Police Corporal (Promotional- Open To City Of San Marino Employees Only)

Salary : $8,268.00 - $10,050.00 Monthly

Location : San Marino, CA

Job Type : Full-Time

Job Number : PCP0125

Department : Police

Opening Date : 02 / 03 / 2025

Closing Date : 2 / 17 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Pacific

Welcome

Promotional Opportunity

Open to City of San Marino Employees Only

Government Jobs Filing Deadline : February 17, 2025, at 11 : 59 pm

Multiple-Choice Test : March 10, 2025

Oral Interview : March 24, 2025

Chief's Interview : March 31, 2025

This is a Department Promotional Examination and is open only to eligible employees of the San Marino Police Department who have permanent status in the classified service.

The San Marino Police Department is comprised of 32 sworn officers and 11.5 civilian staff. San Marino Police Department is led by a Chief of Police, two Bureau Commanders and a Civilian Administrative Manager.

GENERAL PURPOSE

Under general supervision of a police sergeant, the police corporal is a designated rank who provides all aspects of general law enforcement services to the community. The police corporal also serves as a supervisor in the absence of a sergeant.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

This is a sworn law enforcement classification under Section 830.1 of the California Penal Code that meets and maintains all standards required by P.O.S.T. Principal duties include response to emergencies, general and directed patrol, investigation of crimes and other non-criminal incidents, traffic enforcement and control, assisting in crime prevention activities, and other law enforcement services and duties as required. A significant degree of initiative, independent judgment, and discretion is required to develop, maintain, and successfully perform in a community oriented, problem-solving approach to policing.

Essential Functions

The police corporal requires demonstrated skills and abilities to take on additional responsibilities. In addition to police officer duties, a police corporal may be assigned to prepare and deliver in-service training, coordinate efforts to address certain police problems, and may also serve as a supervisor in the absence of the sergeant.

Duties :

• Patrol a designated area in a radio vehicle to ensure the security of life and property. Answer emergency calls regarding law enforcement matters, enforces city, county and state laws and ordinances or requests for assistance as needed.
• Conduct complex investigations involving major crimes, traffic incidents, complaints, or administrative investigations which are beyond the scope of the principal duties of a police officer. Secure information from parties at an incident scene and follow through on investigations; make arrests and collect and preserve evidence at crime scenes; maintain accurate records and write accurate and timely incident or crime reports; work with other investigative and legal personnel and present evidence in court.
• Provide special enforcement and customer services to intervene in special community problems; prepare and present periodic in- service training to department members; act as a Field Training Officer for newly hired recruits.
• Serve as the responsible supervisor in the absence of a sergeant or other higher-ranking officers; and may be called upon to perform all the functions of a Police Sergeant.
• Utilize computer equipment to access information and complete reports.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the essential duties satisfactorily. The following requirements are representative of the knowledge, skills and / or abilities required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND DEMANDS

Knowledge of

Skills / Abilities

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Any combination equivalent to the education and experience likely to provide the required knowledge and abilities would be qualifying. A typical way to gain such knowledge and abilities would be :

Education

Experience

Licenses / Certificates

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIROMENT

The physical demands and work environment described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands

Employee is regularly required to sit at a desk, in meetings or in a vehicle for long periods of time; talk or listen, in person, in meetings and by telephone; use hands and fingers to handle, feel or operate office and police equipment; and reach with hands and arms. Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus and be free from color blindness. Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction. Twist to reach equipment; walk to observe department activities; periodically bend and squat; perform simple grasping and fine manipulation; use telephone and communicate through written means; interact with employees and the public in possible challenging situations. Regularly walk up and down stairs. Regularly required to run, jump, push, pull, drive safely at high speeds and in adverse conditions, physically apprehend and subdue suspects. Get in and out of a patrol vehicle up to 100 times per day; sit in a patrol vehicle for up to two hours at a time; and occasionally lift, maneuver, and / or move unaided up to 180 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception, the ability to adjust, focus, and be free from color blindness.

Work environment

Employee generally works 10% indoors and (90% outdoors (including time spent in a patrol car or other police vehicle). Employee goes from being seated in a docile position in their police cars or office to a highly energized position and then return to the docile position. The job can be very fast paced within a short period of time.

While performing the duties of this job indoors, the work environment is generally in a temperature-controlled office. Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but the employee may occasionally be exposed to loud talking and interruptions from telephones, office equipment and / or members of the public and emergency vehicle sirens

Employee regularly works outdoors at all times of day and in all weather conditions and is routinely exposed to hazardous situations that may result in injury, death or use of deadly force on others. While performing the duties of this job outdoors, the employee may be exposed to noise, vibration, extremes in temperature or humidity, dust, most weather conditions. Noise levels in the work environment is usually moderate but the employee may occasionally be exposed to high level noises including but not limited to emergency vehicle sirens, gun fire, road traffic, shouting, and yelling.

The employee may be required to work various shifts at night, on weekends and holidays as needed. Additionally, the employee will be required to respond off-hours for emergencies and inspections.

This information is available in an alternative format by request to (626) 300-0780.

The City of San Marino is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value and seek diversity in our workforce. San Marino is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Supplemental Information

Please include a cover letter and a resume.

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

Applications must be received online at by 11 : 59pm on Monday , February 17, 2025. After an initial screening of applications, candidates who best meet the Department's needs will be invited via email to participate in the Multiple-Choice Exam of up to 125 questions on Monday, March 10, 2025 . First round of interviews will be held on Monday, March 24 , 2025 . Candidates must receive a passing score of 70% or above on the Multiple-Choice Exam and pass the first round of interviews in order to be placed on the eligibility list. Chiefs Interview s will be held on Monday, March 31 , 2025

SOURCE LIST

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REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS

The City of San Marino is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, age, physical or mental disability, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws in its employment actions, decisions, policies, and practices. The City of San Marino Human Resources Department will make reasonable efforts in the selection process to accommodate disabled applicants. Individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the process must inform the Human Resources Department by the final filing date by emailing hr@cityofsanmarino.org.

RETIREMENT

The City participates in California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS). "Classic" unit members are enrolled in the 3% @ 50 retirement plan; Unit members hired on or after January 1, 2013 are pursuant to the Public Employees' Pension Reform Act of 2013 (PEPRA) which follows the 2% at 57 for new CalPERS members

SOCIAL SECURITY

No contributions are paid by the City or employee into Social Security

MEDICARE

1.45% of salary paid by the City and 1.45% by the employee.

VACATION LEAVE

The City provides full time and probationary employees with 88 hours of annual vacation accrual, increasing up to 180 hours based on years of service. Please refer to the San Marino POA for vacation accrual formula.

SICK LEAVE

Employees receive 96 hours of sick leave per year.

HEALTH COVERAGE

Effective July 1, 2024- June 30, 2027, the costs for all medical, dental, vision, basic life insurance, short-term and long-term disability plans shall be fully funded by the City for the Los Angeles County region of medical coverage.

In the event that the "FFBP" fails to cover the actual costs, the individual employee shall pay the difference.

MEDICAL INSURANCE

The City participates in the CalPERS health benefit program for medical plans : Anthem Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Health Net, Kaiser, PERS Gold, PERS Plantinum, UnitedHealthcare.

DENTAL

Delta Dental PPO or DeltaCare HMO coverage.

VISION

Ameritas / VSP

LIFE INSURANCE

Lincoln Financial Group

Voluntary Life Insurance with Humana

LONG TERM AND SHORT TERM DISABILITY

City Paid benefit. Benefits equal 60% of employee's base salary for qualified periods.

457b TAX-DEFERRED COMPENSATION

Income may be deferred on a pre-tax and / or post-tax basis through TIAA based on IRS Regulations. For CalPERS PEPRA members, the City will match up to $175 per month towards the employer-sponsored tax-savings retirement plan.

SUPPLEMENTAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS

The city provides access to supplemental insurance programs currently administered through American Fidelity

EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

EAP services designed to help manage life's challenges. Free counseling sessions, legal and financial consultation, discounts, and referrals.

HOLIDAYS - 11 DAYS ANNUALLY

6 days of paid holiday :

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Labor Day

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Day

5 holidays are credited to the employee's vacation bank

Veteran's Day

Friday following Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Eve

New Year's Eve

FLOATING HOLIDAYS

2 Floating holidays per year

LONGEVITY PAY

Longevity Pay compensation after 10 consecutive years of full-time years of service with the City of San Marino.

EDUCATION INCENTIVE PAY

The City will provide an educational incentive for degrees not required as a condition of employment.

P.O.S.T. CERTIFICATE PAY

Employees are eligible upon conclusion of probation.

Advanced Certificate- $200 per month

UNIFORM ALLOWANCE

1,000 annual uniform allowance

Salary : $8,268 - $10,050