Reserve Officer

APPOINTMENT

Any candidate selected must pass a pre-employment medical, psychological, and polygraph exam administered by City-selected personnel before hire. Candidates must be fingerprinted and take a loyalty oath as required by the State of California at the time of hire.

- High school graduation or G.E.D. certificate/equivalent.

- Proof at time of application that candidate will be 21 years old by date of hire.

- Must be U.S. citizen or must have applied for citizenship and will obtain citizenship within 3 years.

- Record free of any felony convictions.

- Must reside or be willing to relocate within a 60 minute drive to the police department.

- Physical health, strength, and agility necessary to meet the physical demands of police work, as determined by a physical agility test and a medical exam based on current California’s POST guidelines.

- Vision requirements: see details in original text regarding corrective surgery and contact lenses; POST vision standards apply.

- Valid California Motor Vehicle Operator's License (Class C /Class
3).

Reserve officers are citizen volunteers who are dedicated to providing police services to the citizens of Scotts Valley. Reserve officers are uniformed and equipped identically to our department's full-time officers. They are required to complete all in-service training that full-time officers must complete, including firearms training, defensive tactics, first aid/CPR certification, defensive driving, and legal updates. Reserve officers are required to work a minimum of 16 hours each month, but on average they usually work more.

There are three classifications of reserve officers:

• Level III: may perform specified limited support duties and other duties not likely to result in physical arrests, while supervised locally by a Level I or full-time officer; may transport prisoners without immediate supervision.
• Level II: may perform general law enforcement assignments under immediate supervision of a peace officer who has completed the Regular Basic Course; may also work assignments authorized for Level III without immediate supervision.
• Level I: may work alone and perform the same duties as full-time regular officers.

The local reserve officer training provider and recruitment resource is the South Bay Regional Training Consortium in San Jose.

Level III reserves must complete 144 hours of instruction.

Level II reserves must complete 144 hours of Level III instruction plus 189 hours of additional instruction.

Level I reserves must complete Level III and II instruction plus 394 hours of instruction and a minimum 400-hour Field Training Program. Level II and Level I reserves must complete 24 hours of continuing professional training every 2 years. For more information about reserve requirements and training, visit

• Assist with traffic control due to outages, accidents, special events and storm-related incidents
• Assist with criminal investigations, stakeouts and crime scene security
• Prisoner transports
• Patrol support during holidays and staffing shortages
• Crime prevention and public service events

Reserve officers contribute significantly by supporting the department and can save the department resources through their service.

The Scotts Valley Police Department serves a community of over 11,000 citizens. During work hours, the population may swell to over 30,000. There are 19 sworn police officers assigned to patrol, traffic enforcement, investigations, juvenile, training, and Special Response Team (SRT). The department is service-oriented.

Applicants are required to fill out and complete a City application form.

Qualified applicants will be invited to a pre-screening interview at the City of Scotts Valley Police Department. Qualified candidates will be invited to a selection interview to assess experience, education, judgment, oral communication, and interpersonal skills. All candidates who score 80% or more on the selection interview will be…