Law Enforcement Officer I
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. So we need to extract list items.
Additional Considerations: Proven academic excellence and subject matter knowledge, which may be evidenced by training and/or experience preferred.Current or former DCJS General and/or Specialty Instructor Certification preferred.Previous experience as a campus law enforcement officer preferred.
We need to decide sections.
We have:
- About the role: could be the Job Description paragraph(s). Could be a short prose.
- Responsibilities: maybe from job description: "Responsive to the safety and security needs... protect life and property... enforce laws... protect and serve... accomplished through excellence in preventative, investigative, and enforcement services..." Could be considered responsibilities.
- Requirements: maybe the Minimum Qualifications list.
- Qualifications: maybe Additional Considerations? Or could combine.
- Skills: maybe not explicit.
- Benefits: The posting mentions educational benefits through professional development and educational assistance policies. Also note not eligible for health or leave benefits. So we have some benefits: educational benefits.
- Pay: The hourly pay range $20.41-$27.55.
- Schedule: Part-time, cannot exceed 29 hours per week.
We must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual content.
Thus sections:
About the role
... (job description)
Responsibilities
... maybe same as about? Could split but we need to avoid duplication. Perhaps we can put responsibilities as bullet list of duties: protect life and property, enforce laws, protect and serve campus community, provide preventative, investigative, enforcement services based on community policing model. We'll extract from description.
Requirements
- ... each minimum qualification as list item.
Qualifications
- ... additional considerations
Benefits
Position may offer educational benefits through professional development and educational assistance policies.
Pay
The hourly pay range for this position is $20.41‑$27.55.
Schedule
Part‑time position, limited to a maximum of 29 hours per week.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Also not include Job ID etc. We must remove boilerplate like EEO, ADA, sponsorship, equal opportunity, etc. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all minimum qualifications statements exactly as given (maybe split into separate list items). Let's extract them. Minimum Qualifications text: "Applicants must be Virginia DCJS certified law enforcement officers or previously Virginia DCJS certified officers who are eligible for recertification within 120 days, in accordance with Virginia DCJS reinstatement requirements. Former Virginia‑certified officers who have been out of law enforcement employment less than 24 months may be reinstated by completing 40 hours of law enforcement in‑service training within 120 days of hire.Must maintain law enforcement officer certification to include completing the minimum in-service education requirements established by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS).Must be able to function mentally and physically under stress and in emergency situations.Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.Must possess considerable knowledge of law enforcement, as well as security and safety concepts, principles, procedures, and techniques.Must possess considerable knowledge of customer service practices and principles.Must demonstrate the ability to safely and appropriately handle agency-issued weapons and qualify annually in the use of agency-issued firearms in accordance with the minimum standards established by DCJS.Must demonstrate the ability to operate a department motor vehicle safely.Must demonstrate the ability to give clear oral and written instructions to elicit compliance with law, policies, and regulations in both routine and emergency situations.Must be able to gather information and write factual reports.Must be able to testify truthfully and factually in legal hearings and court.Must never have been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude.Must be willing to travel between multiple Laurel Ridge Community College locations and work various shifts.Per VA Code15.2-1705 – must have a high school education or equivalent.Must be at least 21 years of age upon graduation from a basic law enforcement academy.Must possess a valid driver’s license recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, and possess current CPR/AED/First Aid Certification or complete the training when assigned by the department.Must successfully complete a background check and drug screen test" We need to split into list items. Each sentence ends with a period. Some sentences have no space after period before next capital? Eg "...hire.Must maintain". We'll treat as separate items. Let's list them: 1. Applicants must be Virginia DCJS certified law enforcement officers or previously Virginia DCJS certified officers who are eligible for recertification within 120 days, in accordance with Virginia DCJS reinstatement requirements. 2. Former Virginia‑certified officers who have been out of law enforcement employment less than 24 months may be reinstated by completing 40 hours of law enforcement in‑service training within 120 days of hire. 3. Must maintain law enforcement officer certification to include completing the minimum in-service education requirements established by the Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). 4. Must be able to function mentally and physically under stress and in emergency situations. 5. Must be able to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing. 6. Must possess considerable knowledge of law enforcement, as well as security and safety concepts, principles, procedures, and techniques. 7. Must possess considerable knowledge of customer service practices and principles. 8. Must demonstrate the ability to safely and appropriately handle agency-issued weapons and qualify annually in the use of agency-issued firearms in accordance with the minimum standards established by DCJS. 9. Must demonstrate the ability to operate a department motor vehicle safely. 10. Must demonstrate the ability to give clear oral and written instructions to elicit compliance with law, policies, and regulations in both routine and emergency situations. 11. Must be able to gather information and write factual reports. 12. Must be able to testify truthfully and factually in legal hearings and court. 13. Must never have been convicted of a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. 14. Must be willing to travel between multiple Laurel Ridge Community College locations and work various shifts. 15. Per VA Code15.2-1705 – must have a high school education or equivalent. 16. Must be at least 21 years of age upon graduation from a basic law enforcement academy. 17. Must possess a valid driver’s license recognized by the Commonwealth of Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles, and possess current CPR/AED/First Aid Certification or complete the training when assigned by the department. 18. Must successfully complete a background check and drug screen test. Now Additional Considerations: "Proven academic excellence and subject matter knowledge, which may be evidenced by training and/or experience preferred.Current or former DCJS General and/or Specialty Instructor Certification preferred.Previous experience as a campus law enforcement officer preferred." Split: - Proven academic excellence and subject matter knowledge, which may be evidenced by training and/or experience preferred. - Current or former DCJS General and/or Specialty Instructor Certification preferred. - Previous experience as a campus law enforcement officer preferred. Now Job Description paragraph(s): "Responsive to the safety and security needs of a diverse population of faculty, staff, and students at a multi-campus college. To protect life and property and enforce laws of the Commonwealth, as well as the rules and regulations of the college within the appropriate jurisdictional confines. To protect and serve the campus community, ensuring that the Laurel Ridge Community College is a safe and desirable place to learn, work, and visit. Accomplished through excellence in preventative, investigative, and enforcement services based on the community-policing model that develops and values community partnerships." We can turn into a paragraph. Responsibilities could be bullet list derived from that: protect life and property, enforce laws, protect and serve campus community, provide preventative, investigative, enforcement services based on community policing model. But we could also just put the same paragraph under About the role and not duplicate. However instructions: Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could combine About the role and Responsibilities into one section? But they ask to use headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, etc. We need to include a section only when posting has real specific content for it. We have content for About the role (job description). We also have content for Responsibilities (the duties). Could we treat the job description as About the role and then Responsibilities as a bullet list of duties derived from same? Might be okay but risk duplication. However we can keep About the role as a brief summary, and Responsibilities as bullet list of specific duties. Let's craft About the role: "The Law Enforcement Officer I position is responsible for ensuring the safety and security of the Laurel Ridge Community College campus community, protecting life and property, enforcing Commonwealth laws and college regulations, and providing preventative, investigative, and enforcement services through a community‑policing model." That's a summary, not invented? It's derived but we must not invent or summarize away detail. Summarizing may be considered summarizing away detail? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." So we should not summarize; we should keep the original detail. So better to put the exact job description paragraph(s) under About the role (or Responsibilities). Since they are substantive, we can put them under About the role as acontaining the sentences. Then Responsibilities could be a bullet list of specific duties extracted from that paragraph, but that would be summarizing/detail extraction, which might be considered summarizing away detail? It's extracting details, not inventing, but we are rephrasing. Might be okay but risk. Safer to have only About the role section with the job description paragraph, and then maybe Responsibilities omitted. But we need to decide which sections to include. We have Pay, Schedule, Benefits, Requirements (minimum qualifications), Qualifications (additional considerations). That's enough sections. Thus sections: About the role, Requirements, Qualifications, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We should not include Responsibilities if we don't have distinct content beyond the job description. But we could treat the job description as About the role and also as