Police Cadet

Salary: $17.21 – $20.91 Hourly.

Essential Functions:

• Learns, understands, and applies Department and mandated applicable laws, ordinances, policies, and procedures.
• Provides technical assistance to the public at the front desk and over the telephone; gathers information and records complaints; directs callers to other departmental personnel or other agencies as appropriate; learns and operates police radio communications equipment.
• Prepares and processes a variety of reports, forms, citations, applications, and permits; types, compiles, and tabulates basic statistical and financial data; tracks status of cases and warrants; maintains related files and records.
• Assists with various divisions within the police department, crime prevention, and community relations programs.
• Assists with vehicle release duties such as regular and thirty (30) day tows, tow hearings, vehicle repossessions, property releases, and vehicle auctions.
• Releases records as appropriate such as criminal reports, crash reports, and calls for service.
• Performs California Law Enforcement Telecommunication Systems (CLETS) data entry duties; enters missing/found persons, impounded/stored/repossessed vehicles, and lost and found property into the appropriate records system.
• Maintains contact with citizens regarding potential law enforcement problems and preserves good relationships with the general public; takes an active role in areas of public education relative to crime and crime prevention.
• Acts as a court liaison, delivers criminal reports to the District Attorney’s Office for review, and collects court documents related to the filing or rejection of criminal cases.
• Assists with crime prevention and community relations programs and in the Investigation Division, as assigned.
• Observes and complies with all City and mandated safety rules, regulations, and protocols.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth (12th) grade.
• Law enforcement college courses highly desirable.
• Experience as a Police Explorer highly desirable.
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License, to be maintained throughout employment.
• Applicants must be of good character and reputation.
• Applicants will be fingerprinted, and records checked at both State and Federal levels.
• Applicants must not have a record of conviction of a serious offense, or numerous convictions of minor offenses.
• Credit rating, if established, must be satisfactory.