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About the Employer
Stockton Unified School District (SUSD) began providing services to students in 1852 and is located in the heart of California's Central Valley near the banks of the San Joaquin River. SUSD is the 17th largest school district in California, whereby 38,000 PK-12th grade students come to us to experience an academic journey that leads to high school graduation and success in college, careers, and as actively-engaged community members. The District also serves a number of adults through our Stockton School For Adults. SUSD is made up of thirty-seven Head Start classes, fifty-three state preschool classes, three First 5 preschool classes, forty-one K-8 schools, four comprehensive high schools, three small high schools, an alternative high school, a special education school, a school for adults, and five dependent charter schools. Our district mission is to graduate every single youth college, career, and community ready. Stockton Unified School District is dedicated to providing high-quality first instruction, rigorous curriculum, and supporting academic achievement and social-emotional development supported by Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). The District's work is guided by three focal goals:
• Every child by the end of third grade will read and comprehend at the proficient level.
• Every child will have access to high quality, rigorous first instruction.
• Every child, by the end of 12th grade, will graduate and be college, career, and community ready.
Job Summary
SUSD is proud to offer a comprehensive benefit package:
-FREE health benefits through Kaiser for Employee and Family
Job Description / Essential Elements:
STOCKTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
POLICE OFFICER TRAINEE
DEFINITION
Police Officer Trainee is an entry-level, non-sworn training position in the Police Department. Incumbents are assigned to the POST Basic Academy and must satisfactorily pass all of the requirements that lead to the possession of the Basic Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Academy Certificate before becoming candidates for the sworn position of Police Officer I. Assignment to this classification is temporary.
SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED
Under the direct and/or general supervision of Police Academy staff (e.g., Recruit Training Officer, Academy Instructor, etc.), Field Training Officer, and/or Police Sergeant. Exercises no supervision.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES - (Incumbents may perform any combination of the essential functions shown below (E). This description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, knowledge or abilities associated with the classification but are intended to accurately reflect the principle job elements).
• Trains in a classroom and/or field setting to learn to perform the normal functions that are consistent with a California peace officer and specifically the school police authority as authorized in section 830.32 of the California Penal Code, and 39670 et seq. of the Education code. (E)

• Responsible for completing the POST Basic Academy training program to include studying, reading/writing, testing, physical fitness/agility/arrest and control exercises and testing.(E)
• As a trainee with a training officer, may respond to alarms and other calls for service. (E)
• Performs a variety of non-complex criminal investigations and protective service duties in a training setting.
• Attend a police academy to prepare for the position of Police Officer I. (E)
• Attend classes and labs.
• Complete coursework and take tests.
• Deliver emergency and non-emergency messages.
• Maintain notes and basic records of work performed.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS
Knowledge of:

• English usage, spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
• General office practices and the operation of standard office equipment, including a computer.

Ability to:

• Read and write in English at the 12th grade level.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Follow oral and written directions.
• Interact and communicate with juveniles and adults in a variety of settings.
• Observe, assimilate, remember, and recall pertinent facts and details.
• Learn to read maps and mapped information.
• Learn the principles, practices, procedures, laws and ordinances, terminology, and operation of equipment used in law enforcement, crime prevention, and investigation.

Education, Training and Experience:

• Graduation from high school or possession of a GED certificate received from a recognized accrediting association.
• Must be at least 20 years of age at the time of application and 21 years of age by time of appointment.
• Must be a citizen of the United States or a permanent alien who has applied for citizenship prior to applying for the position of Police Officer Trainee

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• Must successfully complete a background investigation, which shall include a psychological examination and fingerprint clearance.
  
  • Must be able to pass a physical examination, which includes a drug screen.

Licenses/Certificates:

• Possession of valid California Driver's License.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard and various police equipment.
• Hearing and speaking to exchange information.
• Reaching overhead, above the shoulders and horizontally.
• Walking and running over rough or uneven surfaces.
• Climbing stairs, fences, hills and other slopes.
• Bending at the waist, kneeling or crouching.
• Lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling heavy objects or individuals as assigned by the position.
• Physical agility and stamina.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.

HAZARDS:

• Contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals.
  
  • Potential physical hazards involved in intervening in fights and other anti-social, illegal and violent behavior.
  • Driving a vehicle during adverse weather conditions.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Driver's License Copy (Valid California Driver's License)
• Letter of Introduction
• Other (POST Entry-Level Law Enforcement Test Battery (PELLETB) - Passing Score of 40 or above.)
• Proof of HS Graduation
• Resume (Current Resume)

Comments and Other Information
Must be able to successfully complete and pass the law enforcement hiring standards, which includes a polygraph examination, psychological examination and an extensive background investigation. Must be successfully in meeting the qualification standards required to have access to the national and State of California confidential law enforcement data bases. Must satisfactorily pass all of the requirements that lead to the possession of the Basic Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Academy Certificate before becoming candidates for the sworn position of Police Officer I. Assignment to this classification is temporary.
Applicant must not make personal contact with the Board of Education, administrative staff or potential interview panel members.
FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THIS POSTING PLEASE CONTACT:
SHERRY SIMONS, PERSONNEL ANALYST
209-933-7065 Ext. 2123 or SSIMONS@STOCKTONUSD.NET
Stockton Unified School District prohibits discrimination, intimidation, harassment (including sexual harassment), and bullying based on a person's actual or perceived ancestry, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, immigration status, nationality, race or ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, sex, sexual orientation; a perception of one or more of such characteristics; or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.
El Distrito Escolar Unificado de Stockton prohíbe discriminación, acoso (incluyendo acoso sexual), atormentar o coercionar, e intimidación incluyendo: la discriminación contra un individuo o grupo por motivos de raza, color, ascendencia, nacionalidad, origen nacional, estado migratorio, identificación de grupo étnico, etnicidad, edad, religión, estado civil, embarazo, estado parental, discapacidad física o mental, sexo, orientación sexual, género, identidad de género, expresión de género o información genética; una percepción de una o más de tales características; o asociación con una persona o grupo, con una o más de estas características reales o percibidas.
For inquiries regarding our non-discrimination policies, please refer to the following contacts. Kindly refrain from contacting these individuals regarding the application process.
Para consultas sobre nuestras pólizas de no discriminación, consulte los siguientes contactos. Por favor, absténgase de comunicarse con estas personas con respecto al proceso de solicitud.
Title IX Coordinator
Director, Constituent Services
56 S. Lincoln Street Stockton, CA 95203
(209) 933-7037 Ext. 2195
Constituentservices@stocktonusd.net
504 Coordinator
School Counseling Program Specialist
1141 Lever Blvd. Room 105 Stockton, CA 95206
(209) 933-7130 ext. 2617
504-coordinator@stocktonusd.net
Education Equity Compliance Officer
1661 Pacific Avenue Stockton, CA 95204
(209) 933-7022 ext. 1387
educationequity@stocktonusd.net