Police Officer - Lateral; Currently

Position: Police Officer - Lateral (Currently Working)
POLICE OFFICER - LATERAL (CURRENTLY WORKING)
In addition to base salary, employees receive additional specialty pays including: holiday pay, education incentive, uniform pay, and shift differential. Some special assignments, such as K-9, receive additional specialty pays.

Interviews for qualified candidates will be scheduled once a sufficient number of qualified applications have been received. It is recommended that candidates submit their application as soon as possible.

The City of Benicia is recruiting for the position of Police Officer to establish an eligibility list for future vacancies. We seek energetic, enthusiastic, and hard working individuals for our Police Department.

The City has 2 separate recruitments for Police Officer: Lateral Candidates and Academy/Non-Lateral Candidates.

Please see below for the definition of each. It is the candidate's responsibility to apply for the correct recruitment. If you are not sure which categories applies to you please contact the Human Resources Department at .


Lateral Candidates: The City of Benicia is accepting applications for Lateral Police Officers. (sworn police officers currently working for a law enforcement agency in California) can apply through this recruitment.

Academy/Non-Lateral Candidates: The City is also accepting applications from candidates who are currently enrolled in a recognized police academy, who have graduated from an academy within the last 3 years, or who have previous law enforcement experience but are not currently working as a sworn law enforcement officer. Candidates who meet this criteria will apply through our other open recruitment entitled:
Police Officer (Academy and/or prior law enforcement experience.)


ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

The Benicia Police Department is a service-oriented agency whose members take pride in their proactive response to crime, disorder, and quality of life issues. The approach recognizes our community's high expectations for professional police services and has sustained a positive relationship with the community for many years.

The Benicia Police Department is staffed with 32 sworn officers, 20 non-sworn employees, and 35 citizen volunteers. The department is led by the Chief of Police and it is organized into two divisions, Operations and Services. A Lieutenant provides general management direction and control for each division.

The Operations Division is the most visible division of the department and consists of uniformed patrol, traffic unit, the special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team, canine units, bike patrol and animal control. The Operations Division has the most contact with our community. Of the 32 sworn members of the Benicia Police Department, 26 are in this division and most are uniform patrol officers, the first responders to calls for police service.

The Services Division consists of both sworn and non-sworn personnel responsible for investigations, emergency communications center, records, information technology, and police volunteers. The Investigations unit consists of criminal investigations, narcotic investigations and Family and Youth Services Bureau (YSB). Within the YSB there is one Youth Services Officer, one School Resource Officer assigned to Benicia Middle School and one School Resource Officer assigned to Benicia High School.

We currently offer 12 hour/3 day shifts (patrol), 10.5 hour/ 4 day shifts (special assignments), and rotating shifts. The City offers competitive pay and benefit packages including educational incentive, shift differential pay, holiday pay, and uniform allowance.


ABOUT THE JOB:

The Benicia Police Department's function is to protect people and property. The department relies on the community as a partner in identifying how the police will deliver their services, how these services will be prioritized, and establishing department goals and objectives. The Benicia Police Department's goal is to concentrate its services through strategic elements, which are the most critical to effective policing within the community.

Those elements include:

Provide, evaluate, and improve upon all policing services to the community. Focus on training needs of all personnel to ensure the highest quality of service to all citizens. Researching and implementing regional policing concepts such as police training and countywide radio and data interoperability. The members of the Benicia Police Department are committed to being responsive to the community in the delivery of quality service.

Recognizing the responsibility to maintain order, while affording dignity and respect to every individual; the objective is to improve the quality of life through a community partnership that promotes a safe, secure community.

Under general supervision, to patrol an assigned beat, to protect life and property, to prevent crime, maintenance of order, enforcement of laws and ordinances and constitutional mandates, to do investigation work and detection of crime, to perform public service tasks, while working…