Police Academy Trainee

Manhattan Beach, CA
Manhattan Beach Police Department

Salary: $84,372.00 Annually.

Essential Functions:

  • Attends scheduled academy training sessions and participates in physical fitness regimen as required by Academy.
  • Learns principles, practices and theory of criminal and civil law enforcement.
  • Learns basic criminal investigation processes and techniques, including the identification, collection, and preservation of evidence, courtroom testimony, and witness interrogation.
  • Learns to prepare various reports, including but not limited to vehicle reports, crime reports, suspect information reports, and missing persons reports.
  • Learns to respond to radio and computer messages and calls for service and techniques to make arrests as necessary.
  • Learns to investigate crimes, traffic collisions and suspicious activities; interview victims, complainants and witnesses; and detain and interrogate suspects.
  • Learns to analyze situations and make decisions appropriately under stressful situations.
  • Learns to collect and preserve evidence and testify and present evidence in court.
  • Learns to direct traffic, including regulation of vehicle flow at times of emergency or congestion; and learn to stop drivers who are operating vehicles in violation of laws, and issue citations as necessary.
  • May be required to work shifts, weekends, or holidays.

Requirements:

  • A High School diploma or G.E.D. or California High School Proficiency Test is required.
  • The completion of college level course work is desirable.
  • A valid California driver’s license is required at the time of appointment.