Police Officer Recruit (Bilingual English/Armenian)

City of Glendale • Glendale, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

The Glendale Police Department (GPD) is seeking individuals committed to maintaining Glendale as one of America's safest big cities. This role offers a career path with opportunities for advancement in a community-supported environment. The position is entry-level and non-sworn, involving pre-academy training and the police academy. The role emphasizes exceptional customer service, ethical standards, and community-based policing. Responsibilities include responding to calls for service, providing public assistance, administering first aid, interviewing witnesses and suspects, preparing reports, apprehending suspects, enforcing traffic laws, investigating accidents and juvenile matters, serving subpoenas and warrants, testifying in court, and performing other related duties.

Requirements

• 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.
• Exceptional customer service practices.
• Making independent judgments and decisions based upon standard policy or procedure.
• 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 in a fluent manner.
• 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.
• 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: Unless otherwise exempted by the Chief of Police, no employee or volunteer of the Glendale Police Department shall have any visible tattoos, body art, or other skin markings while on duty – in uniform, business attire, or casual dress. Tattoos, body art, and/or other skin markings shall be completely covered by the authorized on-duty uniform (e.g. long sleeve uniform), business attire, or casual dress. Marks or scars from injuries or medical procedures are exempt from these policy restrictions.
• Must pass a pre-placement medical examination and a psychological evaluation.
• Hearing acceptable as to City standards.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge and/or use of personal computers.

Responsibilities

• Ensures Department services are provided with exceptional customer service and the highest level of ethical standards.
• Responds to calls for service regarding accidents, emergencies, crimes, threats, altercations and/or requests for aid.
• Provides 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.
• Interviews, interrogates and records statements from witnesses, suspects and victims.
• Identifies relevant facts and prepares written reports on incidents and cases assigned.
• Apprehend 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.
• Investigates accidents and accident scenes.
• Investigates matters involving juveniles, reports of child neglect and juvenile delinquency.
• Refers juveniles to the appropriate authorities.
• Serves subpoenas, serves warrants, testifies in court, marks and stores evidence, apprehends suspects, makes arrests as prescribed by law, and confers with City/District Attorney's Office to provide information for case preparation.
• Assumes responsibility for ensuring the duties of the position are performed in a safe, efficient manner.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or as the situation requires.

Benefits

• Earn up to $157,000 a year (includes incentive pays, e.g., detective pay, longevity pay, and educational (POST certificate) pay).
• Variety of specialized assignments – from helicopter pilot to K9 handler.
• Career path for advancement.
• Community support for the Police Department.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED