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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 Police Department’s new Forensic Services Supervisor Mike Maiocco. Photo by Steven Georges/Behind the Badge

Santa Ana Police Forensics Unit leaves no evidence unturned

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By Greg Mellen on News & Features, Recruitment

CSI: Santa Ana is the real deal. Long before Gil Grisson and Catherine Willows began chasing bad guys and proclaiming, “The evidence never lies,” Mike Maiocco was re-enacting crime scenes, complete with ketchup blood spatters, in the driveway of a friend’s home. “I was in the traffic division,” says Maiocco, who joined the Santa Ana Police Department in the Traffic Division while attending college and was an Explorer before that. “This was before all the TV shows. I didn’t even know what it was.” Now, 28 years later, Maiocco is the Field Supervisor of Santa Ana’s acclaimed Forensics Services Section.…

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