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PALM BAY POLICE DEPARTMENT
130 MALABAR ROAD SE
PALM BAY, FLORIDA 32907
321-952-3465
https://www.palmbayflorida.org/government/city-departments-f-to-z/police

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Updated: February 28, 2025

Job Classification: Police Officer

The Palm Bay Police Department is seeking to establish an eligibility list for the position of Police Officer! All candidates must take the FrontLine National exam through National Testing Network to be considered further in the process.

All candidates must complete the department application, located here. Failure to complete the required job application may result in exclusion from the hiring process.

Salary Information: $53,162

Benefits: Here are just some of the benefits we offer our certified experienced law enforcement officers:

Pension buy-back for previous law enforcement or military experience (maximum 4 years)
Take-home car program (35-mile radius)
Retirement plan offers 85% at 25 years of service
- 3% COLA annually, after the third year
- 5-year DROP benefit available
- 100% vested at 10 years
Eligible for all Investigations and Specialty Units upon completion of one-year probation
Sign on bonus for experienced officers
Up to $2,500 relocation incentive
Family-friendly schedule (work 14 days a month with 4 consecutive days off)

Candidate Contact:
Kristin Dale
Human Resources Generalist II
321-952-3421

kristin.dale@palmbayflorida.org

Area Information: Explore Palm Bay and discover all that awaits you. Welcome to the land of outdoor adventure and natural beauty nestled midway between Orlando and Miami. Our rich heritage dwells here in every native treasure and every memory you take home from Turkey Creek to the Indian River Lagoon. Encounter awe-inspiring wonders, enjoy warm smiles and experience exhilarating adventures while indulging in breathtaking scenic highways, nature trails, and waterfront views. A grand landscape to relish your endless summer adventures of golfing, fishing, off-road cycling, kayaking, camping, hiking, and more.

Palm Bay is perfectly located on Florida's east-central coast, midway between Jacksonville and Miami. Off of I-95 take exits 173 and 176. Palm Bay is close to Melbourne and Orlando International Airports and Port Canaveral.

Housing styles include a wide variety of single-family homes, apartments, condominiums, townhomes, and gated subdivisions.

Many quality of life choices including employment opportunities from entrepreneurial family-owned enterprises through a growing base of mid and large size technology and manufacturing companies.

Education opportunities include 18 public and private K through Grade 12 schools. Eastern Florida State College's four campuses are spread across Brevard County's more than 70-mile-long expanse on Florida's east coast, offering convenient access to higher education for all. Palm Bay Campus is situated on attractive Lake Titan in the fastest growing and most culturally diverse community in Brevard County.

Recreational activities include 29 city parks which include paintball and skateboarding, an aquatic center, a 200-acre regional park, two public / private golf courses, Turkey Creek Sanctuary, and nearby are the beaches!

Population: 115,322

Job Requirements

Age:
19

Citizenship Required:
Required

High School Grad / GED:
Required

Driver's License:
Applicants must possess a valid Florida Driver's License prior to employment and maintain a safe and acceptable driving record.

Ability to Read/Speak English:
Required

Vision:
Part of Medical examination (See Hiring Process)

College:
Not required

Academy Certification:
Applicants must meet one of the following criteria:

Hold a current State of Florida Law Enforcement Certification ~OR~
Hold a current Out of State Law Enforcement Certification ~OR~
Accepted into, currently attending or completed a State of Florida Police Academy or Equivalency of Training Program ~OR~
In process of enrollment to a State of Florida Police Academy oe Equivalency of Training Program ~OR~
Hold a Conditional Offer of Employment from the City of Palm Bay Police Department for an LEO position

Prior Experience:
Not required

Hiring Process:

Applicants complete an Employment Application and answer all questions on the application. Any admissions made which would violate Police Department Employment Standards will automatically cause the applicant to be disqualified.
Applicants must pass the FrontLine Human Relations Video test, Reading Test, and Incident Observation and Report Writing Video Test to continue on in the process. Minimum acceptable score for the reading and writing portions of the test is 70%; video portion is 65%. You must meet the minimum score in each portion of the test to be moved forward in the process.
Applicants who progress through the background investigation without adverse information will be interviewed.
Applicants still in process at this phase will undergo a comprehensive background investigation; polygraph examination; medical examination; drug test, and a psychological evaluation.

Candidates who successfully complete the FrontLine assessment process will be merged with prior successful candidates to create the eligibility lists. Applicants who have not received a conditional offer letter will be removed from the eligibility list after one year.

Work History:
Applicant must have a stable work history free from a pattern of disciplinary actions, suspensions, terminations or resignations. Terminations for cause will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and may result in disqualification.

Driving Record:
Applicant will be disqualified for traffic convictions under any of the following conditions:

One conviction within five (5) years prior to the date of application, for:
- Voluntary or involuntary manslaughter resulting from the operation of a motor vehicle; OR
- Failing to stop and render aid [as required under state and federal law], in the event of a motor vehicle accident resulting in the death or injury of another; OR
- Driving a motor vehicle or being in actual physical control while having an unlawful blood alcohol level or while under the influence of alcoholic beverages or any substances controlled under any state or federal law; OR
- Attempting to elude police.
One conviction within three (3) years prior to the date of application, for:
- Driving a motor vehicle while driver's license is suspended or revoked for reasons other than financial responsibility; OR
- Reckless driving.
- Making a false accident report.
Three (3) moving traffic citations within three (3) years of date of application.
A chargeable accident within three (3) years of date of application will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
Traffic conviction record, with points accumulated, resulting in the suspension of a driver's license within three (3) years prior of the date of application.
Suspended or revoked driver’s license for one of the following reasons within one year prior to the date of application.
- Failure to attend a court ordered driving school; OR
- Failure to pay two or more traffic fines. The circumstances resulting in the non-payment of only one traffic fine will be evaluated on an individual basis and may or may not disqualify the applicant; OR
- Financial responsibility (insurance cancellation, etc) will be evaluated on an individual basis and may or may not disqualify an applicant.
- Failure to submit to a chemical test for intoxication may disqualify the applicant upon review.

(Convictions by City definition will include a plea of "no contest," or a judicial decision to withhold adjudication. Cases listed beyond the time frame noted will be considered on a case-by-case basis, as well as the 'totality' of the applicant's driving history.)

Criminal Conduct:

Applicant will be disqualified if:
1. Applicant has been convicted of a felony crime; OR
2. Applicant has been convicted of any crime, as listed in Section A, within three (3) years* of the date of application: OR
3. Applicant has been convicted of ANY offense, which can be considered domestic violence; OR
4. Applicant committed a felony crime within five (5) years of the date of application; OR
5. Applicant committed a misdemeanor crime within three (3) years* of the date of application, which will be handled on a case-by-case basis; OR
6. Applicant has any pending misdemeanor or felony charges; OR
7. Applicant's other criminal activity or history that may or may not disqualify them, but will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
Misdemeanor (FS 775.08) shall mean any criminal offense that is punishable under the laws of this state, or that would be punishable if committed in this state, by a term of imprisonment in a county correctional facility, except an extended term, not in excess of one year. Per F.S. 775.083, a misdemeanor fine shall not exceed $1,000.
Felony (F.S. 775.08) shall mean any criminal offense that is punishable under the laws of this state, or that would be punishable if committed in this state, by death or imprisonment in a state penitentiary. A person shall be imprisoned in the state penitentiary for each sentence which, except an extended term, exceeds one year.

Applicant who admits to having engaged in any criminal acts (whether detected or undetected) will have those acts reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

(*Applicant will be disqualified if convicted any time of crimes of perjury, lascivious acts, exposure of sexual organs, prostitution , stalking, or the manufacturing, sale or delivery of drugs.)

SECTION A

409.325 Public Assistance Fraud
784.048 Stalking
790.27 Possession or Sale of a Firearm with altered Serial Number
796.07 Prostitution or Lewdness
800.02 Unnatural or Lascivious Act
800.03 Exposure of Sexual Organs
806.101 False Report of a Fire
817.49 False Report of a Crime
817.235 Removal or Altering Property Identification Marks
817.563(2) Sale of Counterfeit Controlled Substance
817.565 Fraudulent Urine Drug Test
827.04(s)(3) Child Abuse
831.30 Prescription Fraud
831.31(I)(6) Manufacture of Counterfeit Controlled Substance
837.012 Perjury, not in official proceeding
812.015 Retail Theft
837.5 False Report to Law Enforcement
837.6 False Official Statements
843.2 Resisting an Officer without Violence
843.3 Obstruction by Disguised Person
843.06 Refusal to Aid Law Enforcement Officer
847.01(1)(2) Pornography Offenses
843.085 Unlawful use of Police Badge
914.22(2) Witness Tampering

Drug Use:
Applicant will be disqualified if they have been involved with drugs under any of the following conditions:

Any more than occasional past use of marijuana, and not within three years of the date of application.
Any more than experimental past use of cocaine, and not within five years of application.
The manufacture or trafficking of any illegal drug substance is unacceptable.
Any more than isolated past experience with amphetamines, barbiturates, inhalants, or designer drugs such as GHB, Rohypnol (Roofies), Ecstasy, Special K (Ketamine), etc., or abuse of any prescription drugs, and not within five years of application.
Any more than one cycle of steroids, and not within five years of application.
Any more than isolated past use of heroin, or hallucinogens such as LSD, PCP, Ice, Mescaline, Psilocybin (Mushrooms), Opium, etc., and not within five years of application.
Past sale for profit of any illicit or illegal drug. Delivery not for profit may be cause for disqualification.
Any use of illicit or illegal narcotics after having been employed by a police or corrections agency, or in a police or corrections capacity (including Military Police Officer).
Any use or abuse of any illegal or prescription drug, not specifically identified in this section, may be cause for disqualification.
The "totality" of an applicant’s lifetime drug use may be cause for disqualification.

(NOTE: All other applicant drug use will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. These are guidelines and are not limited to the drugs listed.)

False Information:
An applicant will be disqualified if they have knowingly presented false oral or written information during their consideration for employment. False information detected after employment will be grounds for dismissal.

Military Service Record:
If a Veteran, applicant must possess an Honorable Discharge or General Discharge under Honorable Conditions from any of the Armed Forces of the United States. A dishonorable discharge is not acceptable.

Background Investigation:
Applicant must complete a background investigation and produce job-relevant information about past behavior, education, performance, and other critical factors that are important in the overall selection process. Candidates are required to produce past performance evaluations and discipline records. Failure to provide the agency with requested information and to meet deadlines and appointments may result in application disqualification.

Polygraph Examination: Applicant must submit to a Polygraph Examination and satisfactorily explain any deceptions noted by the examiner.

Psychological Examination: Applicant must receive an acceptable psychological evaluation administered by a licensed Psychologist.

Medical Examination and Drug Test: Applicant must pass a medical examination and drug test as determined by the City of Palm Bay.

Character & Policing Philosophy:
Applicant must demonstrate good moral character with respect to sobriety, honesty, maturity, responsibility, loyalty, trustworthiness, reliability, discretion and associations. These characteristics must also be demonstrated during the hiring process.

Applicant must subscribe to a community policing philosophy as outlined in the Police Department’s Mission, Vision and Values Statements.

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