Community College Police Officer ; Lateral Transfer

Community College Police Officer I (Lateral Transfer)

Salary: $72,024.00 - $99,360.00 Annually

Job Type: Classified

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Location: Districtwide (Ventura County CA), CA

Department: DAC/B&AS/Police

Closing: 4/23/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Under the direction of the Community College Police chain of command, enforce applicable federal, state, city, and county laws; enforce rules and regulations governing the use of college buildings and grounds; make arrests, write reports, testify in court, control traffic, control parking; patrol buildings, grounds, and other properties of the college district; provide safety and protection for students, visitors, and personnel.

You may be assigned as a Community College Police Officer I to any of the three campuses:
Ventura College, Oxnard College, or Moorpark College.

• Provide safety and protection of students, visitors, and personnel; patrol buildings, grounds, and other properties of the college campus.
• Issue and process traffic and parking citations according to established procedures; direct traffic on the college campuses and at special events.
• Investigate crimes and other incidents occurring on campus; make arrests, write reports as required; testify in court.
• Provide security and police services at various college functions.
• Patrol on foot or in a vehicle college properties as assigned to maintain order and prevent crime; check and secure doors, rooms, and buildings; safeguard equipment; inspect for vandalism, illegal entry, theft, and fire; report hazardous or unusual conditions or malfunctions; extinguish small fires as necessary.
• Respond to alarms and calls for service; apprehend violators; provide emergency first aid; check and interrogate suspicious persons.
• Receive complaints and requests for assistance from students, visitors, or college personnel; contact other police and fire authorities as necessary.
• Escort campus personnel transporting college funds on campus or to off‑campus repository.
• Control crowds at special events or other assemblies.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with students and others; provide information and direction to the public as appropriate.
• Perform other duties as defined in the Police Policy and Procedures Manual, Police Department general orders and policies of the College District.
• Work collaboratively and professionally with faculty, staff, students, and stakeholders from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, and ethnic communities.
• Demonstrate cultural humility, sensitivity, and equity‑mindedness in working with individuals from diverse communities; model inclusive behaviors; achieve equity in assignment‑related outcomes.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

• Graduation from high school or evidence of equivalent educational proficiency.

• Obtain valid California P.O.S.T. Basic Academy certificate.
• Pass a physical agility test.
• Obtain a valid California driver's license upon employment.
• Possess valid First Aid Certificate and CPR Certificates.
• Meet requirements of California Government Code Sections 1029, 1030, 1031, et seq.
• Be at least 21 years of age.
• Pass a subjective background investigation to determine if the candidate meets department standards.
• Upon receiving a conditional offer of employment, pass a medical and psychological examination and meet department standards.
• Successfully complete department field training.
• Pass a polygraph examination.

New employees are placed on the first step of the appropriate range of the salary schedule. An employee who is promoted will be placed on the salary step of the new range of the appropriate salary schedule that provides a minimum increase comparable to a one‑step increase in salary.