Police Officer Trainee

POLICE OFFICER TRAINEE

Salary:
Police Officer Trainee: $19.50 - $24.89 per hour

Benefits

Location

Lake County, CA

Job Type

Full Time - Open to all applicants

Department

Police

Opening Date

10/24/24

Closing Date

11/21/24 5:00 PM Pacific

About the Position

Police Officer Trainees are those individuals who have not completed a Basic Police Academy. The City of Lakeport will pay those individuals hired as Police Officer Trainees while they attend the Basic Police Academy, as well as, pay the cost of the Academy. Upon graduation, they are sworn in and appointed to Police Officer and are assigned to the Field Training Program.

Selection Process

All City applications reviewed will be reviewed for accuracy, completeness and job-related qualifications. A limited number of the most qualified applicants will be invited to participate in an oral interview. Physical agility and written testing may be required. Finalists then must successfully pass a thorough background investigation, medical, polygraph, and psychological examinations. Fingerprints are required. Appointment to the position is contingent upon successfully passing all examinations.

Applicants who successfully complete the examination process will be placed on an eligibility list.

Application Process

PART I - INTERVIEWS

The Appraisal Interview is designed to measure your education, training, experience, problem solving, interpersonal skills, community involvement/cultural awareness and job-related qualifications for the position. A completed Personal History Statement (PHS) must be submitted at the time of the appraisal interview. Forms can be found at:

Candidates with the highest scores, will be scheduled for the Chief’s Interview.

PART II – BACKGROUND INVESTIGATION

PART III – PHYSCIAL AGILITY TEST

Part I Testing is designed to evaluate your physical agility and includes the following:

• OBSTACLE COURSE Run a 99-yard obstacle course consisting of several sharp turns, a number of curb-height obstacles, and a 34-inch high obstacle that must be vaulted
• BODY DRAG Lift and drag a 165-pound lifelike dummy 32-feet
• CHAIN LINK FENCE Run 5 yards to a 6-foot chain link fence, climb over fence, continue running another 25 yards
• SOLID FENCE CLIMB Run 5 yards to a 6-0foot solid fence, climb over fence, continue running another 25 yards.
• 500-YARD RUN Run 500 yards

PART IV – P.O.S.T WRITTEN EXAM

Part II Testing consists of the P.O.S.T. Written Examination. The P.O.S.T. (Peace Officer Standards and Training) Entry Level Law Enforcement Test Battery (PELLETB) is a written examination designed to measure your reading comprehension skills and your ability to spell and understand commonly-used vocabulary words. The City of Lakeport will accept testing scores from other agencies that are less than one year old.

(Minimum qualifying score: T-Score of 42).

For the P.O.S.T.…