Police Officer Pre-Service

Redondo Beach, CA
Redondo Beach Police Department

Salary: $95,196.00 – $115,584.00 Annually.

Essential Functions:

  • Patrolling assigned areas of the City in a vehicle and responding to routine calls.
  • Investigating suspicious persons and circumstances.
  • Reacting quickly, efficiently and calmly in emergency situations.
  • Responding to major incidents reported to the Police Department using the Incident Command System/Standardized Emergency Management Systems (ICS/SEMS) protocol.
  • Performing first aid, CPR and operating AED devices.
  • Enforcing traffic laws, issuing citations, conducting field sobriety tests, investigating collisions.
  • Appearing in court to present evidence and testimony.
  • Acting with honesty, integrity, honor, courage, self-confidence, maturity, tolerance and stamina.
  • Performing other related duties as required.

Requirements:

  • Possess a high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
  • Be at least 21 years of age at the time of appointment.
  • Possess a valid Class C California Department of Motor Vehicles driver’s license.
  • Pre-Service candidates must satisfy one of the following requirements:
  • Current enrollment in a California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training Basic Academy;
  • Or, possession of a valid P.O.S.T. Basic Academy Completion Certificate, issued within the prior twelve (12) months of the date of application.
  • Or, possession of a valid P.O.S.T. Basic Academy Completion Certificate without successful completion of a field training program at another agency within the last eighteen (18) months.
  • Or, applicants that have served at least one day in a field training program at another agency with a separation date within the last three (3) years of the date of application.