Job Description
Salary : $6,651.84 Monthly Location : Marina, CA Job Type: Full Time Job Number: 910-2025 Department: Police Opening Date: 03/26/2025 SUMMARY DEFINITION Under direct supervision, this At-Will classification must attend and successfully pass the State of California POST Basic Police Academy. Incumbents in the trainee-level classification are non-sworn employees. Incumbent must learn to perform law enforcement and crime prevention work; participate in community based policing activities, learn to patrol an assigned area for the prevention of crime and the maintenance of law and order; learn to perform investigative work and other special assignments; and learn to perform a variety of technical law enforcement tasks as assigned by the academy and or department. SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Receive direct supervision from assigned shift Police Sergeant, supervisor and responsible POST Academy personnel. Technical and functional supervision may be provided by other higher-level police department personnel. DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS This is a non-sworn entry-level training classification in the City's police service. Incumbents are hired from entry-level eligible lists and are sent to a basic police academy. During training incumbents do not have police powers. Trainees are subject to both the regulations of the police department and the police academy. On days when Trainee is not in attendance at the Academy, trainee may be required to perform a wide variety of non-sworn duties to further the mission of the police department. Duties may include but are not limited to, traffic direction, working in police records and assisting with other non-hazardous duties. Promotion to a sworn Police Officer position is contingent upon successful