Community Services Officer

The Brentwood Police Department is seeking a highly motivated and service-oriented individual who is eager to join a professional, progressive department that takes pride in providing exceptional service to the community. The Brentwood Police Department is committed to equipping its employees with the training, resources, technology, and support necessary to successfully perform their duties.

This position provides a wide variety of non-sworn public safety and support services that are essential to the daily operations of the Police Department. Responsibilities may include parking enforcement, vehicle abatement, prisoner booking and transportation, responding to assigned calls for service, report writing, fingerprinting, traffic control, and narcotic offender and sex offender registrations.

The position involves a significant amount of direct interaction with members of the public and requires an individual who can communicate professionally and effectively with people from a wide variety of backgrounds and circumstances. Candidates must be able to remain calm, exercise sound judgment, and communicate clearly and respectfully during challenging, emotionally charged, and high-stress situations.
Strong interpersonal and conflict-resolution skills are essential
, as employees will routinely interact with members of the public who may be frustrated, upset, or experiencing difficult circumstances.

The Department currently has immediate vacancies on night and weekend shifts, and applicants should be prepared to work schedules that include evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, and other non-traditional hours based on operational needs.

The City of Brentwood provides an engaging, collaborative, and cooperative work environment where you can team up with your peers and with the community to create Brentwood as a premier city. The City is an employer that emphasizes work-life balance, supports employee wellness, and offers a wide range of benefits and retirement alternatives, while also investing in its employees’ professional and personal growth.

• Competitive salary
• 15 paid holidays (13 City observed holidays, 2 floating holidays)
• Generous leave accruals (Vacation – 11 days per year; Sick Leave – 12 days per year)
• Selection of health care plans with City paid contributions; cash-in-lieu offered if waiving coverage
• City-paid dental and vision insurance
• CalPERS pension participation
• City paid contributions to Retiree Health Savings account
• Employee Engagement Program (includes recognition for service, safety, peer nominations, and more)

To review more of what the City of Brentwood offers, please check out our Benefits Guide and visit our Human Resources page.

For more information, please see the job description HERE.

Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

• Equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade.

• One year of work experience that demonstrates a general aptitude for working with the public in a multi-task environment.

• Possession of a valid driver's license

A completed City of Brentwood Employment Application. Postmarks, faxes and incomplete applications will not be accepted. Your application must be filled out completely online. Resumes may also be submitted but it is not a substitute for a completed application.