LATERAL POLICE OFFICER (Current Certification Required)

About the role

The Bellevue Police Department seeks certified Nebraska Law Enforcement Officers or other State law enforcement officers to join our team.

Responsibilities

• Patrol assigned areas on foot, bicycle, or motor vehicle.
• Respond to crimes in progress, accidents, natural disasters, fires, citizen complaints, and other calls.
• Conduct security checks in businesses, residences, parks, and other public properties.
• Take appropriate action at emergency, accident, and crime scenes.
• Identify, gather, and secure evidence; aid victims or injured persons; identify and interview victims, witnesses, and suspects; photograph, sketch, or draw diagrams of scenes.
• Aid and cooperate with Department specialists and other law enforcement personnel and agencies.
• Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts; book arrestees/prisoners.
• Carry, maintain, and use firearms or other assigned law enforcement equipment.
• Render credible testimony in a court of law.
• Render aid as a first responder to accident victims and other persons requiring first aid for physical injuries or illness.
• Investigate criminal and non-criminal incidents, collect, preserve, and analyze evidence; prepare related investigative and other reports.
• Work with attorneys and other law enforcement personnel to prepare court cases.
• Perform any assigned divisional duties.
• Provide citizens of the City with assistance as needed.

Requirements

• Valid certificate or diploma from a state-approved academy in the state you are or were most currently employed.
• Minimum of two (2) years of full-time employment as a certified law enforcement officer with independent arrest powers.
• No more than four (4) years of unemployment or inactive law enforcement status immediately prior to application.

Qualifications

• Twenty-one years of age.
• Citizen of the United States.
• Standard high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma (GED).
• Valid motor vehicle operator's license and maintain throughout employment.
• Ability to read, write, and understand the English language at the eleventh grade level, as demonstrated by the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE).
• Good character, as determined by a thorough background investigation.
• Certification as a Nebraska law enforcement Officer or other State law enforcement officer.

Skills

• Modern methods and practices of Police patrol, criminal investigation, and identification.
• Pertinent Federal and State Laws and City Ordinances.
• Policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the Police Department.
• Geographical boundaries and streets of the City of Bellevue.
• Interviewing or interrogating victims, witnesses, suspects, and others.
• Mediating situations, using active listening, needs assessment, negotiation, and consensus-building.
• Interpersonal insight, recognizing and respecting the needs of others, and responding positively to diversity issues.
• Effective communication, expressing and presenting information orally and in writing.
• Operating a motor vehicle safely and effectively.
• Operating Police equipment, such as radio, Police radar, preliminary breath test analyzers, handcuffs, batons, etc.
• Physical demands, including strength, cardiovascular endurance, and agility.

Benefits

Details about benefits are not specified in the job posting.

Pay

Starting salary range: $36.37 - $44.54 hourly ($75,649.60 - $92,643.20 yearly)

Schedule

Details about the schedule are not specified in the job posting.