Campus Safety Officer

Salary: $72,768.00 - $92,880.00 annually

Job Type: Full-Time

Location: Fremont Campus and/or Newark Center

Department: Administrative Services

Ideal Candidate Statement

The Ohlone Community College District Campus Police Services Department is committed to creating a community that fosters equity of experience and opportunity, and ensures that students, faculty, staff, and visitors of all backgrounds feel safe, welcome, and included. The ideal candidate will uphold the highest standards of moral character, integrity, and professionalism while demonstrating the ability to work in a dynamic and ever-changing college setting. The ideal candidate will:

• Adapt to a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and mandatory overtime when applicable.
• Work in a team environment and develop positive working relationships.
• Be thoroughly committed to community policing.
• Multi-task, prioritize, and meet mandatory/regulatory deadlines.
• Pass a POST background investigation including reference checks and a state criminal history report prior to the start of employment.
• Meet all other requirements for a Safety Officer with the Ohlone Community College District Campus Police Services.

About the Role

Under the direction of an assigned police administrator, monitors and patrols District facilities, property, and offices for purposes of controlling campus security, parking, and other issues. Responds to intrusion and fire alarms, as well as other requests for assistance. Investigates and enforces District rules, regulations, and legal infractions concerning the protection of persons and property. Observes, reports, and maintains the property and security of the college.

Responsibilities

• Patrol designated areas of the community college district to preserve law and order, including performing foot, bicycle, and/or vehicular patrols to protect safety and control of the entire District.
• Respond to service calls including medical, animal control, crowd control, traffic, and vehicle service calls.
• Enforce College, County, State, and federal laws, rules, regulations, and policies.
• Effectively engage and support historically minoritized groups by addressing issues of equity and improving culturally responsive service-oriented practices.
• Investigate crimes, incidents, suspicious persons, and vehicles; interview victims, complainants, witnesses, and suspects; conduct searches, collect and preserve evidence, and conduct arrests of crime suspects.
• Create and update crime report forms and track crime statistics; maintain and submit logs relating to daily activities, alarm activations, dispatches, field contacts, restraining orders, and other information.
• Coordinate efforts with police departments to assure appropriate and timely response in emergency situations and respond to threats in conjunction with appropriate authorities.
• Provide assistance to the Chief and campus police personnel as assigned.
• Provide dispatch duties and conduct public relations activities.
• Collect and deliver legal tender, such as parking machines, State checks, and other monies.
• Operate a variety of safety and office equipment, including a T3 motion device, two-way radio, pepper spray, baton, handcuffs, video surveillance systems, digital camera, automated external defibrillator (AED), computer and assigned software, and other assigned equipment; drive a vehicle to conduct work.
• Investigate and enforce unauthorized use of facilities; respond to fire and burglar alarm activations.
• Lock and unlock buildings/doors as required; arm and disarm burglar alarms.
• Evacuate classrooms and buildings in emergency situations as necessary.
• Attend a variety of meetings, trainings, and workshop activities as required.

Requirements

Knowledge Of:

• Pertinent federal, state, local, and District laws and ordinances including applicable sections of the California Penal Code, State Education Code, Local Ordinances, Motor Vehicle Code, Health and Safety Code, Business and Professional Code, and laws related to the area of responsibility.
• Methods, practices, and procedures of effective law enforcement, including those used in patrol, crime prevention, traffic control, investigation, and identification.
• Principles of Defensive Tactics.
• General investigative and law enforcement practices.
• Crowd and traffic control techniques.
• Record-keeping techniques.
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy.
• Correct oral and written language in English.
• Emergency First Aid procedures.

Skills To:

• Train and provide work direction to others.
• Operate a motor vehicle safely and defensively and use a two-way radio.
• Evaluate security incidents and take appropriate action according to established guidelines.
• Observe, detect, and deter improper behavior and unlawful activities.
• Utilize crowd and traffic control techniques.
• Interpret the law, policies, procedures, and regulations.
• Implement first aid procedures.

Ability To:

• Assure the safety and security of students, staff, facilities, and grounds.
• Investigate crimes and incidents.
• Respond to disturbances and emergency situations calmly and rationally.
• Maintain records and prepare reports.
• Understand and work within the scope of authority.
• Use correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and vocabulary.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.

Qualifications

Any combination equivalent to:

• Graduation from high school supplemented by college-level coursework in criminal psychology or related field.
• Some Peace Officer training or military service.
• Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practices.

Other Requirements

• Valid First Aid/CPR and AED license issued by an authorized agency.
• Valid California Class C driver's license.
• Completion of a Laws of Arrest, 832 PC, or school police officer course.
• Training required per SB 390 & 72330.5 EC for school security must be completed within two years of employment.

Desirable Qualifications

• Bilingual and biliterate.
• Other related specialized training(s).
• One year of work experience in performing public or private security, military security, law enforcement, or comparable services.

Physical Characteristics

Activity performed:

• Finger Dexterity: Frequently (weekly basis)
• Standing: Several Times per Day (5+ times per day; 3 or more hours)
• Walking: Several Times per Day (5+ times per day; 3 or more hours)
• Sitting: Few Times a day (1-4 times per day; 1-2 hours)
• Hearing: Receive detailed information (Several Times per Day)
• Talking: To exchange ideas (Several Times per Day)
• Seeing: To perceive the nature of objects (Several Times per Day)

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Environmental Elements

• Constant Interruptions.
• Evening/Variable Hours; Remain on-call.
• Indoor/Outdoor Split.
• Work around electrical hazards, sharp objects/tools, and works in high heights.
• Seasonal heat and cold or adverse weather conditions.
• Potential physical hazards involved in intervening in anti-social, illegal, and violent behavior.
• Contact with dissatisfied or abusive individuals.

Pay

Initial salary placement will be $72,768 - $80,256 annually and is determined by the education, experience, and qualifications the candidate brings to the position, internal equity, and the hiring department's fiscal resources. Classified employees advance one step on the salary schedule each year and have the potential to reach the current maximum step of $92,880 annually.

About Ohlone College

Founded in 1967, Ohlone College is named in honor of the early Ohlone People who inhabited the San Francisco Bay Area. Ohlone College is committed to providing a high-quality education to serve our diverse population of over 15,000 students per year. Ohlone College is nationally recognized for our Deaf Studies and Interpreter Preparation programs and is widely known for our nursing, health sciences, liberal arts, biomedical science, and smart manufacturing programs.

As a learning community, we embrace and champion inclusivity, integrity, student expression, global citizenship, and continuous improvement. Ohlone College is one of the top-ranked community colleges in California, serving the cities of Fremont, Newark, and Union City. Our campuses in Fremont and Newark are centrally located in the East Bay between San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose. This region is known as a hub of innovation and economic activity and is home to some of the most advanced manufacturing, biomedical research, and clean energy companies in California, including Tesla, Meta, Seagate, and Lam Research.

The main campus in Fremont is located near Interstate 680 at the base of Mission Peak, just south of the historic Mission San Jose, and is the primary gateway to year-round hiking, biking, and hang gliding in the Mission Peak Regional Preserve. The Newark Center for Health Sciences and Technology is located near Interstate 880 in a hub of new residential and commercial development. The two campuses are connected by shuttle to each other and the Warm Springs BART station, which offers convenient access to public transit throughout the Bay Area.