Exam Bulletin - Law Enforcement Consultant I

Peace Officer Standards and Training

Exam Code: EX-2434

Examination Plans Included:

  • LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT I, COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING - Open

Final Filing Date: Applications are accepted on a continuous basis.

Classification Details

LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT I, COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING: $10,596.00 - $11,230.00 per Month

View the LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT I, COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING classification specification.

Application Instructions

Upcoming Filing Cutoff Dates:

  • 6/30/2024
  • 7/31/2024
  • 8/31/2024
  • 9/30/2024
  • 10/31/2024
  • 11/30/2024
  • 12/31/2024

Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) must be received or postmarked by the filing date indicated above. Applications postmarked, personally delivered or received via interoffice mail after the filing date will be processed in the next group.

Who Should Apply:

The information below will help you determine which classification(s) is(are) appropriate for you. Applicants must meet the Minimum Qualifications as stated on this bulletin to compete in this examination.

Open and Open, Non-Promotional Examination(s):

  • LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT I, COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING - Open

For all Classifications, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

    2434

For LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT I, COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING, once you have participated in any of the following examinations, you may not recompete for 12 months:

Exam Code(s):

  • EX-02434

How To Apply:

Submit an Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) to apply for this examination.

Electronic applications can be submitted through your account at www.CalCareers.ca.gov.

You may apply by mail to:

  • Human Resources
    Peace Officer Standards and Training
    Commission on POST
    860 Stillwater Road, Suite 100
    West Sacramento, CA 95605

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678).

You may drop off your application and any applicable or required documents at:

  • Peace Officer Standards and Training
    Commission on POST
    860 Stillwater Road, Suite 100
    West Sacramento, CA 95605
    8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Indicate the Examination Code and Classification(s) on your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678). All applicants must provide proof of identification. Accepted forms of identification are: 1) a photo identification card or 2) two forms of signed identification.

The following items must be submitted with your Examination/Employment Application form. Failure to submit these items may result in rejection of your application.

  • Transcript (Official or Unofficial)

Special Testing Arrangements:

If you require assistance or alternative testing arrangements due to a disability, indicate on your application that you need reasonable accommodation. You will be contacted by a representative of the testing department to make the necessary arrangements. If you have not been contacted by the time you receive notification of testing, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

If you are unable to submit your application or complete the test due to a disability, please contact the testing department listed in the Contact section of this bulletin.

Minimum Qualifications

All applicants must meet the education and/or experience requirements as stated on this exam bulletin to be accepted to the examination.

Unless otherwise stated in the Minimum Qualifications, qualifying experience may be combined on a proportionate basis if the requirements stated below include more than one pattern and are distinguished as "Either" 1, "or" 2, "or" 3, etc. For example, applicants possessing qualifying experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 1 and additional experience amounting to 50% of the required time of Pattern 2 may be accepted to an examination as meeting 100% of the overall experience requirement.

00108527 - LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT I, COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING

Experience: Two years at the level of Sergeant, in law enforcement, with full-time responsibilities in the area of program research and development, personnel, and/or training program development and implementation. and

Education: Equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree or higher. (Additional qualifying experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.)

Position Description

00108527 - LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT I, COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING

This is the first entry and journeyperson level in the series. Incumbents in this class are typically assigned to specific projects associated with POST'S strategic goals, given the less difficult consulting assignments within the Commission, or work closely with Law Enforcement Consultants II on difficult complex assignments. Incumbents receive general direction from a Senior Law Enforcement Consultant and may be assigned to work directly with a Law Enforcement Consultant II. Typical tasks include consulting with local government and law enforcement agency officials regarding POST's programs, issues impacting law enforcement, and training and other changes needed to keep law enforcement at its best; applying management principles and practices in the development of new law enforcement organizations and systems; researching and writing complex management reports for statewide use; responding to highly sensitive political and legal issues; resolving complex governmental/managerial problems; directing the work of multidisciplinary committees in designing new or amending current programs; creating or promoting innovative product solutions; preparing detailed written recommendations for policy or program changes with statewide impact; developing instructional materials for law enforcement agencies, training schools, and colleges participating in Commission programs. Duties may also include consulting with and assisting local government, law enforcement, and community college officials in the development and administration of law enforcement training and education and crime prevention programs; evaluating and recommending changes to client practices in hiring, supervising, training, and management quality; evaluating and recommending changes to client operations for increased safety and decreased liability; making presentations at Commission meetings and at other public meetings; and representing the Commission at formal and informal meetings of law enforcement, academic, labor, or other groups.

Positons are headquartered in West Sacramento, California.

This classification is designated as CalPERS Miscelaneous Retirement. For further information regarding the retirment plan, visit www.calpers.ca.gov.

Examination Information

This examination consists of the following component(s):

Component OrderComponent TypeComponent DuePercentage of Final Score
1Education/ExperienceN/A100%

A final score of 70% must be attained to be placed on the eligible list.

This examination utilizes an evaluation and experience (E&E) weighted 100% and is based solely on information provided with the application. Information provided within the application will be assessed compared to a standard developed in relation to the elements of the job and linked to the knowledge and abilities required in the job.

Special care should be taken when submitting a complete description of your education, experience, and training relevant to the typical tasks, scope, and minimum qualifications stated on this announcement. Supplemental information will be accepted but competitors should read the announcement carefully to determine what kind of information will be useful to those individuals completing the evaluation.

In addition to evaluating the applicant's relative knowledge, skill and ability as demonstrated by quality and breadth of education/experience, emphasis in each test component will be on measuring competitively, relative to job demands, each applicant's:

Knowledge of:

  1. The provisions of applicable, State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations related to peace officer standards and training;
  2. Current issues and problems of the California law enforcement community;
  3. Contemporary law enforcement operational methods and procedures;
  4. Effective training principles and methods as applied to peace officer training;
  5. The principles and practices of personnel management, supervision, and selection as applied to law enforcement.
Ability to:
  1. Communicate effectively with diverse groups and individuals;
  2. Identify and address sensitive issues and situations;
  3. Design, develop, implement, and manage major specialized training programs;
  4. Research complex, statewide, program and policy issues and prepare comprehensive, sensitive, and complex documents for statewide use.
  5. Establish and maintain cooperative interactions with the public, law enforcement, governmental, educational, and private sector organizations and agencies;
  6. Analyze broad, complex, legal, and politically sensitive issues accurately and take appropriate action;
  7. Apply management principles and practices in the development of new law enforcement organizations and systems;
  8. Make comprehensive presentations at formal and informal meetings of law enforcement; academic, labor, and other special interest group.
Additional Desirable Qualifications:
  1. Experience in developing and presenting complex law enforcement training programs;
  2. Experience with current computer and communications technologies;
  3. Four-year or advanced college degree(s) in management or public administration;
  4. Eligibility for the California Management Certificate;
  5. Broad range of middle management experience in California Law Enforcement.


Eligible List Information

A Departmental Open eligible list for the LAW ENFORCEMENT CONSULTANT I, COMMISSION ON PEACE OFFICER STANDARDS AND TRAINING Classification will be established for:

  • Peace Officer Standards and Training

The names of successful competitors will be merged onto the eligible list(s) in order of final score regardless of test date. Eligibility expires 12 months after it is established. Applicants must then retake the examination to reestablish eligibility.

Veterans' Preference will be granted for this examination. Veterans' Preference is an assistance program for veterans, veteran widows and widowers, and spouses of 100% disabled veterans who seek employment with the state. Veterans' Preference is also extended to currently serving military members nearing their retirement or separation date.

You are not eligible for Veteran's Preference if you are:

  • A veteran who has been dishonorably discharged or released.
  • A veteran, widow or widower of a veteran, or spouse of a 100 percent disabled veteran who currently has permanent civil service status. (Permanent civil service status is the status of an employee who is lawfully retained in his/her position after completion of the applicable probationary period. This does not include limited term).

Veterans' Preference is codified in Government Code Sections 18973 – 18979.

Veteran status is verified by the California Department of Human Resources (CalHR). Directions to apply for Veterans' Preference are on the Veterans' Preference Application (Std. Form 1093), which is available at www.CalCareers.ca.gov, and the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Career Credits are not granted for examination(s) administered on an Open basis or a Promotional basis.

Testing Departments

  • Peace Officer Standards and Training

Contact Information

Questions regarding this examination should be directed to:

Peace Officer Standards and Training
Salina Littleton
Commission on POST
860 Stillwater Road, Suite 100
West Sacramento, CA 95605
Phone: (916) 227-2085
Fax: (916) 227-3931
salina.littleton@post.ca.gov

California Relay Service: 1-800-735-2929 (TTY), 1-800-735-2922 (Voice). TTY is a Telecommunications Device for the Deaf, and is reachable only from phones equipped with a TTY Device.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The State of California is an equal opportunity employer to all, regardless of age, ancestry, color, disability (mental and physical), exercising the right to family care and medical leave, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, military or veteran status, national origin, political affiliation, race, religious creed, sex (includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), and sexual orientation.

Drug Free Statement

It is an objective of the State of California to achieve a drug-free State work place. Any applicant for State employment will be expected to behave in accordance with this objective, because the use of illegal drugs is inconsistent with the law of the State, the rules governing civil service, and the special trust placed in public servants.

General Information

Examination and/or Employment Application (STD 678) forms are available at the California Department of Human Resources, local offices of the Employment Development Department, and through your CalCareer Account (www.CalCareers.ca.gov).

If you meet the requirements stated on this examination bulletin, you may take this examination, which is competitive. Possession of the entrance requirements does not assure a place on the eligible list. Your performance in the examination described in this bulletin will be rated against a predetermined job-related rating, and all applicants who pass will be ranked according to their scores.

Peace Officer Standards and Training reserves the right to revise the examination plan to better meet the needs of the service, if the circumstances under which this examination was planned change. Such revision will be in accordance with civil service laws and rules and all applicants will be notified.

General Qualifications: Applicants must possess essential personal qualifications including integrity, initiative, dependability, good judgment, the ability to work cooperatively with others, and a state of health consistent with the ability to perform the assigned duties of the class. A medical examination may be required. In open examinations, investigation may be made of employment records and personal history and fingerprinting may be required.

Eligible Lists: Eligible lists established by competitive examination, regardless of date, must be used in the following order: 1) sub-divisional promotional, 2) departmental promotional, 3) multi-departmental promotional, 4) service-wide promotional, 5) departmental open, 6) open. When there are two lists of the same kind, the older must be used first. Eligible lists will expire in one to four years unless otherwise stated on the bulletin.

High School Equivalence: Equivalence to completion of the 12th grade may be demonstrated in any one of the following ways: 1) passing the General Education Development (GED) Test; 2) completion of 12 semester units of college-level work; 3) certification from the State Department of Education, a local school board, or high school authorities that the competitor is considered to have education equivalent to graduation from high school; or 4) for clerical and accounting classes, substitution of business college work in place of high school on a year-for-year basis.

Accepted applicants must provide proof of identification at each in-person test session. Acceptable identification consists of a photo identification card or two forms of signed identification.

Application Methods:
Electronic (Your CalCareer Account)
By Mail
In Person (see bulletin for details)
Alternate Application Process

While we recommend that you utilize your CalCareer Account to take advantage of all the tools available, you may choose to apply for this examination without using your account. In this case, print and complete the Exam Application Package Checklist and include it if you submit a hard copy application.

Exam Application Package Checklist

Blank Application Form (STD678)

Accommodation Request (STD679)