Police Officer (Recruit Level)

San Diego, CA
San Diego Department

Salary: $76,169.60 – $79,705.60 Annually

Position Summary:

Integrity; leadership skills; excellent judgment under pressure; ability to maintain sufficient level of fitness to safely perform as a law enforcement professional; the ability to be aware of, control, and express emotions appropriately, and to handle interpersonal relationships judiciously and empathetically; ability to maintain confidence in uncertain situations; excellent judgment and ability to act under pressure; ability to thrive in diverse populations.

Essential Functions:

  • Contributes to the team effort of maintaining a presence in the community that helps to deter crime and provide support to citizens.
  • Collaborates in building strong relationships with community members, upholding best practices of Community Oriented Policing.
  • Acts as a police presence at major public events to ensure public safety.
  • Identifies potential criminal activity or other hazardous situations and takes proper actions to protect citizens and property.
  • Helps to secure crime scenes and process evidence.
  • Responds to calls for service; Observes violations; makes arrests and citations when necessary.
  • Conducts criminal investigations by gathering evidence and interviewing victims and witnesses.
  • Documents observations and actions by radioing information; completing reports.
  • Fulfills court orders by testifying in court regarding criminal investigations and citations.
  • Maintains safe traffic conditions by monitoring and directing traffic; enforces laws and ordinances; investigates collisions; reports unsafe streets and facilities.

Requirements:

  • 20 years of age on the date you apply; 21 years by date of Academy graduation.
  • Be legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.
  • Candidates screened by the San Diego Police Department must present proof of legal right to work in the United States when they submit their Background Investigation Questionnaire.
  • Graduation from a public high school located within the United States.
  • Graduation from an accredited nonpublic high school located within the United States.
  • Graduation from a United States Department of Defense high school.
  • Passage of the General Education Development (G.E.D.) test or passage of the California High School Proficiency Examination.
  • Possession of a two-year, four-year or advanced degree from an accredited college or university (Foreign degrees must be accredited by an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Department of Education of the United States of America).

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