Law Enforcement Officer

for prose. We need to remove boilerplate: cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. Also remove "Additional Information for Applicants" maybe considered boilerplate? It contains substantive requirements: age, citizenship, diploma, no felony, drug use, physical test, background check, work authorization, visa sponsorship not eligible, former employees reappointment. That's substantive. Keep. We also have "Special Requirements" which repeats "Must currently possess a valid law enforcement certificate from the State of Florida." That's duplicate of qualification. We'll keep but avoid duplication. We need to avoid repeating same content multiple times. We'll synthesize. Let's extract core info: Organizational Summary: description of USF St. Petersburg Police Department: full-service law enforcement agency, safe environment, partnership, command staff, etc. We'll keep as prose. Position Summary: duties: preventive patrol, enforce laws, investigate accidents/disturbances, make arrests, prepare documentation, testify, interact with diverse groups, meet highest standards, meet/exceed educational, training, background, physical requirements, pass interviews, oral boards, psychological testing, many officers have experience/specialized training from other agencies. Special Requirements: Must currently possess a valid law enforcement certificate from Florida. Qualifications Minimum: Must possess current Florida Law Enforcement Certification through FCJSTC. Must meet Chapter 943.13 FS. Must be at least 19, HS diploma or equivalent, graduated from accredited law enforcement academy or currently accepted to commissioned FL Basic Recruit Training Program (attendance within 4 months of applying). Graduates from out-of-state academies require EOT. Preferred: one year prior law enforcement, military, or security experience. Appropriate college coursework may substitute. Prior LE experience at Institution of Higher Education. Special Skills/Training: Must currently possess a valid law enforcement certificate from Florida. Knowledge and ability to understand and accurately apply laws, rules, regulations and policies. Employees must maintain mandatory job-related certifications: firearms qualification, first aid, CPR, FL driver’s license. Additional Information for Applicants: Applicants must be 19 years and US citizen; HS diploma or equivalent; no felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude; no illegal drugs in last 3 years; pass physical ability test; pass post-offer physical and psychological exam; subject to rigorous background investigation (driving record, credit history, FBI fingerprint, truth verification); selected candidate must have current work authorization in US; not eligible for Visa Sponsorship. Former USF PD employees: break in service and reappointment subject to all disqualifiers; any former employee reappointed after break placed at current entry-level salary and step plan. About Us/Working at USF: description of USF: approx 16,000 employees, largest employer in Tampa Bay, dedicated to cultivating talented workforce, employees excel, etc. 2025 Forbes recognized USF as one of Florida’s best large employers, ranked No.1 among state’s 12 public universities. First-class benefits package includes medical, dental, life insurance, retirement plan options, employee and dependent tuition programs, generous leave, hundreds of employee perks and discounts. About USF (again): top-ranked research university serving approx 50,000 students, campuses Tampa, St. Petersburg, Sarasota-Manatee, USF Health. Recognized by US News as top 50 public university and best value in Florida. USF Health Morsani College of Medicine ranked No.1 medical school in Florida and highest tier nationwide. Member of AAU (top 3%). All-time high $738M research funding 2024, top 20 public university for producing US patents. Annual economic impact >$6B. Division I athletics in American Athletic Conference. Compliance and Federal Notices: position may be subject to Level 1 or Level 2 criminal background check. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws: USF is equal opportunity employer, does not discriminate, maintains programs for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities per federal/state laws. FMLA: applicants entitled to request reasonable accommodation; request at least five working days prior; visit Central Human Resources ADA Accommodations webpage. We need to remove boilerplate like EEO statements? The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we should remove the equal opportunity employer statements and compliance notices? However they might be considered legal boilerplate. The instruction says remove legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. So we should omit the Compliance and Federal Notices section entirely. Also remove duplicated lines. We also need to remove application instructions (like "Visit the Central Human Resources ADA Accommodations webpage"). Thus final sections: Organizational Summary, Position Summary, Responsibilities, Qualifications (maybe combine Minimum and Preferred), Special Requirements (maybe merge with Qualifications), Additional Information for Applicants, About Us (Working at USF), About USF (University description). Could combine About Us and About USF into one "About the University" section. We must not create Pay/Benefits/Schedule sections unless posting actually states them. Benefits are mentioned in Working at USF: first-class benefits package includes medical, dental, life insurance, retirement plan options, employee and dependent tuition programs, generous leave, hundreds of employee perks and discounts. That's substantive benefits info. So we should include a Benefits section. The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." We can include Benefits as a subsection under About Us or separate. Since benefits are substantive, we can create a Benefits section with

Benefits

• . Similarly, we might have Schedule? Not mentioned. Pay? Not mentioned. So we omit Pay and Schedule. We need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present. Now craft HTML. We'll start with

  Organizational Summary

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  Position Summary

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  Responsibilities

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    Qualifications

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    • for Minimum and Preferred and Special Skills/Training. Then

      Additional Information for Applicants

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      About the University

      ... combine Working at USF and About USF description.

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      Benefits

      • ... from Working at USF benefits.
        Actually benefits list. We must not repeat info. Ensure we don't duplicate the certificate requirement. Let's extract specifics. Organizational Summary text: "The University of South Florida St. Petersburg Police Department is a full-service law enforcement agency dedicated to providing a safe environment for and in partnership with the community, while remaining committed to assisting with personal and professional development of department members, and to the principle of being community minded and service driven.The department is led by a command staff comprised of sworn and non-sworn members of the rank of captain and higher, a communications/ records manager, all of whom report to the chief of police through an established chain-of-command.We are professional state law enforcement officers, drawing authority from State Statute 1012.97. We are here to serve the campus community as well as to protect it. All officers are certified by the state of Florida after completing training from the State Regional Police Training Academy." We'll keep as paragraph. Position Summary: "Law Enforcement officers provide preventive patrol of the campus and nearby areas enforcing laws, ordinances, and University rules; regularly investigate accidents/disturbances, make arrests, prepare necessary documentation, and testify in court; and interact with diverse groups of people within the community to render service and collect information. As a requirement for employment at the Police Department (PD) on the USF St. Petersburg campus, officers must meet the highest standards of their profession.Officers must meet or exceed stringent educational, training, background, and physical requirements, as well as pass a process of personal interviews, oral boards, and psychological testing. Many of our officers have also brought to USF St. Petersburg a variety of experience and specialized training from other law enforcement agencies." We'll keep. Responsibilities list: Let's extract each sentence as bullet. - Patrols assigned area(s) to ensure the personal safety of the university populace and to provide protection and security to facilities. - Directs traffic. - Investigates accidents, complaints, disturbances, and law violations by interviewing complainants, suspects, and witnesses; secures incident area; and collects and preserves evidence. - Pursues, apprehends, and arrests law violators and suspected law violators. - Issues traffic warnings and citations. - Controls crowds during special events, catastrophes, riots, and demonstrations. - Conducts investigations into complaints and violations of Federal, State and Local Laws, and University policies. - Interviews witnesses and victims, interrogates suspects, apprehends, arrests and processes criminal violators, searches for, locates, and preserves evidence; appears as affiant in legal and/or administrative processes. - Identifies and analyzes problems and develops responses and solutions to resolve such problems. - Expresses ideas and communicates information to citizens and colleagues. - Takes formal statements and confessions. - Demonstrates proper officer safety techniques. - Successfully works with others. - Uses equipment appropriately. - Operates weapons and equipment properly. - Responsible for actively participating in all phases of Community Oriented Policing, including individual or team projects. - Follows departmental policy, mission, values, and goals. - Monitors problem traffic areas and initiates corrective action. - Maximizes crime deterrence through conspicuous aggressive and focused patrol of grounds and facilities. - Patrol will be conducted on foot, in a mobile capacity, or through the use of special purpose vehicles as assigned. - Composes reports, using appropriate forms, when documenting crimes, incidents, and activity. - Operates weapons properly and qualifies at the range. - Properly uses less than lethal weapons. - Utilizes the radio and (MCT) Mobile Computer Terminal in a clear, concise, and professional manner. - Reduce theft or damage of state and university property by providing continuing security and safety analysis of facilities and making written recommendations for improvement. - Report observations with regard to environmental health, safety, security, and fire code hazards and/or violations. - Achieves agency and university goals. - Maintain police community relations by focusing on information and education, which culminates in community action and crime reduction. - Organized in daily work activity. - Accepts additional responsibility and meets set deadlines. - Properly uses policy and procedure manuals. - Attends training and duty activities. - Uses available agencies, departments, and support groups to assist citizens. - Interacts in a service-oriented manner with courtesy and integrity. - Respectful of others. - Develops contact with others that instills confidence in the police department. - Provides non-law enforcement public service as authorized by law and consistent with good police practices. - Testifies in a concise and accurate manner. - Files cases in the proper manner. - Conveys verbal information / instructions / directives / commands. - Demonstrates appropriate officer safety techniques. - Aware of, alert, and remains calm in stressful situations. - Takes appropriate action to protect officer, co-workers, and others from