Police Officer Lateral

Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto Police Department

Salary: $125,153.60 – $161,740.80 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
  • Possess a California POST Basic Certificate
  • Must have worked as a Police officer within the last three years.
  • 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.