Police Reserve Officer

Redondo Beach, CA
Redondo Beach Police Department

Position Summary:

Level II Reserves will work a minimum of 16 hours per month in various assignments – uniform and plain clothes. In addition to emergency and general law enforcement duties, may be assigned to transport prisoners, priority patrol projects, special events and activities, and to work other duties within various divisions as assigned by the Chief of Police and/or his/her designee. Reserve Police Officers, while on duty and under immediate supervision of a regular officer, have the same law enforcement power as a regular officer. They can be assigned to the prevention and detection of crime, and in doing so, have the authority to perform the same general enforcement functions as the regular officers with whom they are assigned.

Requirements:

  • Graduation from high school or G.E.D. equivalent; attainment of a minimum age of twenty-one (21) years by the time of appointment;
  • Possession of an appropriate California driver’s license.
  • Level II applicants must have completed a P.O.S.T. Certified Level I or II Basic Reserve Academy upon appointment.
  • Level III applicants must have completed a P.O.S.T Certified 832.6 P.C. 64-hour class, upon appointment.