Security Officer

DUTIES:


A Security Officer patrols and safeguards City-owned buildings, parks, reservoirs, facilities, grounds, and equipment; answers questions and directs visitors/patrons; assures that only authorized persons enter buildings, yards, and other restricted areas; prepares reports and keeps records; may make preliminary investigations of accidents, thefts and disturbances; may issue warnings or citations for illegal parking; may testify in court, and may detain violators pending the arrival of peace officer.


As-needed Security Officers are part-time employees who may be pre-scheduled or on-call. The number of work hours, shift, and location vary from day to day (the shift may be day, evening, graveyard, weekends, holidays, or may rotate). Additionally, Security Officers may be assigned to various indoor or outdoor locations throughout the City of Los Angeles. Work hours will depend on the needs of the Division but may range from 0-32 hours per week.


REQUIREMENTS:


• Must be at least 18 years of age.


• Must possess a valid California driver's license.


• Must pass a pre-employment background investigation, including but not limited to fingerprints, criminal history, employment history, financial history and driving record.


• Must pass a comprehensive medical examination given by a City physician.


• Must have reliable transportation.


• Paid experience in public safety or customer service preferred, but not required.


• PC 832 Arrest and Firearms Course certificate preferred, but not required.


How to apply

Interested applicants should immediately submit a completed Departmental Application to the address below . Only candidates who present qualifications which most closely match those necessary for the position will be invited to interview . Filing may close without prior notice any time after sufficient applications are received .


The application can be obtained at


Los Angeles Police Department


Personnel Division/Civilian Employment Section


100 West First Street, Suite 228


Los Angeles, CA 90012


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Hours: Mondays - Thursdays 7:00 am to 4:30 pm; Friday 7: 00 am to 3:30 pm


ONLY ORIGINAL SIGNED APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. NO FAXES OR EMAILED COPIES .


exempt employment


If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a "property interest" in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process.

General Information About Exempt Employment


Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees


There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.