Police Officer Lateral Transfer

About the role

JOINT AMERICA'S GLOBAL VILLAGE
Our Awesome Benefits Include:
- Paid Personal, Vacation, Holidays, and Sick days
- Life Insurance Policy paid by the Village
- Police Pension
- Medical Insurance with only an 11% employee contribution
- Free single Dental Insurance
- Up to $900 in Language Proficiency Pay
- Annual Employee Awards and Appreciation Event
- Annual Employee Picnic
- Annual Holiday Party
- Wellness Events
- Free Gym Membership
- Free Ride – first month of public transportation is free
- Public Student Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)

Responsibilities

• Receives briefing at shift commencement regarding general and special orders and information passed through the chain-of-command, as well as pertinent data regarding previous shift's activities.
• Receives beat assignments and inspects assigned vehicle and weaponry for operability.
• Responds to radio dispatched call for action and/or assistance and takes appropriate action, assists allied law enforcement and local Fire Department in emergency situations.
• Renders first aid during emergency situations.
• Provides assistance to citizens whenever necessary.
• Performs or assists in thorough preliminary investigations into reported and/or observed criminal activity to include all felony, misdemeanor, local ordinances violations, and petty crimes.
• Notifies supervisor when circumstances require backup or investigative staff.
• Provides backup response as requested.
• Investigates calls of a non-criminal nature to include civil disturbances, family disputes, reports of missing persons and other annoyances.
• Affords assessments to individual cases to determine appropriate action.
• Serves as Juvenile Officer, investigates crimes by and against minors.
• Explores home situations and provides or recommends counseling services to parents, guardians, and children; maintains liaison with State Attorney's office, the court system and other related service agencies for cases requiring further action.
• Follows up on truancy cases and problem minors.
• Apprehends, arrests, and transports suspects to police holding facility for booking and temporary incarceration.
• Performs booking of suspects according to established procedures and releases authorized personnel.
• Transports offenders to and from County Jail facilities as necessary.
• Patrols assigned areas by vehicle or on foot, serving as a visible deterrent to crime and remaining alert to special problems in regard to crime prevention and possible criminal activity.
• Checks business establishments, dwellings and other buildings for signs of illegal entry.
• Provides information and assistance to general public and investigates suspicious activity or situations.
• Enforces Village traffic ordinances, regulates traffic, serves as a visible deterrent, promotes traffic safety, performs speed control activities, issues citations to violators of the Illinois Motors Vehicle Code and the Municipal Code for the Village of Hanover Park.
• Ars arrests or warns persons guilty of violating motor vehicle regulations and safe driving practices.
• Makes monitors passing traffic to detect stolen vehicles and arrests drivers where ownership is not apparent.
• Prepares, maintains, and forwards all requisite reports and records of activities.
• Reviews all reports and sources of information that aid in the proper disposition of assigned cases.
• Prepares cases for court presentation and provides relevant testimony in court.
• Performs community relations duties as assigned, speaks to school and community group and individuals on a variety of police-related topics for the promotion of crime prevention.
• Provides road information and assistance to motorists.
• Fulfills all safety regulations, policies and procedures.
• Reports all unsafe conditions and acts to supervisor.
• Reports all accidents to the supervisor immediately whenever possible, but no later than end of the employee's work shift.
• Fulfills all recognized safe work practices.
• Performs other duties as requested or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Qualifications

• Must currently serve as a full-time sworn law enforcement officer in good standing for a municipality or public law enforcement agency in a comparable position.
• Must have a minimum two years of full-time experience.
• Must have successfully completed the Illinois Basic Law Enforcement Academy and possess certification from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board or be qualified to take the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board "Out of State Reciprocity" requirements, to include: Mandatory Firearms Training Law for Illinois Police Equivalency Exam.
• Must be at least 21 years of age and not reached age 35 years by the date of the exam (see Illinois Public Act 097-0251, Section 10-1-7, D & I for exceptions).
• Must possess an associate's degree or 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours of college credit from an accredited degree granting college or university as listed in the current edition of Accredited Institutions of Post-secondary Education published by the American Council on Education (courses from a trade school and/or technical school are not applicable toward the required college credit) OR 24 months of honorable active duty in the United States Armed Forces and have not been discharged dishonorably or under circumstances other than honorable or have served for 180 days of active duty in the United States Armed Forces in combat duty recognized by the Department of Defense and have not been discharged dishonorably or under circumstances other than honorable, OR the equivalent of both.
• Must have no felony convictions and be of good moral character.

Skills

None specified in the job posting.

Benefits

The Village Of Hanover Park offers a comprehensive benefit package including vacation, holiday, and sick time as well as medical, dental and life insurance. Click here for a detailed overview of our Police Officer benefit package.

Pay

Effective 05/01/2026, the Hiring Salary Range is $92,600.22 to $121,454.73 annually.

Schedule

Details not specified in the job posting.