Police Officer, Entry Level

About the role

This is a Full-Time, Permanent, Safety-Sensitive position with the Anne Arundel County Police Department. A $10,000 signing bonus will be awarded to successful candidates.

Responsibilities

• Patrols and responds to a variety of criminal activities requiring law enforcement, such as homicides, sexual assaults, robberies, property crimes, domestic violence, vice, and narcotics crimes, and crimes by and against juveniles.
• Evaluates situations and determines the most appropriate course of action.
• Conducts overt and at times covert observation of people and places, day and night and in all types of weather, while patrolling on foot or in a vehicle, hearing and recognizing sounds and voices associated with emergencies; and taking proper measures to react and respond to audio information.
• Standing, sitting, walking, and driving for prolonged periods of time.
• Pursuing and subduing prisoners; controlling uncooperative individuals both orally and, when necessary through physical restraint; physical confrontations using the minimum force necessary to affect arrest.
• Responds to the scene of land or water accidents; performs proper and necessary rescue functions; administers first aid; directs traffic; and performs other activities, during day and night hours and in all types of weather and environments under unpredictable conditions.
• Work requires overtime, shift work, and standby when necessary.

Requirements

• Graduation from high school;
• Successful completion of recruit training and probationary period;
• A valid non-commercial Class C motor vehicle operator's license.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn and apply police/law enforcement principles, practices, methods, techniques, and equipment in daily work situations.
• Ability and willingness to perform work under adverse and at times dangerous conditions, in unpleasant environments, during daytime and nighttime hours, and for extended periods of time.
• Ability to evaluate and respond to situations in a professional manner, appropriately diffuse difficult situations, and offer proper solutions.
• Ability to operate motor vehicles and, after training, police-issued equipment.
• Ability to interpret and follow rules, orders, regulations, written and oral instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships with superiors, other employees, and the public.

Skills

• Safe operation of a motor vehicle during day and night time hours and in all types of weather while simultaneously observing people, places and things, and using a police radio to communicate.
• Responds to calls for service from citizens, meets and interviews citizens in their homes, places of business, on the street, or wherever required.
• Performs administrative duties, including preparing and presenting court testimony; maintaining case files; and preparing and completing forms, narrative reports, and correspondence.

Benefits

The position comes with a $10,000 signing bonus, which includes:

• $1,000 upon hire
• $4,000 upon successful completion of the Police Academy
• $5,000 upon successful completion of the probationary period

Pay

The starting pay for this position is TBD.

Schedule

The schedule for this position is TBD.