Police Academy Legal Instructor

Salary: $107,770.00 Annually

Location : New Orleans, LA

Job Type: Probationary

Job Number: 11150/7136

Department: Police Department

Opening Date: 08/23/2024

Closing Date: Continuous

Kind of Work

Responsible for the instruction of students in basic, advanced and specialized law enforcement classes, courses, seminars and workshops at the NOPD Training Academy and satellite training sites.

• Utilizes diverse instructional methodologies based upon proven adult learning principles while presenting and incorporating classroom and practical, scenario-based performance outcome training programs.
• Continuously researches, develops and evaluates basic, advanced and specialized training for NOPD Officers, as well as other local, state and federal law enforcement officers.
• Researches, develops and evaluates practical application training exercises.
• Initiates curriculum content changes based upon law statute changes, court decisions and/or research of best practices.
• Develops defensible test items and evaluation matrixes to be used for academic and practical application assessment in law enforcement training.
• Attends advanced training classes, courses, seminars and workshops nationally to stay abreast of the latest information, techniques, methods and strategies of contemporary law enforcement operations related to assigned fields of police instruction.
• Maintains a general knowledge of all areas of law enforcement to provide assistance to other instructors in the presentation of their assigned areas of instruction.
• Provides law enforcement students with academic counseling services, student evaluations and performs other duties normally associated with the instructional profession.
• Recruits, trains and schedules law enforcement officers from NOPD, other local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and other qualified instructors to assist with training.
• Testifies in local, state and federal court when subpoenaed by court authority.
• And related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications

1) A valid driver's license.
2) A Juris Doctorate from an accredited college or university.
3) Six (6) years law enforcement experience, which may include experience as a law enforcement officer, special agent, criminal prosecutor, or subject matter expert working directly with or for a law enforcement agency in a support role. NOPD will verify that applicants were in good standing at the time of separation (if applicable).
4) Four (4) years of experience in the practical application of Constitutional and/or Criminal Law for Law Enforcement Officers.

This position requires the physical ability to perform law enforcement training related tasks and exercises.

Prior to appointment, the hiring agency is required to verify qualifying certification, license and education credentials claimed by the applicant to qualify for this classification. If selected for hire, applicants must provide original documents of their qualifying credentials to the hiring agency prior to their start date in this job classification

ADDITIONAL PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Louisiana POST Instructor Certification (Obtained through LA POST Instructor Development School).
• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in adult education or an academic discipline related to law enforcement from an accredited college or university.
• Significant knowledge of Procedural Justice and Community Policing/ Problem-Solving Principles.
• Two (2) years of curriculum development experience.
• Experience in adult instruction, lecturing, or presenting informational material in a classroom-style environment.

This position requires a one (1) year probationary period.

NOTE: Employees in this position will be required to attend and pass the LA POST Instructor Development Course or Louisiana POST approved equivalent as a condition of their probationary period. Failure to meet this requirement during the probationary period will result in removal from this job classification.
Kind of Examination

A rating of training and experience, weighted 100%. All related previous experience will be considered for qualification purposes, however credit on the rating of training and experience will only be given for experience gained within the last ten (10) years.
A background investigation will be conducted.

This is an original entrance examination.

General Information

THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER AND DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, AGE, PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, CREED, CULTURE, OR ANCESTRY. REQUESTS FOR ALTERNATE FORMAT OR ACCOMMODATIONS SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO SHANA PARKER AT OR TTY/VOICE AT or .

DOMICILE REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT: Domicile requirements are currently waived for the purpose of application. However, all new full-time employees hired into this classification on or after January 1, 2013 must be domiciled in Orleans Parish within 180 days of hire. Airport and public safety employees are excluded from this provision.
Additional exceptions to the domicile requirement may be made on a case-by-case basis. We encourage you to apply for this position and discuss your need for a domicile exception during the interview process.

DOMICILE REQUIREMENTS FOR EMPLOYMENT (SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD):
Domicile requirements are currently waived for the purpose of application . Residency requirements are waived for all Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans positions vacant and advertised for at least 90 days. Employees hired under this waiver remain exempt from the city's residency requirement for the duration of their employment at the Sewerage and Water Board. (La R.S. 33:4076). Additional exceptions to the domicile requirement may be made on a case-by-case basis. We encourage you to apply for this position and discuss your need for a domicile exception during the interview process.

BACKGROUND CHECK: The hiring department will conduct interviews of qualified individuals prior to requesting a criminal background check, and no job application submitted prior to such interview shall inquire into an applicant's criminal history. If this position is subject to a background check for any convictions related to its responsibilities and requirements, employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation including criminal history. Criminal history will not automatically disqualify a candidate.
APPLICATIONS: Applications will not be accepted if received after the closing date or after the stated maximum number of applications has been received, as specified on this announcement. All minimum qualification requirements for examinations must be met by the final filing date unless otherwise specified on this announcement. PAPER APPLICATIONS must be submitted on the official application form AND MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF CITY CIVIL SERVICE, 1340 POYDRAS STREET, SUITE 900, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, BEFORE THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE FINAL FILING DATE.

DELAY IN THE MAIL: The Department of City Civil Service cannot be responsible for failure of the applicant to receive an admission slip to an examination or for failure of the Department to receive material mailed by the applicant. Applicants should notify the Department of City Civil Service in writing of any address changes

The minimum age limit is 18 years for any class of work requiring hard physical labor, operation of or proximity to hazardous machinery, exposure to hazardous chemicals, or participation in any other processes or procedures which are prohibited or limited by the Louisiana State Child Labor Law.

WORKING TEST PERIOD:Effective August 1, 2023, the working test (probationary) period for all positions in the classified service is one year.

SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING: The City of New Orleans has a comprehensive program of substance abuse testing. Candidates for employment for certain positions where the health, welfare and/or safety of the public, co-workers and the individual employee is at risk will have to undergo pre-employment substance abuse screening. Candidates for all other original entrance positions will have to undergo an unannounced substance abuse screening during their working test period. For further information, see Civil Service Rule V, Section 9.

A MEDICAL EXAMINATION is required for all original entrance probationary appointments to ACTIVE classifications, and may be required for re-employment, promotions and/or transfers.

A MEDICAL SCREENING, which may result in a medical examination, is required for all original entrance probationary appointments to non-active classifications.

GOOD MORAL CHARACTER is required of all applicants. Any applicant may be disqualified if his/her character or past employment record is found to be unsatisfactory as determined by the Department of City Civil Service. Forgery, misrepresentation of facts, or cheating on examinations is punishable by disqualification, fine and other penalties.

IMPORTANT: Applicants who are licensed to drive should have a current license on their person for purposes of identification during all phases of an examination. In lieu of such license, the Department of City Civil Service may require that applicants have some form of picture identification.

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