Police Cadet - Training

Applications will be accepted until Sunday, April 21, 2024. 

The Civil Service Exam is scheduled for Saturday, May 4th, 2024. Bring your completed, signed, and notarized Personal History Statement and completed, signed, and notarized Physical Fitness Test Waiver with you on the day of the exam. If you need assistance finding a notary, call the Training Academy at 325-676-6537. Additional information will be emailed to all applicants prior to the exam. The Abilene Police Academy is scheduled to begin on Monday, October 7th, 2024. Starting pay during the Abilene Police Academy is $62,706.26.

For more information, visit the Abilene Police Department's recruiting page at https://www.abilenetx.gov/572/Qualifications

OTHER JOB RELATED DUTIES

Perform other job related duties and responsibilities as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

Knowledge of:

City policies and procedures.

Safe work practices, occupational hazards, and safety precautions.

Fluent in English usage, spelling, grammar and punctuation.

Safe driving principles and practices.

Skill to:

Maintain the required academic and professional standards in accordance with Abilene Police Academy.

Follow both verbal and written instruction.

Read and understand training materials and successfully complete written, physical, and skills tests.

Learn to apply the training materials and training instruction.

Operate office equipment including computer equipment.

Safely operate a motor vehicle.

Use and care for firearms safely.

Ability to:

Learn police methods and procedures including patrol, crime prevention, traffic control, investigation, and identification techniques.

Learn criminal law and criminal procedure with particular reference to the apprehension, arrest and custody of persons committing misdemeanors and felonies, including rules of evidence pertaining to the seizure and preservation of evidence.

Learn offensive and defensive weapons nomenclature and theory.

Learn self-defense tactics.

Learn interviewing and interrogation techniques.

Learn standard broadcasting procedures over a police radio system.

Learn, understand, and interpret Federal, State, and local policies, procedures, laws and regulations.

Prepare accurate and grammatically correct written reports.

Understand and carry out oral and written directions.

Communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with those contacted in the course of work, both internally and externally.

Follow and embrace the City of Abilene Core Values – Respect, Integrity, Service Above Self, and Excellence in All We Do.          

Perform as a team member in a manner that accomplishes the Division’s mission and treats team members with dignity, courtesy, and respect.

Experience and Training Guidelines:

For positions with more than one level, all listed requirements at the lower levels are required at the higher levels. Any combination equivalent to experience and training to provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities may be qualifying.  Knowledge, skills, and abilities may be obtained through:

Experience:      

No previous law enforcement experience is required.

Education/Training:

A high school diploma or a GED is required.

License or Certificate: 

A valid State issued driver’s license is required at the time of application.

A valid Texas driver’s license is required by the date of hire.

Special Requirements:

Must have corrected eyesight to 20/20 vision.

Must meet the minimum eligibility requirements for a Police Officer as outlined in the local rules.

Must pass the physical/psychological examination requirements.

With or without accommodation, ability to take and pass a 2-hour entrance examination with a passing score of 70 percent. 

Ability to travel to different work sites and locations.

Ability to meet the physical requirements established by the department.

Exposure to cold, heat, noise, outdoors, vibration, confining work space, chemicals, explosive materials, mechanical, electrical or other hazards.

Must be at least 21 years old by the date of commission and not more than 45 years old at the time of hire OR

Must be at least 18 years old, and: (a) have an associates’ degree or at least 60 semester hours of credit from an accredited college or university, or (b) have received an honorable discharge from the armed forces of the United States after at least 2 years of active service.

Essential duties require the following physical skills and work environment:

With or without accommodation, the “X” indicates the overall strength demand of the position during a typical workday:

­­___     Sedentary – lifting of no more than 10 pounds

___     Light – lifting no more than 20 pounds; carrying up to 10 pounds

___     Medium – lifting no more than 50 pounds; carrying up to 25 pounds

___     Heavy – lifting no more than 100 pounds; carrying up to 50 pounds

_X_     Very Heavy – team lifting over 100 pounds; carrying more than 50 pounds

Physical Demand Codes:  The following describes whether or not the position is expected to exert the physical demands listed during a typical workday as well as the overall frequency of the task:

Codes for how often:

N         =          No

E         =          Extensive (100 – 70% of the time)

M         =          Moderate (60 – 30% of the time)

I           =          Infrequent (20 – 10% of the time)

A         =          Almost Never (<10% of the time)

Code / Task

_M_    Standing

_M_    Sitting

_M_    Walking

_M_    Lifting

_M_    Carrying

_M_    Pushing/Pulling

_M_    Overhead Work

_E_     Fine Dexterity

_M_    Kneeling

_M_    Crouching

_M_    Crawling

_M_    Bending

_M_    Twisting

_M_    Climbing

_M_    Balancing

_E_     Vision

_E_     Hearing

_E_     Talking

___     Other:  _____________________