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Job Description
- The City of Pleasanton is seeking Police Recruits for the Police Department.CONTACT A RECRUITER: if you would like to schedule a ride along have questions or would like to learn more about the process of joining the City of Pleasanton Police Department:If you recently graduated the Academy apply here: Academy Graduate.If you are a lateral from another agency apply here: Police Lateral.
About the Police Department
The Pleasanton Police Department is committed to protecting life preventing crime and enhancing the quality of life in our community. The department is organized into three divisions. The Operations Division the Investigations Division and the Support Services Division. The Operations Division includes patrol the Traffic Unit and the Alternate Response Unit (ARU). The Investigation Division manages the Criminal Investigations Unit Youth and Community Services Personnel and Training Special Enforcement Unit as well as our Community Outreach and social media. This division is also responsible for inservice training and certified courses to ensure compliance with Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and applicable educational mandates for all sworn and civilian police personnel. The Support Services Division includes Dispatch Records and is responsible for public records management.
The department also offers numerous collateral assignments including SWAT K9 Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) Crisis Negotiation Team (CNT) and many others.For more information about the Pleasanton Police Department visit the Pleasanton Police Department website in the following link:Join Pleasanton!For information about the City of Pleasanton visit the City website in the following link:City of Pleasanton. Minimum Qualifications
Education:Qualified applicants must possess a high school diploma or G.E.D. equivalent.
Age Requirement:Must be at least 21 years of age at the time of appointment.
Certification:Must possess of a Basic Certificate from P.O.S.T. at the time of appointment to Police Officer.
Vision/Hearing:20/100 uncorrectedvision in each eye correctable to 20/30 or better. Must have normal color vision as established from an established color vision test and no hearing loss over 25 db in thefrequency range. No loss over 45 db in the 3000 or 4000 range as revealed by standard auditory test.
License:Possession of or ability to obtain a valid Class C California drivers license and proof of auto liability insurance is required.
Background Investigation:Satisfactory completion of a thorough background investigation. Must have not been convicted for a crime which could have resulted in state or federal imprisonment.
PreEmployment Testing:Successful completion of drug screen medical psychological and polygraph examinations.
POST Examination:Applicants must possess or acquire a California P.O.S.T. Reading and Writing Test (PELLETB) and Physical Agility Test (WSTB) of 42 or higher issued within the last twelve 12 months.Recruitment Process
THIS IS A NEW CONTINUOUS EXAMINATION. The eligible list resulting from this examination may last approximately one year. This examination may be reopened as necessary additional eligible candidates merged onto the existing list will merge according to examination score.
This examination has been assembled for candidates who are not currently enrolled in a California P.O.S.T academy.
Filing exam deadlines are scheduled for the last day of each month. The next filing deadlines are on the following dates at 11:59 PM:- December 31 2024
- January 31 2024
- February 28 2024
WOMEN MINORITIES AND MILITARY VETERANS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.TENTATIVE SELECTION PLANDeadline for Filing: 11:59 p.m. Last day of the monthReview of Minimum Qualifications ContinuousStructured Oral Interview TBDWE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE ANNOUNCED RECRUITMENT & SELECTION PLAN
IMPORTANT:
The City of Pleasantonisnotoffering the P.O.S.T. Entry Level Law Enforcement Test Battery (PELLETB) or Physical Agility Test (WSTB . Please see the link below for upcoming testing dates (please note that it may take up to two weeks to receive your examination Tscore):
must submit a P.O.S.T. Tscore of 42 or higher (issued within the last twelve 12 months) from the application submittal date. The Tscore and Physical Agility Test (WSTB) may be attached to the online application or emailed to Human Resources at .
Employment Type
Part-Time
