Cadets
West Covina Police Department
Police Cadet
The Police Cadet program is a training program designed to prepare candidates for a career as a police officer in law enforcement. The police cadet is under immediate general supervision and performs non-hazardous duties throughout the police department.
Essential functions include:
- General parking enforcement and issuance of parking citations
- Performing traffic control
- Preparing reports for the impounding of vehicles
- Investigating and writing a selected variety of crime and traffic collision reports when no suspect is present.
- Collecting and preserving evidence
- Appearing and testifying in court
- Providing information and assistance to the public at the front counter
- Answering telephone requests for police services
- Collectingmoneys for public requests for documents
- Performing clerical assignments andproviding support for department personnel
- Processing reports, maintaining records, and files
- Preparing misdemeanor cases for filing with the District Attorney
- Serving subpoenas
- Fingerprinting
- Performing routine jail functions such as custodial checks on inmates, searches, booking, fingerprinting, and other necessary jail duties
- Performing crossing guard duties
- Conducting tours of city facilities
- Maintaining police vehicles
Police cadets must be 18-23 years of age, currently enrolled in college or in their last year of high school, have a GPA of 2.5 or higher, and maintain that GPA while employed to be eligible for the program.
Find out if the City of West Covina is currently accepting applications for the position of police cadet.