Crime Prevention Specialist - Police

The San José Police Department is dedicated to providing public safety through community partnerships and 21st Century Policing practices, ensuring equity for all. The Department is committed to treating all of San Jose’s diverse community members with dignity, fairness, and respect, while protecting their rights and providing equal protection under the law.

The San Jose Police Department (SJPD) is recruiting for Crime Prevention Specialist positions within the Bureau of Field Operations (BFO). The Crime Prevention unit is comprised of 13 employees with twelve (12) Crime Prevention Specialists.

(CPS) assigned to each of the four divisions under BFO and one (1) Crime Prevention Supervisor. The Crime Prevention Unit is tasked to promote police and community partnerships and problem solving by bringing safety education, awareness, and training to people where they work, worship, learn, live, and play. The unit supports patrol with community policing and problem-solving projects. The unit is also called upon to conduct Neighborhood and Business Watch Programs, National Night Out, Youth Violence Prevention curriculum development and instruction, web page resources, and serve as a liaison to the media for community events.

Under direction of a Crime Prevention Supervisor, the CPS will act as a liaison between the police department and the communities, readily available to answer questions, provide information and give referrals to the general public regarding matters related to crime prevention topics. The Crime Prevention programs and services are designed to provide the tools the community needs to participate in crime prevention efforts in their neighborhood.

The essential functions of this position include but are not limited to:

• Act as a liaison for SJPD with the community, providing a consistent and personal point of contact;
• Provide a resource for the general public, city staff and SJPD members regarding crime prevention and quality of life issues;
• Provide crime prevention presentations, training and awareness programming;
• Interact with social media and must possess knowledge of public relations;
• Meet with community members and identify social conditions that result to neighborhood disputes, grievances and other related social problems and take the appropriate action;
• Identify social conditions responsible for generating neighborhood disputes and take appropriate action;
• Prepare and deliver lesson plans relative to the prevention of various crimes to include: burglary (residential and commercial), robbery, shoplifting, internal theft, fraud, credit card and check abuse, identity theft and sex-related crimes and personal protection;
• Participate with business and community members in designing crime prevention programs to meet specific needs to include recommending specific prevention apparatus, such as locking devices, alarm systems and lighting systems;
• Must have knowledge of the principles and practices of crime prevention;
• Must have knowledge of the availability of social services aid from local, State and Federal agencies as they pertain to housing, medical aid and counseling services;
• Must have public speaking skills to represent the Police Department.

Completion of two years of course work (equivalent to 60 semester units or 90 quarter units) from an accredited college or university, including courses in criminal justice, public administration, social work, behavioral sciences, or a related fieldAND one year of experience in work concerned with the improvement of inter-group relations, delinquency prevention, community welfare, social development, community relations programs, or developing lesson plans and classroom teaching.

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