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RED OAK
POLICE DEPARTMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

AS IRON SHARPENS IRON, SO ONE MAN SHARPENS ANOTHER.

The Red Oak Police Department is an equal opportunity employer.

Applications may be picked up at the police department between 8 am and 4 pm (Monday through Friday), from any Iowa Workforce Development Center or downloaded from this page .
All applicants must registered with a Iowa Workforce Development Center. Interested applicants may also download the application from the link below.
Please include a resume with your application.
See the job opening announcement for additional information.


EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION


JOB OPENING ANNOUNCEMENT

Minimum standards for Iowa Law Enforcement Officers Chapter 1 of Section 550.

550-1.1(80B) - General requirements for law enforcement officers. In no case shall any person hereafter be selected or appointed as a law enforcement officer unless such person:
1.1(1) Is a citizen of the United States and a resident of Iowa or intends to become a resident upon being employed.
1.1(2) Has reached his or her eighteenth birthday at the time of his or appointment.
1.1(3) Has a valid driver's or chauffeur's license issued by the state of Iowa.
1.1(4) Is not addicted to drugs or alcohol.
1.1(5) Is of good moral character as determined by a thorough background investigation including a finger print search conducted of local, state and national fingerprint files and has not been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. Moral turpitude is defined as an act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the private and social duties which a person owes to another person, or to society in general, contrary to the accepted and customary rule of right and duty between person and person. It is conduct that is contrary to justice, honesty or good morals. The following nonexclusive list of acts have been held by the courts to involve moral turpitude: income tax evasion, perjury, or its subornation, theft, indecent exposure, sex crimes, conspiracy to commit a crime, defrauding the government and illegal drug sales. Various factors, however, may cause an offense which is generally not regarded as constituting moral turpitude to be regarded as such. For example, a record of a number of convictions for simple assault would involve moral turpitude, whereas a singular act would not.
When the hiring authority is prohibited from receiving criminal history data as specified under Chapter 692, The Code, then the fingerprints will be taken by a police department under civil service, a sheriff's department or a state law enforcement agency and submitted to the Iowa law enforcement academy director for search.
1.1(6) Has successfully passed the physical agility test developed by the Iowa law enforcement academy.
1.1(7) Is not by reason of conscience or belief opposed to the use of force, when necessary to fulfill his or her duties.
1.1(8) Is a high school graduate with a diploma, or possesses an equivalency certificate which meets the minimum score required by the state of Iowa as determined by the state department of public instruction.
1.1(9) Has an uncorrected vision of not less than 20/100 in both eyes, corrected to 20/20, and normal color vision. Normal color vision, as determined by the American Optical Company, Psuedo-Isochromatic Plates test, requires correct identification for fourteen out of the eighteen plates.
1.1(10) Has normal hearing in each ear. Hearing is considered normal when, tested by an audiometer, hearing sensitivity thresholds are with 25db measured at 1000Hz, 2000Hz and 3000Hz averaged together.
1.1(11) Is examined by a licensed physician or surgeon and meet the physical requirements necessary to fulfill the responsibilities of a law enforcement officer.
1.1(12) Reserved.
1.1(13) Has performed satisfactorily in a pre employment written examination.
550-1.2(80B) - Higher standards not prohibited. While no law enforcement officer can be selected who does not meet requisite minimum requirements, they shall not limit or restrict law enforcement agencies in establishing additional recruitment standards.
These rules are intended to implement section 80B.11, The Code.

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Through the doors of the
Red Oak Police Department,
walk the bravest men and
women in the city.