Police Officer Trainee

Columbia, MO
University of Missouri

Salary: $23.08/ hour or $48,006 annually.

Position Summary:

The University of Missouri Police Department’s Police Officer Trainee is required to complete all tasks, assignments, tests, and expectations of the academy they are assigned to in preparation for the Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training test. At the conclusion of the assigned academy or upon completion of the approved academy the Police Officer Trainee must take and successfully pass the Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training test as required by State Law to become a certified Police Officer in the State Missouri.

Upon passing the Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training test and becoming a certified police officer within the state of Missouri, the trainee must meet all minimum requirements required to be a University of Missouri Police
Officer as outlined in department policy and procedure, 1:061 Selection Process. The Police Officer Trainee shall complete other duties as assigned while in the program, but none that would require them to be a sworn police officer.

This position is specifically designed to prepare an individual to be a police officer for the University of Missouri Police Department. Individuals may be within this position while completing the approved academy and testing for Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training. If an individual upon completion of an approve academy cannot successfully complete the Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training test to become a certified police officer within the state of Missouri, they shall be removed from this position. Individuals who successfully complete
the Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training test and become a certified Police Officer shall be moved to the title of Police Officer (job code 4118) within the University of Missouri Police Department and shall become sworn officers assigned to field training as outlined in department policy and procedure Police Officer.

Requirements:

  • High school diploma or equivalent.
  • A valid Missouri operator’s license.

Preferred Requirements:

  • Citizen of the United States.
  • Resident of the State of Missouri by date of appointment.
  • Twenty-one years of age by date of appointment.
  • Not have been convicted of a Felony or Class A Misdemeanor.
  • Has not consumed any alcoholic beverages within the past six months because of an addiction to alcohol.
  • Has not within two years of appointment used, manufactured, sold, or cultivated any controlled substance (as defined by Missouri State Statues) with the exception of the use of marijuana as described in the following, nor is addicted to any controlled substance.
  • Has not used, within two years prior to appointment, marijuana, nor has manufactured or sold marijuana ever. Marijuana cases may be judged on a case by case basis with experimental use and recreational use in legalized cities and states.
  • Has no criminal history as outlined in Section 590.080.1 and Section 590.100.1, RSMo.