Job Description

General Statement of Duties

This position performs police patrol and community peace keeping services related to civil matters; warrant service; investigations; traffic enforcement; ordinance enforcement and related law enforcement activities.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Some knowledge of modern law enforcement principle, procedures, techniques and equipment.
• Ability to learn the applicable laws, ordinances and department policies and procedures.
• Ability to perform work requiring good physical condition, meeting all required physical demands.
• Ability to communicate effectively in written as well as oral form. Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships with peers, subordinates, supervisors, and the general public.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instruction.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent. In addition, college or university level studies, vocational training in police sciences, law enforcement, criminal justice administration, public administration or a related field are desirable: OR
• Any equivalent combination of education and experience AND
• Must successfully complete a Frontline Test or POST exam (with a minimum score of 70% on each portion of the test) and ORPAT with a maximum time of six minutes (6:00), including the dummy drag (see note below regarding lateral candidate requirements).

The Dallas Police Department offers full testing services through National Testing Network, Inc. (NTN). To schedule a test, go to , select Law Enforcement, and sign up for the Dallas, Oregon Police Department. Upon completion of the entry level exam and ORPAT testing, all candidate scores are automatically forwarded to the Dallas Police Department. Candidates who attain a passing score on both the entry level exam and ORPAT will be placed on the department\'s eligibility list. The Dallas Police Department will contact candidates on this list to invite them to continue the selection process. If you have already completed the ORPAT and/or the Police Officer Selection Test with another agency within the last year, you may submit those results on agency letterhead in lieu of testing with NTN.

If an applicant is 1) currently an Oregon law enforcement officer; OR 2) is currently a certified law enforcement officer in a U.S. state other than Oregon and meets the definition below for a lateral entry candidate the candidate is not required to submit a POST or NTN Frontline test result if they can demonstrate they already completed such a test for their current employment as a police officer. The requirement to pass the ORPAT is not required for officers who meet the lateral definition AND are currently working as a police officer in the state of Oregon or have within the previous three years.

For the purposes of our recruitment, a law enforcement officer includes a police officer, Sheriff, Sheriff\'s Deputy, or member of a state police department that is responsible for enforcing the criminal laws of this or other US state. A "lateral entry candidate" is defined as a person who can become an Oregon certified police officer without attending the DPSST Basic Police Course. Applicants who are certified in states other than Oregon or are previously certified Oregon officers whose certification has lapsed and who can attain Oregon police certification by attending only the DPSST Career Officer Development course meet the definition of lateral entry for the purpose of our recruitment.

Additionally, if a candidate meets the definition of a lateral entry candidate above AND is currently working in a law enforcement capacity for a law enforcement agency in the state of Oregon, s/he will move directly to a Chief\'s interview, bypassing earlier steps in the recruitment process.

Special Qualifications

• Must be 21 years of age or older at time of employment.
• Must possess, or be able to obtain by the time of employment, a valid Oregon driver license with an acceptable driving record.
• Must not have a current or pending suspension of driving privileges in Oregon or any other state.
• Must not have been convicted in this state, or
• any other jurisdiction, of a crime designated under the law where the conviction occurred as being punishable as a felony or as a crime for which a maximum term of imprisonment of more than one (1) year may be imposed.
• Must not have been convicted of violating any law involving the unlawful use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of a controlled substance, narcotic, or dangerous drug.
• Must not have been convicted in this state of violating any law subject to denial or revocation as identified in OAR 259-008-0070 or has been convicted of violating the statutory counterpart of any of those offenses in any other jurisdiction.
• Must not have been convicted of any offense involving any acts of domestic violence as defined in ORS 135.230.
• Must be a U.S. citizen at the date of hire or, if not a citizen at the date of hire, within 18 months after the date of hire.
• Must be able to read and write the English language.
• Must be of good moral character, temperament and of industrious habits.
• Must be eligible to obtain Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) basic police officer certification within 18 months of employment.

Successful candidates will be required to complete a thorough background investigation and pass a medical physical exam, psychological exam, and drug test.

You are ineligible to reapply for two years after failing a background for a police officer position with the City of Dallas.

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