Police Officer in Training

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* * This position is for non-certified applicants. If hired for this position, you will be sponsored by the Delray Beach Police Department to attend the Police Academy.* * *

The purpose of this description is to prepare the Police Officer in Training to perform general law enforcement work to preserve public peace, to protect lives, property and rights of the public; to enforce statutory law and municipal ordinances; to deter crime; and to respond to calls for law enforcement assistance. Duties may vary according to specific assignment.

DO NOT "APPLY" until you have read all Qualifications and Supplemental Information and questions.

DO NOT submit your online application until you have attached your documents. Once submitted you will not be able to add documents to your application. You will be notified via email by this agency as to your status and if you will be continuing to the next steps in the process.

The City of Delray Beach does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability, marital status, family status or sexual orientation in employment or the provision of services.

The City of Delray Beach is a Non-Tobacco Workplace. The city will not consider applicants who have used tobacco or nicotine products for a period of at least three months prior to application for employment. The definition of "tobacco or nicotine products" includes but is not limited to cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, pipes, snuff, e-cigarettes and nicotine patches or gum.

General duty police work in the protection of life and property through the enforcement of laws and ordinances. Work is performed under the general supervision of a Police Sergeant.

• Patrol the City by car, on foot, motorcycle, or bicycle.
• Respond to calls for service from the public.
• Effect an arrest, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints; subdue resisting suspects with the use of Defensive Tactics maneuvers, use of hands, use of feet, use of less lethal weapons and other approved weapons in self-defense.
• Exercise independent judgment in determining when there is reasonable suspicion to detain, when probable cause exists to search and arrest and when force may be used and to what degree.
• Pursue fleeing suspects and perform rescue operations which may involve quickly entering and exiting law enforcement patrol vehicles; lifting, running, carrying and dragging heavy objects; climbing over and pulling up oneself over obstacles; jumping down from elevated surfaces; climbing through openings; jumping over obstacles, ditches and streams; crawling in confined areas; balancing on uneven or narrow surfaces and using body force to gain entrance through barriers.
• Gather information in criminal investigations by interviewing and obtaining the statements of victims, witnesses, suspects and confidential informers.
• Prepare investigative and other reports, including sketches, using appropriate grammar, symbols and mathematical computations.
• Operate a law enforcement vehicle during both the day and night; in emergency situations involving speeds in excess of posted limits, in congested traffic and in unsafe road conditions caused by factors such as fog, smoke, and rain.
• Communicate effectively and coherently over law enforcement radio channels while initiating and responding to radio communications.
• Load, unload, aim and fire weapons to include handguns, rifles, and shotguns from a variety of body positions. Must show proficiency and pass firearms qualification standards. Must be able to use a firearm under stressful conditions that justify the use of deadly force and at levels of proficiency prescribed in certification standards.
• Perform searches of people, vehicles, buildings and large outdoor areas which may involve feeling and…