Special Agent Trainee

Type of Opportunity: Job
Date Posted: October 22, 2020
Current Opportunity: No
Website: State of California Department of Justice, Special Agent Trainee

This class is used for the recruitment and development of individuals with a four-year college degree who do not possess investigative law enforcement experience. Incumbents will receive comprehensive, on-the-job training in the application of the principles and techniques of conducting civil, criminal, or narcotic investigations and enforcement activities for the Department of Justice.

Special Agent Trainees must successfully complete all academy courses, including academic classes, physical training, physical methods of arrest, vehicle operation, and use of weapons in order to be eligible to qualify to move to the class of Special Agent, Department of Justice. Failure in the Special Agent Trainee class to qualify for movement to the class of Special Agent within the prescribed training period will be cause for termination.

Positions may exist in Alameda, Dublin, Fresno, Laguna Woods, Los Angeles, Redding, Riverside, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco.