Police Officer Trainee

**Description**:

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**TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT SCHEDULE**
Application Deadline**: Tuesday, May 7, 2024**
- Written Examination**:The **PELLETB exam will be offered Wednesday, May 15, 2024, or applicants may submit a T-Score received from another agency within the last 12 months. **Minimum **T-score that will be accepted is 42.**
- Physical Agility**: Saturday, June 8, 2024, at Ray Simon Criminal Justice Training Center.**
- Oral Board Interview**:Thursday, June 13, 2024, via Zoom**
- Selection Interview**:Thursday, June 20, 2024**JOB DESCRIPTION**
- Under direct supervision, actively participates in the P.O.S.T. (Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training) prescribed police academy training program; performs all related learning and testing activities; performs a variety of routine to complex field and administrative activities in support of police services and programs for the City’s Police Department; provides comprehensive non-sworn staff support to Police Department supervisory and management personnel on a wide variety of law enforcement programs, projects, and services; and performs related duties, as assigned.

**SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED**
- Receives direct supervision from assigned supervisory or management staff. Exercises no direct supervision over staff.

**CLASS CHARACTERISTICS**
- This is the non-sworn, trainee-level classification in the Police Officer class series. Incumbents learn law enforcement techniques and practices as well as City systems, operations, practices, policies, and procedures and perform non-sworn police support duties while completing the mandated peace officer academy to obtain Basic P.O.S.T. certification.
- Positions in the Police Officer class series are flexibly staffed and positions at the Officer level are normally filled by advancement from the Trainee level after gaining the required P.O.S.T. certificate, knowledge, skill, and experience which meet the qualifications for and after demonstrating the ability to perform the work of the higher-level class.

**Essential and Marginal Duties**:
**EXAMPLES OF TYPICAL JOB FUNCTIONS (Illustrative Only)**
- Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job._
- Learns and applies knowledge of the City of Tracy Police Department's organization, rules, and regulations.
- Learns principles and techniques of patrol procedures, community service, crime prevention, and public relations.
- Learns and applies knowledge of enforcement and procedural aspects of criminal law, arrest and control techniques, crowd control, and the enforcement of those laws.
- Learns principles and techniques of proper use and maintenance of firearms.
- Learns vehicle operation including the Vehicle Code.
- Learns basic criminal investigation processes and techniques, including the identification, collection, and preservation of evidence, courtroom testimony, and interviewing witnesses.
- Learns and practices physical fitness and defense techniques programs.
- Learns and practices first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
- Performs other related duties as assigned.

**Minimum Qualifications**:
**Knowledge of**:

- Basic functions, principles, and practices of law enforcement agencies.
- Activities and programs of a municipal Police Department.
- Basic principles of record keeping.
- Techniques for providing a high level of customer service by effectively dealing with the public, vendors, contractors, and City staff.
- The structure and content of the English language, including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Modern equipment and communication tools used for business functions and program, project, and task coordination.
- Computers and software programs (e.g., Microsoft software packages) to conduct, compile, and/or generate documentation.

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**Ability to**:

- Learn basic functions, principles, and practices of law enforcement agencies.
- Learn police terminology and law enforcement codes.
- Learn and understand the organization and operation of the City and of outside agencies as necessary to assume assigned responsibilities.
- Independently organize work, set priorities, meet critical deadlines, and follow-up on assignments.
- Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, using appropriate English grammar and syntax.
- Use tact, initiative, prudence, and independent judgment within general policy, procedural, and legal guidelines.
- Establish, maintain, and foster positive and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

**Education and Experience**:

- Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qual