Community Service Officer Job Salinas area,California USA,Law/Legal

The City of Salinas invites those who are interested in beginning their career in law enforcement and serving the Salinas community to apply for this opportunity.

Note

Any prospective candidate must pass a thorough law enforcement background investigation before being hired by the Salinas Police Department.

Tentative Recruitment Schedule

Recruitment closes: 1/27/26
Written exam:
Week of 2/23/26
Department Interviews:
Week of 3/2/26
Please note that these are tentative dates and are subject to change.

Summary of Duties

Under general direction of sworn staff, the Community Service Officer provides a wide range of field and office support for the law enforcement of the City. Performs customer service, minor investigations, report drafting and documenting, traffic control, fingerprinting, offender registrations, initial evidence collection and booking, and various other supporting tasks for the Police Department. Depending on the needs of the department, incumbents may be assigned to patrol and/or assigned on a rotating basis to other units in the department.

Distinguishing

Characteristics

This is a journey level class in the police support paraprofessional series. Incumbents perform routine and more complex general tasks with occasional instruction or assistancerà. Distinguished from other high-level paraprofessionals in its experience and expertise.

Responsibilities

Provides a wide range of services to the community for the benefit of law enforcement; serves as a Parking Enforcement Officer, Abandoned Vehicle Abatement Officer, Court Liaison Officer, and Front Desk Community Service Officer. May also be assigned a support function in the following units:
Personnel and Training, Investigations, Community Services, Violence Suppression Task Force, Traffic, and Patrol.

Investigates, gathers information, and documents findings for various minor crime scenes and other emergency situationsánd. Provides traffic and crowd control for special events and scenarios involving law enforcement, photographs crime scenes, gathers evidence, and supports the overall investigations done by the Police Department.

Manages and provides assistance to the various non-emergency complaints and calls received within the City; drives department vehicles on various shifts and responds to emergent and non-emergent situations including but not limited to stolen or disabled vehicles, abandoned vehicles, injury and non-injury traffic collisions, past tense property crimes, potential fraud, missing persons, and responds to calls for animal services to assess and report to a Supervisor.

Performs multiple front desk entrepreneurial and customer service duties; answers phones, directs callers, takes photographs, provides fingerprinting services, processes registrations, completes incident and crime reports with limited or no suspect information, and handles a wide range of administrative tasks within the Police Department.

Provides assistance to officers in field duties, community presentations and DUI checkpoints.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Additional Functions

In addition to the functions listed above:

Court Liaison Officer Responsibilities

Processes, reviews, and maintains court ordered juvenile record sealings and adult sealings; researches and compiles all supportive documentation including mug‑shots, live‑scans, richly?f and fingerprints related to records ordered to be sealed; maintains spreadsheets and logs related to the filing system of sealed records.
Delivers court packets and miscellaneous information to the District Attorney Office, City Hall, and other departments; maintains paperwork, files, and an accurate log recording the status of cases returned from the District Attorney’s Office.
Sorts incoming and outgoing U.S. and interoffice mail for the department; ensures proper and accurate distribution to departments and appropriate personnel.

Typical Decisions

The incumbent will make consistent decisions regarding general community services and the duties involved. Will make evidentiary, investigative, case‑by‑case decisions including documentation and processing, prioritizing case tasks, customer service help, and court…


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