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SAPD Recruitment

Police Officer Recruit

Full-time
Police Recruits are non-sworn (civilian) employees who attend a police academy to prepare for a career in law enforcement.

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Police Officer Lateral Transfer

Full-time
Trained and experienced police professionals who can assume the full range of policing duties after a brief orientation.

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Police Officer Academy Graduate

Full-time
Following a Field Training Officer Program, graduates assume the full range of professional law enforcement duties.

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Police Cadet

Part-time
This program is designed to be a constructive gateway to a career in law enforcement and designed for applicants who are between the ages of 18-25.

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Correctional Officer

Full-time
Under general supervision, performs functions related to the incarceration and care of inmates during a shift.

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Police Services Dispatcher

Full-time
Under general supervision on an assigned shift, receives calls for service and dispatches appropriate personnel and equipment utilizing computer aided dispatch, telephone and/or radio communications equipment.

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Santa Ana PD’s officer, six foot-six inch Jackson Egg, adjusts to the job as one of its tallest officers. Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge

New Santa Ana officer casts big shadow

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By Greg Mellen on News & Features

Jackson Egg is accustomed to being a big man on campus. At 6-foot-6 and 260 pounds, he literally stood out at the Orange County Sheriff’s Basic Academy. So much so, he was voted as the Honorary Class Sergeant for Class 257. At the February 2024 Academy graduation, Egg was selected to march his class of 56 law enforcement recruits from nine agencies into the commencement ceremonies. “It felt good that my classmates trusted me,” said the newly minted Patrol Officer for the Santa Ana Police Department. “It’s kind of like an honor to be selected to lead people. They believed…

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