Police Cadet
Salary: $54,943.92 – $82,415.88 Annually
Position Summary:
This position is responsible for completing training in the enforcement of state and local laws.
The Police Sergeant assigns work in terms of general instructions.
Essential Functions:
- Attends and successfully completes Basic Law Enforcement Training (B.L.E.T.); obtains a probationary law enforcement certificate.
- Participate in educational training and successfully pass weekly test; No deficiencies.
- Participates in physical training and show a steady physical improvement. Successfully pass the Police Officers Physical Ability Test (POPAT).
- Gains knowledge in the investigation of crimes and accidents.
- Gains knowledge in preparing incident, accident, and arrest reports.
- Gains knowledge in processing crime scenes.
- Gains knowledge on preparation of accurate incident, accident and arrest reports.
- Gains knowledge in developing skills needed to prepare cases and testify in District and Superior Courts.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Be a high school graduate or have passed the General Educational Development test indicating high school equivalency. Diplomas earned through correspondence enrollment are not recognized.
- Applicants must be able to read on a Tenth-grade reading level.
- Ability to read, write and perform mathematical calculations at a level commonly associated with the completion of high school or equivalent.
- No experience requirements.
- Possession of or ability to readily obtain a valid driver’s license issued by the State of North Carolina for the type of vehicle or equipment operated.
- Ability to meet current requirements set forth by the North Carolina Training and Standards Commission.
- Must be at least Twenty years old by the time of taking the state exam.
- No felony convictions. No serious misdemeanor convictions in the last 5 years.
- No Domestic Violence convictions.
- No DUI, DWI convictions in the last 5 years.