Police Officer (Lateral)

POLICE OFFICER (LATERAL)

The City of Placentia is now recruiting for this position.

Competitive Pay

Potential for initial pay to match your experience and background upon hire.

POST Certification & Education Pay

Eligible employees can receive POST certification or education pay upon hire.

Accelerated Leave Accrual Rates

Potential for leave accrual rates that consider your prior sworn service upon hire.

An eligibility list will be created from this recruitment to fill vacancies as they occur.

THE ORGANIZATION

At the City of Placentia, we strive to make a difference by continually developing our progressive and innovative workforce. Our team collaborates to create an environment that promotes diversity, creativity, and respect for all opinions, ensuring better outcomes for the community we serve. The City adheres to a philosophy of continuous improvement and strives to offer employees various professional development opportunities, including citywide leadership academies, Departmental Retreats, professional coaching, and more. If you are interested in a public sector career with an established agency dedicated to improving the way its employees work, develop, and thrive, this position would be an excellent opportunity for you.

Under the direction of the Police Sergeant, the Police Officer patrols an assigned area, enforces public safety laws, codes, and regulations and maintains order, prevents, detects, and investigates crime, responds to emergencies and calls for service, carries out special assignments in the protection of life and property, and performs other related duties as assigned.

Distinguishing Characteristics

Positions in this class are distinguished from the Police Sergeant, which serves as a first-line supervisor and has responsibility for the development, coordination, and evaluation of sworn personnel that are part of a work shift or section. Police officers may be assigned to special assignments, such as motor, traffic, K-9, detective, SWAT, field training officer, jail, bike team, VIP handling, reserves, and similar details.

The following list of functions, duties, and tasks is typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform other closely related or department-specific functions, duties, and tasks from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.

• Enforces federal, state, county, and city laws, regulations, and ordinances related to public safety and law enforcement.
• Patrols an assigned area of the city, in a patrol vehicle or on foot, in order to detect and prevent crime and maintain law and order; may operate a motorcycle