This position pays at an annual salary range of $136,764-$205,000

Under close supervision of a Public Safety Lieutenant or Captain, learns to perform a wide range of public safety work involving the protection of life and property including law enforcement, crime prevention, fire suppression, rescue, and emergency medical services; and performs related work as required.

Public Safety Officer I is a sworn training position. Public Safety Officer I is distinguished from the lower-level classification of Public Safety Officer-in-Training in that the Public Safety Officer-In-Training is a non-sworn classification where the main duty is to complete a police academy. Public Safety Officer I is further distinguished from the higher-level Public Safety Officer II in that the Public Safety Officer II is the fully qualified sworn level where incumbents are capable of performing the full range of police and fire duties. Assignment to this classification is temporary. If incumbents do not successfully complete field training and a fire academy, they will be terminated.

Upon successful completion of all phases of training, members of the Public Safety Officer I classification are promoted to the position of Public Safety Officer II. Although members of this classification are not necessarily required to use the full range of knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics listed elsewhere in this document, they nevertheless must possess all of them in order to advance to the level of Public Safety Officer II. As with all public safety work, incumbents face an element of personal danger.

1. Successfully completes field training and fire academy to prepare for position of Public Safety Officer II.
   
2. Patrols assigned area and preserves law and order through the prevention of crime and enforcement of laws.
   
3. Responds to calls for service involving traffic accidents, robberies, disturbances, and other misdemeanors and felonies and takes appropriate action including making arrests.
   
4. Investigates crimes against property and persons which include crime scene investigation, the collection and preservation of evidence, the identification and interrogation of suspects, and the pursuit and apprehension of suspects.
   
5. Performs duties related to crime prevention and the correction of public hazards.
   
6. Provides testimony in court related to assigned duties.
   
7. Prepares and maintains investigative records.
   
8. Actively enforces traffic laws through observation, use of radar, traffic checkpoints, and DUI suspicion stops; investigates traffic accidents; takes appropriate enforcement action.
   
9. Plans, executes and participates in raids.
   
10. Learns to perform the full range of public safety administrative duties, including, but not limited to, providing administrative and support services, field and on-the-job training, staff development, planning and research, problem resolution, internal investigation, disaster coordination, community education and crime prevention services, and other special duties as they occur or as assigned.
    
11. Performs public education activities such as making presentations and providing demonstrations; participates in community events.
    
12. Provides on-the-job training and evaluations for Public Safety Officers I and veteran Public Safety Officers II in new assignments

Education:

• Associate’s degree or 60 semester units or 90 quarter units from an accredited college or university; AND Two years of experience in police work; AND Successful completion of a post approved police academy; OR Associate’s degree or 60 semester units or 90 quarter units from an accredited college or university

Other Requirements:

Working Conditions:

Position requires prolonged sitting, standing, walking, reaching, twisting, turning, kneeling, bending, squatting and stooping in the performance of daily activities. The position also requires grasping, repetitive hand movement and fine coordination in using a computer keyboard. Additionally, the position requires near and far vision. Acute hearing is required to perform the duties of the Public Safety Officer. The need to lift, drag and push equipment and bodies weighing up to 165 pounds, the ability to run continuously for 500 yards and climb 6 foot high fences is also required. When in the field, positions are required to walk and stand during emergency situations, including on uneven and slippery surfaces; wear police officer and firefighter clothing and carry equipment; climb ladders and work from elevated positions and enter confined spaces wearing appropriate breathing apparatus. Some of these requirements may be accommodated for otherwise qualified individuals requiring and requesting such accommodation.

• Comply with department appearance standards and wear a uniform furnished by the department.
• Adhere to ethics of law enforcement as stated in the “Law Enforcement Code of Ethics”.
• Enforce all laws, policies and procedures regardless of personal ethics or feelings
• Carry and use approved weapons, including (but not limited to) firearms and batons, if justified by laws, policies, and procedures.
• Take the life of another, if justified by laws, policies, and procedures;
• Work in, around, or with severely decomposed, burnt, or dismembered bodies.
• Train citizens as well as other employees.
• Work irregular hours, irregular days, overtime, weekends, holidays, variable shifts, evenings, on-call and 24-hour shift.
• Obtain and maintain Standard First Aid Certificate and CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) Certificate.
• Work at any location on short notice.
• Attend meetings or classes during regularly scheduled work hours as well as un-scheduled work hours.