Police Cadet

Summary

Job Opportunity

Pre-professional opportunity for Criminal Justice students, which allows first-hand experience in local law enforcement operations through employment while pursuing higher education.

Examples of duties include:

• Providing internal and external customerservice.
• Assisting customers with fingerprinting, gun permits/registration, sex offender registration, report requests, traffic citations, customer service, and many other functions.
• Engaging in code enforcement activities, including ticketing and animal complaints.
• Participating in jail operations and processing arrested subjects.
• Operating the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN).
• Using local police and court databases to determine prior contact and activity.
• Writing, dictating, and supplementing reports, as well as learning the functions of area law enforcement agencies.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Typical qualifications include:

• Enrolled in a full-time college program with good academic standing.
• Available to work first, second, and third shifts (will accommodate class schedule).
• Able to pass a thorough background check, with no felony convictions.
• Possess acceptable physical, emotional, and mental fitness and be of good moral character.
• Valid Michigan driver's license.
• Willing to commit to a two-year cadet program.
• Demonstrate ability to prepare, write and/or dictate thorough investigation and follow up reports.
• Must possess the ability and license to drive assigned police vehicles, after a complete driver record check.

Working conditions include:

• Frequently exposed to weather, including occasional exposure to extreme cold or heat and wet or humid conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to vibration, moving mechanical parts, electrical shock, radiation, explosives, and toxic/caustic chemicals.
• Occasionally required to work in highly exposed locations.
• Occasionally requires lifting or carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally requires climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
• Occasionally requires reaching, including overhead reaching.

This position is not eligible for benefits.

Job Description

Job Opportunity

Pre-professional opportunity for Criminal Justice students, which allows first-hand experience in local law enforcement operations through employment while pursuing higher education.

Examples of duties include:

• Providing internal and external customerservice.
• Assisting customers with fingerprinting, gun permits/registration, sex offender registration, report requests, traffic citations, customer service, and many other functions.
• Engaging in code enforcement activities, including ticketing and animal complaints.
• Participating in jail operations and processing arrested subjects.
• Operating the Law Enforcement Information Network (LEIN).
• Using local police and court databases to determine prior contact and activity.
• Writing, dictating, and supplementing reports, as well as learning the functions of area law enforcement agencies.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Typical qualifications include:

• Enrolled in a full-time college program with good academic standing.
• Available to work first, second, and third shifts (will accommodate class schedule).
• Able to pass a thorough background check, with no felony convictions.
• Possess acceptable physical, emotional, and mental fitness and be of good moral character.
• Valid Michigan driver's license.
• Willing to commit to a two-year cadet program.
• Demonstrate ability to prepare, write and/or dictate thorough investigation and follow up reports.
• Must possess the ability and license to drive assigned police vehicles, after a complete driver record check.

Working conditions include:

• Frequently exposed to weather, including occasional exposure to extreme cold or heat and wet or humid conditions.
• Occasionally exposed to vibration, moving mechanical parts, electrical shock, radiation, explosives, and toxic/caustic chemicals.
• Occasionally required to work in highly exposed locations.
• Occasionally requires lifting or carrying objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Occasionally requires climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
• Occasionally requires reaching, including overhead reaching.

This position is not eligible for benefits.