Police Officer (Full-Time)

About the role

This position performs intermediate protective service work involving a variety of general or support duty police assignments; does related work as required.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Operates a patrol vehicle; observes for violations of laws, suspicious activities or persons, disturbances of law and order, and responds with appropriate enforcement action.
• Affords assistance in processing crime scenes, investigates, and follows up on crimes committed.
• Carries out duties as a field training officer by training, evaluating, and supervising new recruits for extended periods of time; prepares field training documentation.
• Maintains communication through the radio; dispatches officers; monitors public service and 911 as needed.
• Executes arrests, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints; subdues resisting suspects using maneuvers and other approved weapons in self-defense as necessary.
• Prepares investigative and other reports, including sketches, using appropriate grammar, symbols, and mathematical computations.
• Exercises independent judgment in determining when there is reasonable suspicion to detain, when probable cause exists to search and arrest, and when force may be used and to what degree.
• Operates a law enforcement vehicle both day and night, potentially in emergency situations involving speeds in excess of posted limits, in congested traffic, and unsafe road conditions.
• Gathers information in criminal and administrative investigation by interviewing and obtaining the statements of victims, witnesses, suspects, and confidential informers.
• Pursues fleeing suspects and performs rescue.
• Loads, unloads, aims, and fires handguns, shotguns, and other agency firearms from a variety of positions, under conditions of stress that justify the use of deadly force and at levels of proficiency prescribed in certification standards.
• Detects, collects, preserves, and stores evidence and substances that provide the basis of criminal offenses and infractions and that indicate the presence of dangerous conditions.

Minimum Requirements

• Education and Experience: High School Diploma or GED. Possess a Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) Certification.

Supplemental Information

• Knowledge, Skills And Abilities: General knowledge of police methods, practices, and procedures. General knowledge of the geography of the City and the location of important buildings. General knowledge of the rules and regulations of the Police Department. Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and to prepare clear comprehensive reports. Ability to deal courteously but firmly with the public. Ability to analyze situations and to adopt quick, effective, and reasonable courses of action with due regard to surrounding hazards and circumstances. Skill in the use of firearms and the operation of an automobile. Good physical condition.

Job Related Physical Requirements

• The employee is subject to both indoor and outdoor environmental conditions including extreme heat and cold, rain, fumes, odors, dust, gases, oils, vibration, poor ventilation, noise, and hazards including exposure to chemicals, moving mechanical parts, electrical currents, and work in narrow or confined spaces, and may be exposed to blood and other potentially infectious materials.