Police Officer I
Location: San Diego California
Description: City of San Diego is at the momment seeking for Police Officer I right now, this vacancy will be placed in California. More complete informations about this vacancy opportunity please read the description below. positions are entry-level positions designed for recent California P.O.S.T. approved Police Academy graduates and persons that possess current California Basic P.O.S.T. certificates. Police! Officer I positions work u nder immediate supervision in a training program to perform increasingly responsible law enforcement and crime prevention duties; respond to emergency calls for police assistance; patrol an assigned area to enforce laws; investigate suspicious conditions, traffic accidents, and complaints; make arrests; question witnesses and suspects; issue citations; prepare evidence and testify in court; fingerprint, photograph, book, supervise, and transport prisoners; report unsafe or hazardous conditions; answer inquiries from the public ; and perform other duties as assigned. NOTES: · Initially, Police Officer I employees will be assigned to the Patrol Division. · Police Officer I employees may work a 4 day/10 hour, rotating shift work schedule, depending on assignment. · After one year, Police Officer I employees receive a $900 annual uniform allowance. · Bilingual pay (3.5% of base pay) is provided to qualified officers, if skills are required.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
You must meet the followi! ng requirements on the date you apply, unless otherwise indicated. CITIZENSHIP : United States citizen or permanent resident alien who is eligible and has applied for United States citizenship prior to application for employment. AGE : 21 years of age at time of hire. EDUCATION : You must meet ONE of the following options: 1. Graduation from a High School located within the United States or a United States territory. 2. Passage of the California High School Proficiency Examination or General Education Development (G.E.D.) with scores that meet the California standard established by the American Council on Education. 3. Possession of a two or four-year degree from an accredited college or university. (Accreditation must be from an institutional accrediting body which has been recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation.) NOTE: · Candidates screened by the Police Department must present proof of education when they submit their Background Investigation Questionn! aire. POST CERTIFICATE : You must meet ONE of the following options: 1. Graduation from a California P.O.S.T. approved Police Academy with a Basic Peace Officers Course Certificate dated within the last one year. 2. Possession of a California Basic P.O.S.T. Certificate dated within the last one year. 3. Currently attending a California P.O.S.T. certified standard length Police Academy, or MUST be within six months of graduation if attending an extended format Police Academy; however, must have successfully graduated the academy by time of appointment. NOTES: · Applicants with certificates over one year old may qualify if they also submit a P.O.S.T. Requalification Certificate dated within the last one year OR if they have been employed as a full-time paid sworn peace officer with a California city police, county sheriff or state law enforcement agency within the last one year. · Individuals with certificates over one year old who do not meet the P.O.S.T. certificate requi! rements above may apply for Police Recruit and waive the Written Test. ! TYPING CERTIFICATE : An original typing certificate indicating the ability to type at a corrected speed of 30 words per minute on a typewriter or computer keyboard must be submitted during the Police Department’s Background Investigation Process. The certificate must be issued under International Typing Contest Rules and specify the net and gross speed, the number of errors and that the test was five minutes or longer. Certificates specifying more than five errors will not be accepted. Individuals who are serving or have served in City of San Diego job classifications which meet or exceed the minimum typing requirements need not submit a typing certificate. Internet typing tests will not be accepted. LICENSE : A valid California Class C Driver License is required at the time of hire. REQUIRED DOCUMENTS (MUST SUBMIT WITH APPLICATION) : · Proof of a California Basic Peace Officers Course Certificate, California Basic P.O.S.T. Certificate or California P.O.S.T. Requalificat! ion Certificate. · Proof of enrollment in a California P.O.S.T. approved Police Academy, on letter head, confirming enrollment, graduation date and the applicant’s good standing in the class. Required documents should be attached electronically to your application. If you are unable to attach at the time of application submittal, you must submit them as soon as possible via fax: (619) 533-3337; or to the Employment Information Center: City of San Diego Personnel Department, 1200 Third Avenue - Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92101. Include your name and the title of the position for which you are applying.
SCREENING PROCESS:
The screening process will consist of the following components: 1. APPLICATION REVIEW : Applications will be evaluated to ensure they meet the minimum requirements. Only those applicants who clearly demonstrate meeting the requirements specified above will be approved to continue in the screening process. 2. PERFORMANCE TEST : The perfor! mance test is a pass/fail examination which consists of a 500-yard cour! se that simulates a suspect chase and measures a variety of physical abilities necessary in police work. The test requires candidates to: dodge low hanging objects; climb ladders and stairs; run around pylons; jump, step and/or climb over 3, 4, and 6-foot fences; and partially lift and drag a 155 lb. "simulated victim". While performing the test, candidates must wear a 3-pound vest provided by the Police Department. Test information will be given to candidates prior to their scheduled test date. PERFORMANCE TEST WAIVER : Police Recruits currently employed by the San Diego Police Department may waive the performance test. If your application is approved, you will bypass this step and be placed on the eligible list. Candidates who pass the performance test will be placed on a list which will be used to fill position vacancies during the next one year. For each vacancy, only those candidates with the most appropriate qualifications will be contacted by the hiring department fo! r an interview.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION:
Individuals who are placed on the eligible list and are being evaluated by the Police Department for employment, must successfully pass the following prior to hire: FIREARM PROFICIENCY TEST : This pass/fail test is conducted with a Police Department approved handgun and involves firing at a silhouette target from 3, 7, 10, and 15 yard lines with both strong and weak hands. A minimum score of 255 out of 300 or 85% is required to pass. PRE-EMPLOYMENT REQUIREMENTS : Employment offers are conditional pending the results of all screening processes that are applicable to this job, which may include but are not limited to the following: Confirmation of citizenship/legal right to work in the United States; completion of a pre-employment medical review/exam (which may include drug alcohol testing); reference checks; and a fingerprint check. The fingerprints will be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation and/or t! he California Department of Justice for a conviction record report. Cer! tain positions may require additional screening processes which may include a polygraph examination and/or background investigation. All of these processes must be successfully completed before employment begins. A positive test for alcohol, illegal drugs or inadequately explained prescription drugs, misrepresentation, falsification, or omission of pertinent facts in any step of the screening/selection process may be cause for disqualification and/or termination of employment. Nothing in this job posting constitutes an expressed or implied contract for employment with the City of San Diego. MEDICAL EXAMINATION : A City medical examination including drug screening and documentation of medical history may be conducted following a conditional offer of employment or promotion. Medical condition must enable the applicant to perform the essential duties of the position. The City of San Diego is committed to a drug and alcohol free work place. VISION/HEARING REQUIREMENTS : Vision ! requirements vary depending upon the corrective measures utilized. 1. If you wear eyeglasses or hard+ (non-orthokeratology) contact lenses, your uncorrected vision may be no worse than 20/70 both eyes together. Uncorrected vision worse than 20/20, but not worse than 20/70, must be corrected to 20/20 both eyes together. NOTE: +"Hard" contact lenses also include semi-soft, semi-rigid, semi-permeable, gas permeable, and similar lenses. 2. If you wear soft contact lenses and your vision is corrected to 20/20 both eyes together, there is no minimum uncorrected visual acuity requirement. To qualify under this provision , you will be asked to present satisfactory medical evidence from your private optometrist or ophthalmologist documenting that you have been a successful wearer of soft contact lenses for one year prior to the medical examination given by the City of San Diego. Such documentation must also indicate if you have any medical contraindications to wearing soft contact l! enses. We will request this information from you following the medical ! examination given by the City. You will also be required, as a condition of your employment, to sign a pre-employment agreement obligating you to wear soft contact lenses at all times while on duty, except when otherwise authorized by the San Diego Police Department. Your use of soft contact lenses will be subject to verification by the City of San Diego and to such medical eye examinations as necessary in the judgment of the City. 3. If you have undergone orthokeratology and wear orthokeratology lenses and your vision is corrected to 20/20 both eyes together, there is no minimum uncorrected visual acuity requirement. NOTE: Candidates who wear orthokeratology lenses are encouraged to change to soft contact lenses. To qualify under this provision , you will be asked to present satisfactory medical evidence from your private optometrist or ophthalmologist documenting that you have been a successful wearer of orthokeratology lenses for one year prior to the medical examination! given by the City of San Diego. Such documentation must also indicate if you have any medical contraindications to wearing orthokeratology lenses. We will request this information from you following the medical examination given by the City. You will also be required, as a condition of your employment, to sign a pre-employment agreement obligating you to wear orthokeratology lenses at all times while on duty, except when otherwise authorized by the San Diego Police Department. Your use of orthokeratology lenses will be subject to verification by the City of San Diego and to such medical eye examinations as necessary in the judgment of the City. 4. (a) If you have undergone any type of refractive vision surgery (or "touch up" surgery) such as Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis (LASIK) , radial keratotomy (RK) or photorefractive keratectomy (PRK) a year or longer prior to being medically considered for a Police Recruit or Police Officer position, you must be substantially! free of vision problems including, but not limited to: impaired vision! at night or under dim lighting conditions; sensitivity to glare; starbursts experienced around light sources such as street lights or headlights; hazing or blurring of vision; eye irritation and pain; progressive regression of visual acuity; and/or daily changes in visual acuity. Your vision must be 20/20 both eyes together. If it is not, it must be corrected to 20/20 both eyes together in accordance with the requirements in No. 1, 2, or 3 above. To qualify under this provision , you will be asked to submit the results of a recent eye examination from your private ophthalmologist documenting the status of your vision. We will request this information from you following the medical examination given by the City. (b) If you have undergone any type of refractive vision surgery (or "touch up" surgery) within less than a year of being medically considered for a Police Recruit or Police Officer position, you may be hired on a “conditional†basis. To qualify under this provis! ion , you must successfully complete a City provided vision examination prior to hire and at periodic intervals thereafter, until one year has elapsed from the date of your last vision surgery or "touch up" surgery. You must be substantially free of the vision problems outlined in paragraph 4(a) above. Your vision must be 20/20 both eyes together. If it is not, it must be corrected to 20/20 both eyes together in accordance with the requirements in No. 1, 2, or 3 above. 5. In all cases , you need to have binocular vision (vision in both eyes), normal visual fields, normal binocular fusion, and freedom from other visual conditions that would interfere with your ability to perform the full range of duties of a Police Recruit or Police Officer with the San Diego Police Department. 6. In all cases , you need an acceptable level of color vision. This is determined at the time of the medical examination given by the City using standardized color vision tests. For hearing requireme! nts, t he City of San Diego uses the California Peace Officer Standards! and Training Commission’s guidelines for Police Recruit applicants. These guidelines require pure tone threshold testing for each ear separately at 500, 1000, 2000, 3000, 4000, and 6000 Hz. For acoustical reasons, audiograms must be done without hearing aids in place. An additional examination by a medical specialist will be required if the screening audiogram is considered “abnormal†or there is a history of ear-related symptoms. In general, an audiogram is considered to be abnormal if thresholds exceed 25 dB. In these cases, the examining physician must determine 1) whether the hearing loss is functionally relevant to the safe performance of patrol duties, and 2) whether the candidate needs to be evaluated by a hearing specialist to assess treatment options and/or prognosis. Candidates with hearing aids : Candidates who wish to be tested with their hearing aids will be administered a test to assess speech comprehension ability in noise and quiet. Both tests will be! administered by sound field methods rather than headphones. An aided audiogram will be reviewed to evaluate sound detection ability. Prior to testing, the candidate must attest that he/she has worn the aids regularly for at least one month. In addition, all records from the audiologist who dispensed the hearing aids must be provided, including documentation of the fitting program and other hearing aid settings, which are used on a regular basis by the individual. As a condition of employment, candidates who wear hearing aids will be required to sign a pre-employment agreement obligating them to wear their hearing aids when assigned to field duty or other hearing critical tasks. NOTE: Any evaluation by a hearing specialist, including additional audiogram testing, will be at the applicant’s expense.
Rev. 1 â€" June 14, 2013 (New Assigned Analyst)
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This vacancy starts available on: Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:02:49 GMT