Elementary School Security Officer

Duties And Responsibilities

• Patrols assigned buildings and grounds and monitors security cameras.
• Maintains a high level of visibility as students arrive and depart from school and as they change classes.
• Enforces School Board and school policies and procedures.
• Confronts unauthorized persons for questioning, routes or detains them, or calls police for assistance.
• Assists principal and staff in stopping altercations, arguments or other forms of disruptive or illegal behavior.
• Maintains alertness to illegal substances or weapons being carried or stored on school property.
• Participates in random security checks.
• Conducts metal detector searches for contraband and illegal substances.
• Prepares required written reports of incidents and disciplinary referrals.
• Offers testimony in court or before the School Board.
• Collaborates with and assists public safety personnel.
• Participates in fire drills and other emergency building evacuations.
• May be responsible for activating/deactivating smoke/fire/intrusion alarms and securing the building.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Job Requirements

• Requires a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Some related security experience in a public school setting preferred.
• Sufficient strength to restrain/detain aggressive students, intruders, and trespassers who may physically resist.
• Ability to immediately respond to an emergency in any part of the location assigned or any other Hampton City Schools location as needed.