Job Information

PIQUA CITY OF
201 West Water Street
PIQUA, OHIO 45356
(937)778-2013
http://piquaoh.org/city-departments/hr/job/

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Updated: January 24, 2020

Job Classification: Police Officer

The City of Piqua is currently building an eligibility list for Police Officer. The Application Packet and all testing must be completed and submitted to the City by March 27, 2020. The application packet can be found at http://piquaoh.org/city-departments/hr/job/.

The department requires the candidate PHQ. You can access the questionnaire through your candidate account. The PHQ must be completed by the closing date or you may not be considered further in the process.

Salary Information: Starting salary $28.67/hour

Benefit Information: The City of Piqua offers an excellent benefit package including health/prescription coverage, life insurance, paid vacation, sick, and personal leave. The City of Piqua participates in the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund.

Area Information: The City of Piqua is located 25 miles north of Dayton, Ohio on the I-75 corridor along the banks of the Great Miami River. The City was recently named one of the Top Workplaces in the Dayton region as well as one of the Healthiest Employers in the Dayton region for the third year in a row.

Population: 20,592

Job Requirements

Age: Applicants for Police examinations may take the test six (6) months prior to their twenty-first (21) birthday. All appointees for the position of police officer must be twenty-one (21) or older.

No person is eligible to receive an original appointment as a police officer when he/she is thirty-five (35) years of age or older, and no person can be declared disqualified as over age prior to that time.

US Citizen: Yes

High School Grad/GED: Yes

Valid OHIO State Driver's License: Yes and acceptable driving record.

Ability to Read/Speak English: Yes

Disqualifiers: A person may be ineligible to receive an original appointment as a police officer if he/she has a criminal record.

Conviction of one DUI violation within the preceding five years.
Conviction of a second DUI violation.
Admission, conviction or adjudication of having committed any act defined as a felony (including felony-misdemeanor offenses) under Ohio law, federal law, the law of another state or the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
Admissions or administrative findings of any act while employed as a peace officer (including military police officers) involving lying, falsification of any official report or document or theft.
Admissions or conviction of any act of family violence as defined by law, committed as an adult.
Admission of any criminal or delinquent act, whether misdemeanor or felony, committed against children including, but not limited to, molesting or annoying children, child abduction, child abuse, criminal sexual conduct or indecent exposure.
Any history of work-related actions resulting in civil lawsuits that found against the applicant or his/her employer may be disqualifying.

Hiring Standards/Applicant Packet: Please review the City of Piqua Announcement which includes details on the selection process and hiring standards for Police Officers. You are encouraged to review this information carefully as The City of Piqua Police Department wants to ensure that each individual testing for the position of Police Officer has read the Announcement and understands this process.
You can access the Police Officer Announcement which includes the Hiring Standards at the following: http://piquaoh.org/city-departments/hr/job/ . This document is a PDF which can be reviewed with free Adobe software. You may also want to save this document for future reference.

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