Police Cadet

Show Low, AZ
Show Low Police Department

Salary: $36,046.40 Annually

Position Summary:

The Cadet Program is designed to temporarily employ young adults seeking employment as police officers with the Show Low Police Department. Cadets are non-sworn Agency employees who are full or part-time. No rank structure exists within the Cadet Program, and all cadets are at-will employees.

Cadets require no training prior to commencing employment with the Agency; however, cadets experience on-the-job training to learn the duties of the specific assignments cadets receive throughout the Agency.

The Cadet Program is under the direct supervision of the Operations Commander, or his/her designee. Cadets are periodically evaluated for efficiency and job performance. Successful cadets are appointed as Police Recruits to the first Academy class for which they become eligible.

Essential Functions:

• Administrative duties;

• Performing duties of station clerk;

• Assisting Traffic Operations with various duties such as:

• Conducting safety seat inspections;

• Crime prevention and Traffic Operations public education programs;

• Staffing SLPD informational displays or booths;

• Assisting with crowd control and traffic control at public events such as parades, fairs, fireworks displays, sporting events;

• Assisting with crowd control and traffic control at crime scenes, fires, traffic light outages, and other unusual occurrences;

• Any other related duties authorized by the Operations Commander, and within the cadet’s scope of authority.

Requirements:

  • Graduation from high school or GED equivalent.
  • Cadets must meet the same requirements as those of police officers, excluding the age requirement, and maintain those qualifications while in the Cadet Program.
  • Failure to maintain these standards and qualifications while in the Cadet Program will result in dismissal from the program and the Agency.
  • Cadets must be between the ages of 17 and 19 at the time of application.
  • Applicants may not be appointed until they are 18 years of age, and must be appointed before their twentieth birthday.
  • Cadets may enter the police academy at age 20 provided they will reach their 21st birthday before graduation.

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