Police Officer Academy Graduate

Salary: $129,854.40 – $167,814.40 Annually

Position Summary:

Palo Alto is looking for dynamic, community oriented individuals with a progressive team oriented approach. The ideal candidate will have a sense of service, dedication, and commitment to providing quality customer service. We are looking for community oriented individuals with strong ethics and a commitment to integrity.

Essential Functions:

• Patrols an assigned area for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of laws, regulations and ordinances.
• Responds as dispatched to scenes of disorder, disaster, or crime to take appropriate action.
• Investigates and reports crimes, accidents, offenses, and damage to property.
• Makes arrests.
• Prepares cases and evidence for trial and appears in court as witness.
• Participates in community relations activity.
• Processes and serves warrants and subpoenas, compiles identification data, performs related tasks as required, not inconsistent with the attainment of departmental goals.

Requirements:

• Minimum of 21 years of age
• Completion of a California POST certified police academy Regular Basic Course
• Possession of a valid California Driver’s License at time of appointment.
• Pre-employment: ability to pass drug and alcohol test; candidates must not have been convicted by any state or by the federal government of a crime, the punishment for which could have been imprisonment in a federal penitentiary or a state prison.
• Weight in proportion to height.
• Visual rating correctable to 20/30 in both eyes. Possess normal color vision.
• If military veteran, discharges other than honorable will be evaluated on an individual basis.
• Satisfactory results on appropriate written, medical, background and psychiatric examinations.
• Citizenship: must be a U.S. citizen, permanent resident alien or have applied for citizenship.