POLICE OFFICER
San José - Evergreen Community College District · San Jose, CA · 1 mo ago
On-siteEducation$108k–$132k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- Position Summary: includes reporting to Chief, assigned district-wide, 12 months per year, 40 hrs/week, work hours vary, represented by CSEA. This could be "About the role" maybe.
- Position Purpose: description of duties: law enforcement, security, traffic control, public info duties, safe environment, protect property, enforce codes, etc. This could be "Responsibilities".
- Duties And Responsibilities: long list of duties. Could be part of Responsibilities.
- Knowledge Of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: includes knowledge, skills, abilities. Could be "Skills" or "Qualifications". The posting also has "Required Qualifications" (education/experience, license/certificate). "Desired Qualifications". Also "District's Diversity Requirements". So we have qualifications.
- Benefits: described.
- Salary Range: pay.
- Schedule: work hours and schedule will vary as needed; 12 months per year, 40 hrs/week. So schedule info.
We need to output sections only if content present.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not repeat job title.
We must not include application instructions (the link). Remove that.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
We must preserve all substantive info.
We need to format using
for sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate.
We need to parse the posting.
Key sections:
- Position Summary: includes reporting to Chief, assigned district-wide, 12 months per year, 40 hrs/week, work hours vary, represented by CSEA. This could be "About the role" maybe.
- Position Purpose: description of duties: law enforcement, security, traffic control, public info duties, safe environment, protect property, enforce codes, etc. This could be "Responsibilities".
- Duties And Responsibilities: long list of duties. Could be part of Responsibilities.
- Knowledge Of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: includes knowledge, skills, abilities. Could be "Skills" or "Qualifications". The posting also has "Required Qualifications" (education/experience, license/certificate). "Desired Qualifications". Also "District's Diversity Requirements". So we have qualifications.
- Benefits: described.
- Salary Range: pay.
- Schedule: work hours and schedule will vary as needed; 12 months per year, 40 hrs/week. So schedule info.
We need to output sections only if content present.
We must not include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
We must not repeat job title.
We must not include application instructions (the link). Remove that.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO etc. Not present.
We must preserve all substantive info.
We need to format using for section headings, - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to decide which content goes into which section.
Potential sections:
- About the role: could include Position Summary and Position Purpose (overview). Could be prose.
- Responsibilities: list of duties (the Duties And Responsibilities list). Could be a
.
- Requirements: maybe Required Qualifications (education/experience, license/certificate). Could be a or prose.
- Qualifications: maybe Desired Qualifications and District's Diversity Requirements. Could be combined.
- Skills: maybe Knowledge Of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (knowledge, skills, abilities). Could be a .
- Benefits: benefits description.
- Pay: salary range.
- Schedule: work hours and schedule.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's extract content.
Position Summary:
"The Police Officer reports to the Chief of Police in the District Police Department, to be assigned District-wide. This position is 12 months per year position; 40 hours per week. Work hours and schedule will vary as needed. This position is represented by the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Chapter 363."
Position Purpose:
"Under the direction of Police Chief or assigned administrator, the Police Officer performs law enforcement, security, traffic control, and public information duties that provide a safe environment for students, staff, and the general public while on District property. Incumbents protect District property by carrying out pro-active programs and traditional law enforcement procedures, and enforce California Vehicle Code, State Penal Code, Education code and District regulations."
We could combine these into About the role (prose) or separate.
Duties And Responsibilities: a long list of duties. We'll make a with each duty as - . Need to preserve all details.
Let's extract each duty sentence:
- Patrol designated areas of the Community College District to preserve law and order.
- Discover and prevent the commission of crimes and enforces laws, regulations, and ordinances.
- Ensure safety of students, staff, the general public, and District facilities.
- Protect District property and facilities by making inspections on foot and in a patrol vehicle.
- Check buildings for physical safety and security.
- Inspect and monitor the security of doors, windows and gates.
- Address any unusual or suspicious activity.
- Prevent entry and report presence of unauthorized persons on grounds or in buildings.
- Investigate situations and disturbances as needed.
- Apprehend suspects; make arrests, issue citations, and contact local law enforcement agencies to transport suspects.
- Prepare investigative, crime, follow-up and incident reports relating to observed violations.
- Respond to complaints and hazardous situations.
- Conduct investigations of reported injuries and accidents.
- Respond to incidents putting students, staff, and the general public at risk or harm.
- Interview victims, complaints and witnesses.
- Interrogate suspects.
- Make arrests as necessary.
- Testify and present evidence in court.
- Participate in and may conduct a variety of criminal investigations involving crimes against persons and property, auto theft, and narcotics.
- Gather evidence and may prepare cases for prosecution.
- Provide security at District functions as required.
- Open and close buildings and rooms for meetings.
- Direct traffic and control parking and safe movement of vehicles in parking areas.
- Detect and report fire hazards.
- Extinguish small blazes and report fires to the local Fire Department using established emergency communications protocols.
- Respond to fire and burglar alarms.
- Summon police and fire department personnel as needed.
- Direct traffic at fire, special events and other emergency or congested situations.
- Contact and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in matters relating to the apprehension of offenders and the investigation of offenses.
- Assure proper functioning of equipment.
- Notify designated personnel regarding impaired equipment and malfunctions.
- Enhance day-to-day public relations by providing information and assistance to students, staff, and the public in a way that establishes and maintain rapport with the college community.
- Answer questions from students, staff and the public concerning local and State laws, procedures and activities of the department.
- Provide information and responds to questions from students, staff, and the public.
- Perform other duties related to the job classification.
We need to keep them as list items.
Knowledge Of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: This section includes bullet-like sentences but not formatted as list. We'll convert to
.
List items:
- Methods, practices, and procedures of effective law enforcement including those used in patrol, crime prevention, traffic control, investigation, and identification.
- Pertinent federal, state, local, and District laws and ordinances including applicable sections of the California Penal Code, State Education Code, Motor Vehicle Code, Health and Safety Code, business and professional code, and laws related to the area of responsibility.
- A thorough procedural understanding of criminal law and criminal procedures with particular reference to the apprehension, arrest and custody of persons committing misdemeanors and felonies, including rules of evidence pertaining to the seizure and preservation of evidence.
- Understanding of and skills at applying basic interviewing and interrogation techniques.
- Use and maintenance of firearms, vehicle operations and safe driving practices, standard broadcasting procedures using a police radio system, and crowd, vehicle and pedestrian control.
- Sufficient math skills to record distances, numbers, and times.
- Sufficient writing skill to prepare professional reports.
- Sufficient human relations skills to resolve confrontation, affect behavior of others, and convey a positive image of the organization.
Ability To Perform all of the duties of the position effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision.
Utilize all of the tools and equipment of the position in a safe and responsible manner.
Analyze situations quickly and objectively and determine and take effective action.
Use appropriate defense measures to protect self or others in adverse situations.
Meet standards of physical stature, endurance and agility established by the District.
Maintain two-way radio communication with local police authorities, District central dispatch, and administrators.
Administer first aid in emergency situations.
Communicate effectively with students, in a multi-ethnic setting and to interact both formally and informally with District staff, outside agency personnel and the general public.
We could split into Knowledge, Skills, Abilities but we can just list as skills.
Required Qualifications:
- Education and Experience: A U.S. high school diploma, GED certificate, or high school equivalency certificate, or a two-year, four-year, or advanced degree from an accredited or approved college/university (per California Government Code 1031(e)), AND Completion of at least an 884-hour California P.O.S.T. Certified Basic Law Enforcement Academy within the past three (3) years AND 2500 work hours with a P.O.S.T. accredited public safety agency which included verifiable filed of training, OR Possession of a valid Californian P.O.S.T Basic Certificate.
- Must be able to pass required background check for police department personnel.
- License And Certificate: A valid California Driver's License. Current First Aid and CPR cards within a reasonable time after employment.
We can make list items.
Desired Qualifications:
- Previous experience as a California peace officer, preferably in a campus, educational, municipal, or community-oriented policing environment.
- Experience in community-oriented and problem-oriented policing philosophy.
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with students, faculty, staff, administrators, visitors, and members of the community.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, critical thinking, and effective problem-solving skills.
- Experience with de-escalation, crisis intervention, behavioral-health response, and trauma-informed approaches.
- Experience working effectively with diverse populations and individuals from varied cultural, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds.
- Experience utilizing law-enforcement technology, including computer-aided dispatch, records-management systems, mobile data systems, digital evidence systems, body-worn cameras, and video surveillance systems.
- Demonstrated commitment to ethical conduct, professional accountability, transparency, and respectful treatment of all persons.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other district departments.
- Experience working in an environment requiring collaboration with non-law-enforcement personnel and the ability to appropriately distinguish between criminal enforcement, administrative, behavioral-health, and student-conduct matters.
District's Diversity Requirements:
- Demonstrated sensitivity, knowledge and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural, disability, and ethnic background of groups historically underrepresented, and groups who may have experienced discrimination.
- Success integrating diversity as appropriate into the major duties outlined in the job description and in the duties listed in the District's hiring policy; or demonstrated equivalent transferable skills to do so.
We could combine Desired Qualifications and District's Diversity Requirements into a "Qualifications" section, or separate "Qualifications" and "Skills". But we already have Skills section for knowledge/skills/abilities. We could have:
- About the role (prose)
- Responsibilities (list)
- Requirements (list) (required qualifications)
- Qualifications (list) (desired qualifications + diversity)
- Benefits (list? Actually benefits description is prose with details; could be for each benefit)
- Pay (prose)
- Schedule (prose)
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All have content.
Now format.
We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
We'll produce something like:
About the role
... prose ...
Responsibilities
- ...
...
Requirements
- ...
...
Qualifications
- ...
...
Benefits
- ...
...
Pay
...
Schedule
...
Now we need to write prose for About the role: combine Position Summary and Position Purpose.
Let's craft:
"The Police Officer reports to the Chief of Police in the District Police Department and is assigned district‑wide. This is a 12‑month, 40‑hour‑per‑week position; work hours and schedule vary as needed. The role is represented by the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Chapter 363. Under the direction of the Police Chief or an assigned administrator, the officer performs law enforcement, security, traffic control, and public information duties to provide a safe environment for students, staff, and the general public on district property, protects district property through proactive programs and traditional law enforcement, and enforces the California Vehicle Code, State Penal Code, Education Code,
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. We need to decide which content goes into which section. Potential sections: - About the role: could include Position Summary and Position Purpose (overview). Could be prose. - Responsibilities: list of duties (the Duties And Responsibilities list). Could be a
- .
- Requirements: maybe Required Qualifications (education/experience, license/certificate). Could be a
- . Need to preserve all details.
Let's extract each duty sentence:
- Patrol designated areas of the Community College District to preserve law and order.
- Discover and prevent the commission of crimes and enforces laws, regulations, and ordinances.
- Ensure safety of students, staff, the general public, and District facilities.
- Protect District property and facilities by making inspections on foot and in a patrol vehicle.
- Check buildings for physical safety and security.
- Inspect and monitor the security of doors, windows and gates.
- Address any unusual or suspicious activity.
- Prevent entry and report presence of unauthorized persons on grounds or in buildings.
- Investigate situations and disturbances as needed.
- Apprehend suspects; make arrests, issue citations, and contact local law enforcement agencies to transport suspects.
- Prepare investigative, crime, follow-up and incident reports relating to observed violations.
- Respond to complaints and hazardous situations.
- Conduct investigations of reported injuries and accidents.
- Respond to incidents putting students, staff, and the general public at risk or harm.
- Interview victims, complaints and witnesses.
- Interrogate suspects.
- Make arrests as necessary.
- Testify and present evidence in court.
- Participate in and may conduct a variety of criminal investigations involving crimes against persons and property, auto theft, and narcotics.
- Gather evidence and may prepare cases for prosecution.
- Provide security at District functions as required.
- Open and close buildings and rooms for meetings.
- Direct traffic and control parking and safe movement of vehicles in parking areas.
- Detect and report fire hazards.
- Extinguish small blazes and report fires to the local Fire Department using established emergency communications protocols.
- Respond to fire and burglar alarms.
- Summon police and fire department personnel as needed.
- Direct traffic at fire, special events and other emergency or congested situations.
- Contact and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in matters relating to the apprehension of offenders and the investigation of offenses.
- Assure proper functioning of equipment.
- Notify designated personnel regarding impaired equipment and malfunctions.
- Enhance day-to-day public relations by providing information and assistance to students, staff, and the public in a way that establishes and maintain rapport with the college community.
- Answer questions from students, staff and the public concerning local and State laws, procedures and activities of the department.
- Provide information and responds to questions from students, staff, and the public.
- Perform other duties related to the job classification.
We need to keep them as list items.
Knowledge Of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: This section includes bullet-like sentences but not formatted as list. We'll convert to
- .
List items:
- Methods, practices, and procedures of effective law enforcement including those used in patrol, crime prevention, traffic control, investigation, and identification.
- Pertinent federal, state, local, and District laws and ordinances including applicable sections of the California Penal Code, State Education Code, Motor Vehicle Code, Health and Safety Code, business and professional code, and laws related to the area of responsibility.
- A thorough procedural understanding of criminal law and criminal procedures with particular reference to the apprehension, arrest and custody of persons committing misdemeanors and felonies, including rules of evidence pertaining to the seizure and preservation of evidence.
- Understanding of and skills at applying basic interviewing and interrogation techniques.
- Use and maintenance of firearms, vehicle operations and safe driving practices, standard broadcasting procedures using a police radio system, and crowd, vehicle and pedestrian control.
- Sufficient math skills to record distances, numbers, and times.
- Sufficient writing skill to prepare professional reports.
- Sufficient human relations skills to resolve confrontation, affect behavior of others, and convey a positive image of the organization.
Ability To Perform all of the duties of the position effectively and efficiently with minimal supervision.
Utilize all of the tools and equipment of the position in a safe and responsible manner.
Analyze situations quickly and objectively and determine and take effective action.
Use appropriate defense measures to protect self or others in adverse situations.
Meet standards of physical stature, endurance and agility established by the District.
Maintain two-way radio communication with local police authorities, District central dispatch, and administrators.
Administer first aid in emergency situations.
Communicate effectively with students, in a multi-ethnic setting and to interact both formally and informally with District staff, outside agency personnel and the general public.
We could split into Knowledge, Skills, Abilities but we can just list as skills.
Required Qualifications:
- Education and Experience: A U.S. high school diploma, GED certificate, or high school equivalency certificate, or a two-year, four-year, or advanced degree from an accredited or approved college/university (per California Government Code 1031(e)), AND Completion of at least an 884-hour California P.O.S.T. Certified Basic Law Enforcement Academy within the past three (3) years AND 2500 work hours with a P.O.S.T. accredited public safety agency which included verifiable filed of training, OR Possession of a valid Californian P.O.S.T Basic Certificate.
- Must be able to pass required background check for police department personnel.
- License And Certificate: A valid California Driver's License. Current First Aid and CPR cards within a reasonable time after employment.
We can make list items.
Desired Qualifications:
- Previous experience as a California peace officer, preferably in a campus, educational, municipal, or community-oriented policing environment.
- Experience in community-oriented and problem-oriented policing philosophy.
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with students, faculty, staff, administrators, visitors, and members of the community.
- Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, critical thinking, and effective problem-solving skills.
- Experience with de-escalation, crisis intervention, behavioral-health response, and trauma-informed approaches.
- Experience working effectively with diverse populations and individuals from varied cultural, socioeconomic, and educational backgrounds.
- Experience utilizing law-enforcement technology, including computer-aided dispatch, records-management systems, mobile data systems, digital evidence systems, body-worn cameras, and video surveillance systems.
- Demonstrated commitment to ethical conduct, professional accountability, transparency, and respectful treatment of all persons.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other district departments.
- Experience working in an environment requiring collaboration with non-law-enforcement personnel and the ability to appropriately distinguish between criminal enforcement, administrative, behavioral-health, and student-conduct matters.
District's Diversity Requirements:
- Demonstrated sensitivity, knowledge and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, gender identity, sexual orientation, cultural, disability, and ethnic background of groups historically underrepresented, and groups who may have experienced discrimination.
- Success integrating diversity as appropriate into the major duties outlined in the job description and in the duties listed in the District's hiring policy; or demonstrated equivalent transferable skills to do so.
We could combine Desired Qualifications and District's Diversity Requirements into a "Qualifications" section, or separate "Qualifications" and "Skills". But we already have Skills section for knowledge/skills/abilities. We could have:
- About the role (prose)
- Responsibilities (list)
- Requirements (list) (required qualifications)
- Qualifications (list) (desired qualifications + diversity)
- Benefits (list? Actually benefits description is prose with details; could be
- ... ...
- ... ...
- ... ...
- ... ...
- for each benefit)
- Pay (prose)
- Schedule (prose)
We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. All have content.
Now format.
We must output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown.
We'll produce something like:
About the role
... prose ...
Responsibilities
Requirements
Qualifications
Benefits
Pay
...
Schedule
...
Now we need to write prose for About the role: combine Position Summary and Position Purpose. Let's craft: "The Police Officer reports to the Chief of Police in the District Police Department and is assigned district‑wide. This is a 12‑month, 40‑hour‑per‑week position; work hours and schedule vary as needed. The role is represented by the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Chapter 363. Under the direction of the Police Chief or an assigned administrator, the officer performs law enforcement, security, traffic control, and public information duties to provide a safe environment for students, staff, and the general public on district property, protects district property through proactive programs and traditional law enforcement, and enforces the California Vehicle Code, State Penal Code, Education Code,
- or prose.
- Qualifications: maybe Desired Qualifications and District's Diversity Requirements. Could be combined.
- Skills: maybe Knowledge Of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (knowledge, skills, abilities). Could be a
- .
- Benefits: benefits description.
- Pay: salary range.
- Schedule: work hours and schedule.
We need to ensure we don't create empty sections.
Let's extract content.
Position Summary:
"The Police Officer reports to the Chief of Police in the District Police Department, to be assigned District-wide. This position is 12 months per year position; 40 hours per week. Work hours and schedule will vary as needed. This position is represented by the California School Employees Association (CSEA), Chapter 363."
Position Purpose:
"Under the direction of Police Chief or assigned administrator, the Police Officer performs law enforcement, security, traffic control, and public information duties that provide a safe environment for students, staff, and the general public while on District property. Incumbents protect District property by carrying out pro-active programs and traditional law enforcement procedures, and enforce California Vehicle Code, State Penal Code, Education code and District regulations."
We could combine these into About the role (prose) or separate.
Duties And Responsibilities: a long list of duties. We'll make a
- with each duty as
- . Need to preserve all details.
Let's extract each duty sentence:
- Patrol designated areas of the Community College District to preserve law and order.
- Discover and prevent the commission of crimes and enforces laws, regulations, and ordinances.
- Ensure safety of students, staff, the general public, and District facilities.
- Protect District property and facilities by making inspections on foot and in a patrol vehicle.
- Check buildings for physical safety and security.
- Inspect and monitor the security of doors, windows and gates.
- Address any unusual or suspicious activity.
- Prevent entry and report presence of unauthorized persons on grounds or in buildings.
- Investigate situations and disturbances as needed.
- Apprehend suspects; make arrests, issue citations, and contact local law enforcement agencies to transport suspects.
- Prepare investigative, crime, follow-up and incident reports relating to observed violations.
- Respond to complaints and hazardous situations.
- Conduct investigations of reported injuries and accidents.
- Respond to incidents putting students, staff, and the general public at risk or harm.
- Interview victims, complaints and witnesses.
- Interrogate suspects.
- Make arrests as necessary.
- Testify and present evidence in court.
- Participate in and may conduct a variety of criminal investigations involving crimes against persons and property, auto theft, and narcotics.
- Gather evidence and may prepare cases for prosecution.
- Provide security at District functions as required.
- Open and close buildings and rooms for meetings.
- Direct traffic and control parking and safe movement of vehicles in parking areas.
- Detect and report fire hazards.
- Extinguish small blazes and report fires to the local Fire Department using established emergency communications protocols.
- Respond to fire and burglar alarms.
- Summon police and fire department personnel as needed.
- Direct traffic at fire, special events and other emergency or congested situations.
- Contact and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in matters relating to the apprehension of offenders and the investigation of offenses.
- Assure proper functioning of equipment.
- Notify designated personnel regarding impaired equipment and malfunctions.
- Enhance day-to-day public relations by providing information and assistance to students, staff, and the public in a way that establishes and maintain rapport with the college community.
- Answer questions from students, staff and the public concerning local and State laws, procedures and activities of the department.
- Provide information and responds to questions from students, staff, and the public.
- Perform other duties related to the job classification.
We need to keep them as list items.
Knowledge Of Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: This section includes bullet-like sentences but not formatted as list. We'll convert to