Police Officer

About This Role

<p><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: inherit">*** Starting salary is based on the </span></strong><a href="https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/1997aa22-3174-4434-bf98-5f6e5264a94a?cache=1800" title="https://content.civicplus.com/api/assets/1997aa22-3174-4434-bf98-5f6e5264a94a?cache=1800" style="font-style: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; text-indent: 0"><strong><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: inherit; text-decoration: none">Public Safety New Hire Pay Matrix</span></strong></a><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: inherit">***</span></strong></p><div style="text-align: justify"><strong style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0; padding: 0; color: rgba(223, 53, 12, 1)">Applicants hired as uncertified Police Officers may be assigned to work at the Alpharetta City Jail until the Police Academy begins in July 2026.</sp

Requirements

<strong><u>Knowledge of:</u></strong><ul style="margin-bottom: 3pt"><li>Operations and standard operating procedures of a Police Department.</li><li>Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations including laws governing the apprehension, arrest, and custody of persons accused of felonies, misdemeanors, and petty offenses.</li><li>Modern methods, procedures, and techniques used in providing the full range of law enforcement and crime prevention services and activities including investigation and identification, patrol, traffic control, juvenile programs, record keeping, records management, automated records systems, search and seizure, care and custody of persons and property, and crime prevention.</li><li>Care, maintenance, and operation of firearms and other modern poli