Police Officer ; Bilingual English​/Armenian

Position

Join the Best! Earn up to $157,000 a year! We are a full‑service agency, offering a variety of specialized assignments – from helicopter pilot to K‑9 handler, we have a career path for you! The Glendale Police Department (GPD) currently looks for individuals committed to keeping Glendale one of the safest big cities in America. Experience what it’s like to partner with a community that supports its Police Department.

If you are looking for plenty of opportunities for advancement and take pride in providing the highest level of service to the community, Glendale PD is for you!

This figure includes incentive pays, e.g., detective pay, longevity pay, and educational (POST certificate) pay.

• Ensures department services are provided with exceptional customer service and the highest ethical standards.
• Responds to calls for service regarding accidents, emergencies, crimes, threats, altercations and requests for aid, providing information and assistance to the public.
• Emphasizes a community‑based policing philosophy focused on community interaction and collaborative problem solving.
• Administers first aid to injured persons and interviews, interrogates, and records statements from witnesses, suspects, and victims.
• Identifies relevant facts and prepares written reports on incidents and cases assigned.
• Apprehends suspects by driving safely at high speeds, chasing suspects on foot, climbing over obstacles, physically subduing suspects, utilizing self‑defense and arrest control techniques, and utilizing firearms under appropriate conditions.
• Enforces traffic laws, directs traffic, issues citations and warnings, and investigates accidents and accident scenes.
• Investigates matters involving juveniles, reports of child neglect and juvenile delinquency, and refers juveniles to the appropriate authorities.
• Serves subpoenas, serves warrants, testifies in court, marks and stores evidence, and confers with the City/District Attorney’s Office to provide information for case preparation.
• Assumes responsibility for ensuring the duties of the position are performed safely and efficiently.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or as the situation requires.

• An equivalent combination of experience and education sufficient to perform the essential job functions and provide the required knowledge and abilities.

None.

• Graduation from high school or attainment of a State Board of Education issued certificate of proficiency, or attainment of a GED certificate, CHSPE certificate, HiSET certificate, or CPP certificate.

• Valid Class C California driver’s license.

Knowledge of and skill in: Exceptional customer service practices.

Skill in: Making independent judgments and decisions based upon standard policy or procedure.

Ability to:

• Provide exceptional customer service to all employees and vendors.
• Model and practice the highest standards of ethical conduct.
• Deal calmly with angry, upset, and frightened people.
• Develop necessary skills from on‑the‑job training and meet the standards of performance for the classification by the end of the probationary period.
• Establish smooth working relationships and effectively resolve interpersonal conflicts.
• Foster a teamwork environment.
• Emphasize a community‑based policing philosophy focused on community interaction and collaborative problem solving.
• Read, write and comprehend directions in English.
• Speak Armenian fluently.
• Remain poised and controlled in threatening or violent situations.
• Write clear, accurate, detailed reports based on field notes of events.

• Willingness to assume responsibility for maintaining a safe working environment.
• Willingness to work overtime as requested.

• Applicants must be of good moral character, with no felony or misdemeanor convictions involving moral turpitude.
• Must be a minimum of 21 years of age at the time of appointment as a Police Officer.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law.
• Tattoo policy:
  Employees and volunteers must have no visible tattoos, body art, or other skin markings while on duty unless exempted by the Chief of Police.

• Knowledge and/or use of personal computers.
• Exemplary bilingual abilities in English and Armenian.

• All candidates must pass a pre‑placement medical examination and a psychological evaluation.
• All candidates must pass the Physical Agility Test and the performance test evaluating bilingual abilities.

Within four months of employment, all employees of the Glendale Police Department are required to live within a radius of sixty contiguous land miles of the Glendale Civic Center.

• Vacation, holiday, and sick leave.
• Medical, dental, vision, and long‑term disability insurance.