Police Cadet

National Police; Knoxville (TN); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

The Knoxville Police Department is hiring for the Police Cadet Program. Cadets are civilian employees, not permanent, exempt from Civil Service, and work 30 to 40 hours per week, with a subset reducing to 30 hours if pursuing the optional college education portion.

Qualifications include one year as a Cadet/Apprentice, passing the physical performance test, meeting KPD and POST training requirements, Civil Service eligibility, age 18, HS diploma or GED, U.S.

Qualifications

• Must have served a minimum of one year as a Cadet/Apprentice with the Knoxville Police Department, unless waived in accordance with the Civil Service Rules and Regulations;
• Must pass the physical performance test for Police Officer;
• Must meet the minimum training requirements of the Knoxville Police Department, as well as the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training requirements;
• Must have been determined to have met and maintained all minimum requirements;
• Must have been certified by the Civil Service Merit Board as being eligible to be a Police Officer with the City of Knoxville.
• Applicants must be eighteen (18) years of age. Applicants MUST attach a copy of valid birth certificate to their application. Applicants must not have reached their 21st birthday in order to be eligible for the Police Cadet position.
• High School graduate or equivalency prior to hire. Applicants MUST attach a copy of their High School Diploma or GED to the application prior to hire.
• Applicants must not have any background disqualifiers.
• Applicants are required to possess or be able to obtain a valid Tennessee Driver’s License.
• Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, or a Permanent Legal Resident of the U.S. and applies for or obtains U.S. Citizenship within six years of hiring.

Skills

Pass physical performance test

Citizenship or permanent resident

Valid Tennessee driver’s license

Education

High School diploma or GED

Job description

Salary: $ 33,369 annually.

Position Summary:

The Police Cadet Program is not a permanent career position with the Knoxville Police Department and is exempt from Civil Service. Cadets are civilian employees who work a minimum of thirty (30) to forty (40) hours/week (for those cadets that decide to complete the optional college education portion of the cadet program, the minimum workweek will be thirty (30) hours per week starting the next semester after the date of hire).

Requirements:

• Must have served a minimum of one (1) year as a Cadet/Apprentice with the Knoxville Police Department, unless waived in accordance with the Civil Service Rules and Regulations;
• Must take and pass the physical performance test for Police Officer;
• Must meet the minimum training requirements of the Knoxville Police Department, as well as the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training requirements;
• Must have been determined to have met and maintained all minimum requirements;
• Must have been certified by the Civil Service Merit Board as being eligible to be a Police Officer with the City of Knoxville.
• Applicants must be eighteen (18) years of age. Applicants MUST attach a copy of valid birth certificate to their application. Applicants must not have reached their 21st birthday in order to be eligible for the Police Cadet position.
• High School graduate or equivalency prior to hire. Applicants MUST attach a copy of their High School Diploma or GED to the application prior to hire.
• Applicants must not have any background disqualifiers.
• Applicants are required to possess or be able to obtain a valid Tennessee Driver’s License.
• Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen, or a Permanent Legal Resident of the U.S. and applies for or obtains U.S. Citizenship within six years of hiring.