, at the very least, receive an annual salary commensurate with the salary earned by an incumbent Chesterfield County police officer with equivalent years of service through association with a historical Chesterfield Basic Police Academy Class – this will provide their step placement on the department's step-based Public Safety Pay Plan (PSPP). Additionally, candidates will be eligible to be compensated for their past personal and professional development to include: educational attainment, experience, training, assignments, and other accomplishments.
Schedule:Schedule
Shifts are permanently assigned based on department need