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CITY OF BISHOP
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police Officer in Training
DEFINITION
Attends a regular POST certified law enforcement academy designed to provide an entire overview of the criminal justice system which includes training in laws, police procedures, law enforcement techniques, first aid, and physical fitness.
Upon successfully completing the required training, employees may be promoted to Police Officer on a probationary basis. A Police Officer Trainee who fails to complete an academy in which he/she is enrolled will be terminated. A Police Officer Trainee is an at-will, non-sworn general employee of the City of Bishop. The Police Officer Trainee has a probationary period as described in Rule 5.8 of the City of Bishop Employee Personnel Rues.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Instruction is received from academy instructors; receives general supervision from a Police Officer or Sergeant.
QUALIFICATIONS OF POLICE OFFICER TRAINEE
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Working knowledge of modern practices and techniques of law enforcement, patrol, investigation, public relations, community policing, and report writing; Vehicle and Penal Code; laws of arrest; rules of evidence; legal rights of citizens; court procedures.
Special Requirements:
Applicants must meet the California police officer selection standards (Code 1029 & 1031) as listed below:
Applicants must successfully pass the following requirements:
PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Candidates must meet standards of physical stature, endurance, and agility established by the City and the Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) as follows:
Position requires standing, walking and/or running or uneven and slippery surfaces, reaching, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending, stooping, squatting, crouching, grasping, crawling, and making repetitive hand movements above and below shoulder level in the performance of daily duties. The position also requires both near and far vision when performing work and operating assigned equipment as required by POST. Acute hearing is required when providing phone and face-to-face service. The position also requires grasping, repetitive hand movement, fine coordination, and finger dexterity in handling a firearm. The need to lift, carry, pull and push tools, supplies and other equipment weighing up to 50 pounds is also required. Additionally, the incumbent may be required to respond to after-hours emergency call-outs. Some of these requirements may be accommodated for otherwise qualified individuals requiring and requesting such accommodations.
ADDITIONAL JOB DESCRIPTION – FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER
Upon successful completion of the academy training, a candidate may become a full-time police officer. All full-time police officers will comply with the job functions outlined in the City of Bishop’s Police Officer Job Description.
This classification is not intended to be all-inclusive. An employee may be required to perform other reasonable duties as assigned by management. The City reserves the right, with the concurrence of the department head, to revise or change classification duties and responsibilities as the need arises and as consistent with the meet and confer process.
Approved by Council: May 10, 2021
Full Time
Public Administration
$59k-69k (estimate)
03/25/2024
05/24/2024
bishoptx.com
BISHOP, TX
25 - 50
Private
GERROLD DEEN RYPPLE
$5M - $10M
Public Administration