Public Safety Officer - POST Academy Graduate/Attendee

City of Sunnyvale • Sunnyvale, CA

30d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a training-level classification for individuals not affiliated with an agency who are currently enrolled in or have recently graduated from a California POST Basic Academy. The role involves learning to perform a wide range of public safety work, including law enforcement, crime prevention, fire suppression, rescue, and basic life support activities. Incumbents are not sworn personnel and are in this classification until they successfully complete the academy and are promoted to Public Safety Officer I. If academy requirements are not met, employment will be terminated. The position is temporary and distinguished from the Public Safety Officer I, which is a sworn position requiring continued training in both police and fire duties.

Requirements

• Academy Attendees: Completion of 45 semester or 67 quarter units from an accredited college or university.
• Academy Attendees: Current attendance at a California POST Basic Academy with a minimum POST T-Score of 48.
• Academy Graduates: Associate's degree or 60 semester or 90 quarter units from an accredited college or university.
• Academy Graduates: Graduation from a California POST Basic Academy within the previous 18 months with a minimum POST T-Score of 48.
• Possess and maintain a valid class C California driver's license and a safe driving record.
• Must be 21 years of age at time of application.
• Must provide letter from California POST Basic Academy verifying current enrollment or graduation.
• Must provide proof of T-Score.
• Must successfully complete a post-offer physical exam paid for by the City.
• Must successfully complete an extensive background check.
• Individuals eliminated from a hiring process due to background investigation or psychological interview are ineligible to re-apply for 18 months.
• Submit a completed City of Sunnyvale application packet.
• Submit a current (dated within one year of application) Work Sample Test Battery (WSTB) results.
• Submit a current (dated within the last 30 days) Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) printout.
• If an out-of-state applicant, submit a current (issued and printed within 30 days prior to application) copy of your state's DMV printout.
• Will be required to possess and present a valid California Class C driver's license at the time of appointment.
• Adhere to ethics of law enforcement as stated in the "Law Enforcement Code of Ethics".
• Enforce all laws, policies and procedures regardless of personal ethics or feelings.
• Comply with department grooming standards and wear a uniform furnished by the department.
• Carry and use approved weapons, including (but not limited to) firearms and batons, if justified by laws, policies, and procedures.
• Take the life of another, if justified by laws, policies, and procedures.
• Work in, around, or with severely decomposed, burnt, or dismembered bodies.
• Train citizens as well as other employees.
• Work irregular hours, irregular days, overtime, weekends, holidays, variable shifts, evenings, on-call and 24-hour shift.
• Work at any location in the city on short notice.
• Attend meetings or classes both on and off duty.
• Use a Self Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
• Observe safety principles and work in a safe manner.
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Establish, maintain and promote positive and effective working relationships with employees, other agencies and the public.
• Demonstrate initiative and exercise good judgment in the performance of duties.
• Exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with sensitive, complex and political situations.
• Operate a computer using word processing and business software and other office equipment.
• Understand and follow written and oral instructions.
• Learn to safely use firearms and other modern police equipment and communication and information systems related to law enforcement.
• Make basic mathematical calculations as they relate to the essential functions of this position.
• Plan and present material orally to diverse groups.
• Read and interpret complex documents in English.
• Sketch such things as crime scenes and accident scenes.
• Observe, assimilate, remember and recall pertinent facts and details.
• Read maps and mapped information.
• Apply selected learned knowledge in collecting, organizing and analyzing a variety of information.
• Speak with a wide variety of people, using tact, self-restraint, judgment, and strategy.
• Make quick and reasonable decisions under stressful emergency situations.
• Perform routine, repetitive work to completion.
• Exercise self-restraint and good judgment.
• Visually identify and accurately distinguish colors between various visual inputs at long and short ranges and in dark and smoky environments.
• Accurately identify and distinguish between colors.
• Hear and comprehend auditory inputs in radio transmissions, long range conversations, commands, and cries for assistance when obscured by background noises.
• Detect and distinguish the smell of different materials/chemicals, smoke/fires, and toxic gases.
• Speak in an understandable voice during in-person and radio conversations, to project voice, and to be heard over background noises.
• Learn to apply principles and practices of law enforcement and fire protection.
• Learn to interpret and apply department policies and procedures and related State and Federal laws.
• Learn to perform firefighting, emergency response, and rescue and medical aid duties in response to calls for service.
• Write clearly, accurately, concisely, legibly and with correct English grammatical construction and spelling.

Nice To Haves

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in criminal justice or related field.

Responsibilities

• Continued attendance and/or successful completion of the police academy to prepare for the position of Public Safety Officer I.

Benefits

• Excellent benefit package
• 2.7% at 57 retirement plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Associate degree