Police Officer

Duties

Enforces all city and state codes, ordinances, laws and regulations, in order to protect life and property and to prevent crime and promote security.

Maintains visibility by patrolling assigned area, city streets, parks, neighborhoods, and businesses to ensure security; makes observations for prowlers, vagrants, suspicious persons, and violators.

Performs surveillance of various locations and of criminal suspects; collects and reviews data; develops trends and/or patterns pertaining to locations/suspects; files intelligence reports.

Investigates reported crimes; interviews and obtains statements from victims, witnesses, suspects, and confidential informants; processes crime scenes; maintains crime scenes; gathers, prepares, protects, and submits evidence to crime lab.

Obtains warrants; performs various search operations; locates missing persons.

Determines probable cause to search and/or reasonable suspicion to detain suspects; pursues fleeing and subdues resisting suspects; makes arrests when and where necessary; processes and transports prisoners.

Responds to emergency calls and calls for assistance; mediates disputes and advises suspects of rights.

Assists fellow officers as requested/necessary on domestic and theft calls, executing warrants, serving subpoenas, and making traffic stops.

Responds to accident calls; gathers information at the accident scene; investigates and reconstructs serious injury or fatal accidents; interviews victims and witnesses; investigates hit and run accidents; notifies relatives of victims as necessary.

Performs functions at accidents, emergencies, and disasters to include directing traffic, administering emergency medical aid, and managing dangerous situations; directs traffic; interacts with emergency medical technician (EMT) teams.

Establishes road blocks; administers field sobriety tests; identifies wanted persons/vehicles; impounds vehicles; assists stranded motorists; ensures roadways are clear of obstacles and hazards.

Stops vehicles for traffic violations; issues traffic citations and warnings.

• May perform special operations/detail activities such as special response team (SRT), drug task force, DUI task force, negotiations, juvenile, homicide, gang unit, narcotics, environmental protection, training, teaching, and/or other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Contacts command/supervisory personnel for emergency response and critical incident communications.

Maintains cleanliness of vehicle; requests service and/or repairs as needed; maintains weapons and equipment in functional and presentable condition; performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; no previous experience required; Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Certification as a law enforcement officer and some experience preferred.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Georgia driver's license.
• Must be at least 20 years of age.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or resident status.
• Must pass and maintain current (POST) certification requirements as a law enforcement officer.
• Must be qualified to operate a firearm.
• No felony or domestic violence convictions, or misdemeanor conviction involving moral turpitude.
• Must pass a drug and psychological screening and background investigation.

Core Competencies & ADA Compliance

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others in a supervisory capacity.
• Equipment, Machinery, Tools, and Materials Utilization: Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments.
• Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
• Mental Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. May include counting, recording of counts, and basic measuring.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in critical and/or unexpected situations involving moderate risk to the organization.
• Physical Ability: Tasks require the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that may involve the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-50 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, smoke, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazards, toxic agents, chemicals, explosives, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances, or dangerous individuals.

Additional Functions

Maintains current field and code manuals, policies and procedures, employee handbooks, various maps, and related material for reference and/or review.

Attends shift meetings, seminars, and training sessions as required to maintain knowledge of departmental and city operations, to promote improved job performance, and to maintain knowledge of changing policies, procedures, codes, and laws.

Composes and prepares a variety of forms, logs, requests, records, reports, correspondence, and various other documents associated with daily responsibilities of this position; maintains administrative records and files.

Cooperates with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and their officers or representatives when activities are related to investigations within city jurisdiction.

Employer Paid

• Vacation Pay
• Sick Pay
• Holiday Pay
• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Defined Benefit Retirement Plan

Optional

• Short Term Disability Insurance
• Long Term Disability Insurance
• 457(b) Plan
• Discounted YMCA Membership

Required Question

01 Do you possess a valid Driver's License? YesNo

02 Which best describes your highest level of education completed? Some High SchoolHigh School Diploma/GEDTechnical Certificate and/or DiplomaAssociate's DegreeBachelor's DegreeMaster's DegreeDoctorate Degree

03 Are you a United States citizen or Naturalization citizen? YesNo

04 Do you have a high school diploma or equivalent (GED)? YesNo

05 Are you at least twenty (20) years of age? YesNo