Police Sergeant

Chowchilla

About Chowchilla

Chowchilla is an 11-square mile rural city located in the California Central San Joaquin Valley that is home to some of the state’s most productive agricultural areas. Many of California’s iconic travel destinations such as the Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks, the San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Coast are within an easy two-hour drive.

Area residents enjoy a Mediterranean-type climate of abundant sunshine with dry, hot summers and mild to cool winters. The rain months of January through March can provide an average 12 inches of annual precipitation to the region.

Chowchilla is at the intersection of two vital state transportation thoroughfares. State Highway 99 is on the east side of the community and is the primary north-south roadway traversing the state. State Highway 152 parallels the southern border of newly annexed properties and is one of the few major transportation arteries providing a direct link to the Pacific coastline.

The community has the benefit of an established commercial downtown surrounded by a mix of varied older homes. In recent years, newer housing developments were built on the east and west sides, as well as retail properties and industrial developments. Two school districts provide a strong educational foundation for families. The City also boasts an airport, an 18-hole public golf course and a fairground that hosts numerous events through the year.

The area offers one of the more affordable lifestyle opportunities in the Central Valley. Chowchilla is also statistically one of the safest cities in the region.

The City is looking forward to many exciting capital, residential and large commercial projects on the horizon that will further enhance the value of the community.

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Location

122 Trinity Avenue Chowchilla, 93610

Description

Under the direction and supervision of the Lieutenant, the Police Sergeant participates in patrol, and may oversee the law enforcement, Police Dispatch and Animal Control activities during an assigned shift. This position leads, inspects, gives instructions to, counsels and provides direction to personnel; completes reports, citations, and other required document reviews to ensure thoroughness, grammar, and spelling; maintains discipline and ensures that department rules, regulations and policies are followed; participates in police patrol activities, including the enforcement of local, state and federal laws, issuing citations, making arrests. This position may also be in charge of an area of responsibility such as training and scheduling, investigations or support services as needed in addition to their patrol supervision responsibilities. This position will prepare reports related to assigned areas of responsibility and prepare and review department policies and procedures manual(s). This position will direct, supervise, guide and train employees assigned in programs instituted by the department. This position will conduct investigations concerning complaints on personnel. This position may address public meetings to promote better community relations and will carry out other related duties as assigned. This position may conduct background investigations of prospective Police Department employees.

Job Announcement URL:

https://cityofchowchilla.org/150/Human-Resources-Employment

Job PDF:

Police Sergeant.pdf

Ideal Candidate

Any combination equivalent to graduation from high school and three (3) years or more as a Police Officer and completion of P.O.S.T. Basic, Intermediate and advanced training for police officers. Possession of a valid C California Motor Vehicle Operators License; certificate of completion of the P.O.S.T. Basic, Intermediate and advanced Training and course work investigative techniques; standard CPR and First Aid Certificates issued by the American Red Cross.

Benefits

Holidays: The City recognizes 11 days each calendar year plus 2 floating holidays. Police Department Staff with the exception of those in management (Police Chief & Lt) accrue the 11 holidays to be used or paid out if not used by June 30th of each year.

Vacation: Employees receive 12 days of vacation per year for the first three years of employment. This increases in increments to a maximum of 30 days for 25+ years of employment. The accruals have a maximum Cap of 2 years of time.

Sick Leave: 3.70 hours earned per pay period with no maximum accrual cap.

Retirement: Depending on your CalPERS history, 2%@60 in which employee pays a portion of; or, 2%@62 in which employee pays entire share. The City does not participate in Social Security.

Health Insurance: Employee pays a portion for employee and dependent coverage of medical, dental, health and life insurance.

Medicare: City pays 1.45% of salary; employee pays 1.45% of salary.

SDI: 1% of salary paid by employee.

Deferred Compensation: CalPERS 457 Deferred Compensation program is available for employee participation for those employees enrolled in PERS

Additional: Longevity pay based on years of service; uniform and boot allowance; Pet Insurance available; City pays all state mandated training and licenses.

Special Instructions

Candidates must submit a completed CalOpps Application or a City of Chowchilla job application, a completed supplemental questionnaire, a resume, and cover letter, along with copies of any additional required documents to the Chowchilla Human Resource Maanger by the deadline date and time.

An appraisal to determine an applicant’s education, experience, and personal qualifications will be scheduled for those applicants who meet the minimum qualifications. The appraisal may be administered either by written examination, oral interview, performance test, or any combination as determined by the City of Chowchilla to be appropriate. Those applicants selected to take the eligibility test will be required to bring a completed personal history statement to testing. The tentative test date is Monday, January 15, 2024. Successful applicants from the appraisal will be placed on an eligibility list that is valid for one year. The final portion of the selection process includes an interview with the Chief of Police and may include the City Administrator.

Recruitment Contact

Contact phone:

(559)665-8615

Contact phone extension:

701

Contact email:

tmartinez@cityofchowchilla.org

Police work, while highly regarding, is subject to serious stresses and adverse situations that may make it an unacceptable career choice for many people. Please read the items listed below and carefully consider them before submitting your application. As a Police officer you may:
Have to kill someone.
Work daily with angry, disrespectful, manipulative and unpleasant people.
Deal with people who are of ethnic, religious, moral, and/or educational background far different from your own.
Spend your career working shift schedules that differ completely from that of your family and friends.
Be faced with temptations to bend or break the law.
Be hurt by people with whom you come in contact.
Be held to a higher standard of conduct by the public.
Be subjected to stresses and situations that your family and friends will not understand.
Be put in situations that require you to make serious decisions with little or no time for thought.
Find yourself unable to socialize with some friends or family members because of their activities.
Find that some people scorn or dislike you for your career choice.
Be in assignments that make you unable to go into public places with your family or friends.
Be subject to extra, overtime, or on-call work that means canceling personal plans.
Work on holidays, weekends, nights or other times you may be used to having for personal time.
Be subject to having the public second guess your decisions long after you have made them.
I hereby certify that my information provided in this supplemental questionnaire is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that any misrepresentation or falsification of information may result in my failure to receive an offer of employment, or if I am hired, may result in discharge from employment. I agree that any of the statement I have made herein may be verified by the City of Chowchilla.

1. How did you hear of this job opening?

2. Why did you choose to apply for this position?

3. Do you carry auto insurance, or the legal equivalent, on all vehicles that you own?

Yes

4. Have you ever been convicted of a felony?

Yes

5. Have you ever committed a serious theft as an adult?

Yes

6. Have you had any driving-related convictions in the last five years.

Yes

7. If answered yes from previous question - How Many?

8. Have you ever been rejected as a job applicant because of issues raised in a background or polygraph examination?

Yes

9. Have you ever had a government subsidized educational loan that became delinquent?

Yes

10. In the past five years, have you had any of the following financial problems:

Bankruptcy

Referred to a collection agency

Had property repossessed for non-payment

Had your wages garnisheed or attached

11. Have you ever failed to complete any term of military enlistment?

Yes

12. Have you used illegal drugs in the past five years?

Yes

13. Have you ever slapped, punched, hit, kicked or otherwise injured a spouse or romantic partner?

Yes

14. Have you ever been a member of, or supported financially or otherwise, any organization which advocates, advises or supports the use of force or other unlawful means to deny other persons their rights under the Constitution of the United States?

Yes

15. Are you currently delinquent with any child support payments, or have you ever failed to make child support payments that you were legally required to make?

Yes

16. Have you ever committed a sexual crime, including rape, molesting a child, self-exposure, obscene phone calls, or of being a peeping tom?

Yes

17. Have you ever unlawfully caused harm to another person?

Yes

18. Have you ever committed a burglary?

Yes

19. In the past three years, have you driven a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol?

Yes

20. Have you been on court probation as an adult?

Yes

21. As an adult, have you ever stolen items valued more than $25 from an employer or business?

Yes

22. Have you ever left the scene of an accident in which you were involved without providing the required information to the other party?

Yes

23. Have you ever resigned from a job to avoid being fired?

Yes

24. In the past year, have you ever called in sick to work when you really weren't?

Yes

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