Patrol Officer
for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content.
We need to parse the posting: It includes:
- Job Summary (maybe "About the role"? Could map to About the role)
- Primary Duties And Responsibilities (list)
- Minimum Qualifications (list)
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (list)
- Preferred Qualifications (list)
- About The University Of Southern Mississippi (maybe not needed as it's boilerplate? It's about the university, not role. Might be considered filler? The instruction: Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The "About The University Of Southern Mississippi" is not exactly boilerplate but could be considered generic description; but it's substantive info about the university. However, we only need sections for role specifics; we could include "About the role" maybe summarizing job summary. The university description might be considered not required; but we could include as part of "About the role"? The instruction: "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." We could combine job summary and university description into About the role? But they said use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we can choose which sections to include based on content.
We have:
- About the role: Could include Job Summary (Performs law enforcement and police department duties...). Also maybe location? But location is metadata; we could put in a short
maybe not as heading. They said do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So location could be a short paragraph. - Responsibilities: Primary Duties And Responsibilities (list). We'll output
- items.
- Requirements: Minimum Qualifications (list). Could be Requirements.
- Qualifications: Preferred Qualifications (list). Could be Qualifications.
- Skills: Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (list). Could be Skills.
- Benefits, Pay, Schedule: Not provided. So we should NOT include those sections.
We also need to preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all bullet points from each list.
Let's extract details.
Job Summary: "Performs law enforcement and police department duties involving the protection of life and property through the enforcement of state laws and university rules and regulations."
Primary Duties And Responsibilities: list items:
- Responsible for performing law enforcement activities; to include but not limited to enforcing federal, state, and local laws and USM rules and regulations.
- Responds to all emergency calls involving crimes, disturbances, accidents, personal injuries, fires, and natural disasters.
- Responsible for investigating crimes and violations of USM rules and regulations, accidents, etc.
- Engages with the community in proactive police activities to prevent crimes, disorder, property loss, accidents, etc.
- Responsible for providing a wide range of community services involving traffic and crowd control, security at special events, crisis intervention, referrals, escorts, motorist assistance, public information, emergency notification, and medical assistance.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High School graduate or equivalent G.E.D.
- Valid Mississippi Driver’s License
- Mississippi Law Enforcement Certification or graduate of a Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Academy.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to use a personal computer and associated software, police radio, firearms, investigative equipment and resources, photographic and video equipment, basic office equipment.
- Ability to use spreadsheet software and use of video and other software applications.
- Basic knowledge and skill within Windows-based computer and software applications, to include Microsoft Office applications, and the ability to use email to send and receive correspondence, proficiency in use of search engines.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Associate’s degree and/or bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- Six months to one year of patrol officer experience with a law enforcement agency.
About The University Of Southern Mississippi: paragraph(s). We could include as part of About the role? But maybe we can include a separate section "About the University" but not in the list of allowed headings. The allowed headings are limited to those examples; but we could still include other headings? The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." The "e.g." suggests those are examples, not exclusive list. However they say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." So we could include About the role (job summary) and maybe About the university as part of About the role? Might be okay to include a short paragraph about the university under About the role. But we must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. The "About The University Of Southern Mississippi" is not boilerplate; it's descriptive. We could include it as a paragraph under About the role. Thus final HTML:
About the role
Performs law enforcement and police department duties involving the protection of life and property through the enforcement of state laws and university rules and regulations.
The University of Southern Mississippi, founded in 1910, serves over 13,000 students in Hattiesburg and Long Beach, with teaching and research sites across the Mississippi Gulf Coast and online. It is a community-engaged Carnegie R1 university known for research in polymer science, ocean science, spectator sports safety and security, and language interventions for children with communication disorders, among many other disciplines. The university prepares graduates for emerging technologies and workforce needs, and its student-athletes compete in 17 NCAA Division I sports.
But we need to preserve all substantive information from that paragraph. Let's extract the exact text: "Since our founding in 1910, The University of Southern Mississippi has remained dedicated to preparing students for success. We deliver programs to more than 13,000 students in Hattiesburg and Long Beach, at teaching and research sites across the Mississippi Gulf Coast, as well as online. We are a community-engaged Carnegie R1 university, earning distinction as one of the nation's leading research institutions. Southern Miss is known for pioneering work in polymer science, ocean science, spectator sports safety and security, and bringing language to children with communication disorders. We are also a national leader in a broad range of disciplines, including cybersecurity, hydrography, nutrition, aquaculture, kinesiology, and economic development, among others. We produce graduates ready to enter fields that are leading the way in emerging technologies through programs such as computer engineering, information technology, and ocean engineering. We’re developing the next generation of business leaders, while also responding to critical workforce shortages by producing skilled professionals in education and nursing. With a tradition of excellence in the arts, we are one of only 36 public institutions in the nation accredited in four major areas of the arts. Home to the Golden Eagles, our student-athletes compete in 17 NCAA Division I sports. With a culture marked by passion and persistence, Southern Miss is delivering graduates who are ready for life. For more information, visit www.usm.edu." We need to keep that exactly. However we might need to remove the "For more information, visit www.usm.edu." as it's maybe a link but still substantive. It's okay. We'll include that as a paragraph. Now Responsibilities section:Responsibilities
- Responsible for performing law enforcement activities; to include but not limited to enforcing federal, state, and local laws and USM rules and regulations.
- Responds to all emergency calls involving crimes, disturbances, accidents, personal injuries, fires, and natural disasters.
- Responsible for investigating crimes and violations of USM rules and regulations, accidents, etc.
- Engages with the community in proactive police activities to prevent crimes, disorder, property loss, accidents, etc.
- Responsible for providing a wide range of community services involving traffic and crowd control, security at special events, crisis intervention, referrals, escorts, motorist assistance, public information, emergency notification, and medical assistance.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High School graduate or equivalent G.E.D.
- Valid Mississippi Driver’s License
- Mississippi Law Enforcement Certification or graduate of a Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Academy.
Qualifications
- Associate’s degree and/or bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
- Six months to one year of patrol officer experience with a law enforcement agency.
Skills
- Ability to use a personal computer and associated software, police radio, firearms, investigative equipment and resources, photographic and video equipment, basic office equipment.
- Ability to use spreadsheet software and use of video and other software applications.
- Basic knowledge and skill within Windows-based computer and software applications, to include Microsoft Office applications, and the ability to use email to send and receive correspondence, proficiency in use of search engines.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
or drop it." Location is minor metadata; we could include a short p after the heading? But we already have About the role heading; we could include location as a paragraph under About the role before the job summary. Or we could add a separate short p before sections. Let's add a paragraph after the About the role heading? Actually About the role heading is for role summary; we could include location as a separate short p before the sections, but that would be a stray p not under a heading. That's okay; we can include a short p with location info. Location: "Hattiesburg 118 College Drive Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406-0001 United States". We'll format as a short p. Also Division University Police, Position Type Staff, Employment Status Full Time, Grant Funded No, Pay Grade N09, Posting Close Date Open Until Filled, Special Instructions to Applicants (work authorization). Those are metadata; we could fold them into a short p as well. But we need to preserve ALL substantive information; we cannot drop them. So we need to include them somewhere. The instruction says fold minor metadata into a short
or drop it. So we can combine all those metadata into a short paragraph. Thus after the location paragraph, we can have a paragraph containing: Division: University Police; Position Type: Staff; Employment Status: Full Time; Grant Funded: No; Pay Grade: N09; Posting Close Date: Open Until Filled; Special Instructions: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for visa sponsorship. The University will not sponsor applicants for work visas (e.g., H-1B). We need to preserve that exactly. Let's craft a short p: maybe multiple sentences. We'll output:
Location: Hattiesburg, 118 College Drive, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, 39406-0001, United States. Division: University Police. Position Type: Staff. Employment Status: Full Time. Grant Funded: No. Pay Grade: N09. Posting Close Date: Open Until Filled. Special Instructions: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without the need for visa sponsorship