Police Officer - Recruit

About the role

The City of Murphy Police Department seeks to add a Police Officer to its dynamic team. The ideal candidate will provide crime prevention and law enforcement services for the City through proactive patrol, preliminary investigations, and traffic control duties.

Responsibilities

• Patrols a specific beat to promote public safety and enhance the quality of life in assigned area
• Promotes a positive image in performing community-policing duties (community meetings, problem solving resources, etc.)
• Conducts crime analysis and coordination with other shifts and divisions, such as CID
• Regularly reviews crime trends as indicated on the PD’s call tracking software, such as Crime Reports, and develops tactics and programs to respond to identified trends and hot spots
• Responds to calls for police service (disturbances, burglaries, prowlers, suspicious persons, etc.) and takes necessary action
• Secures crime scenes and arrests suspect(s) in criminal offenses of various types and levels
• Directs traffic, enforces traffic laws, both state laws and city ordinances, issues citations and warnings, verbal or written, and investigates crashes
• Completes crash reports including making appropriate diagrams of crash scenes and takes enforcement action as indicated via on-scene traffic crash investigation
• Completes patrol, offense and arrest reports
• Conducts in-field investigations of alleged criminal and non-criminal activities
• Affords assistance in conducting criminal investigations
• Guards and transports prisoners
• Tests as a witness in court (traffic and criminal offenses)
• Operates and maintains a police vehicle and duty related equipment
• Attends training activities and receives classroom and field instruction in job related subjects to enhance and improve skills and abilities and meets all mandated training requirements as specified by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE) for the maintenance of a licensed peace officer
• Stores, tags, and logs evidence and recovered property
• Reports any unsafe, hazardous, or perilous conditions to proper authority
• Adheres to the personnel, safety and departmental policies, procedures, and Administrative Orders

Requirements

• High School diploma or G.E.D required
• Must be 20 years and 180 days of age at the time of application
• If not already licensed as a Texas peace officer, must attend and pass on the first attempt, a Basic Peace Officer Course designated by the Murphy Police Department
• Valid Texas Class C Driver's License without restrictions (except "A") required by date of appointment - driving record must be in compliance with City policy
• Must be a U.S. Citizen

Qualifications

• Typical Qualifications: High School diploma or G.E.D required, must be 20 years and 180 days of age at the time of application, if not already licensed as a Texas peace officer, must attend and pass on the first attempt, a Basic Peace Officer Course designated by the Murphy Police Department, Valid Texas Class C Driver's License without restrictions (except "A") required by date of appointment - driving record must be in compliance with City policy, Must be a U.S. Citizen

Skills

• None specified

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision benefits package
• Retirement program (TMRS) with 2:1 City match
• 3 weeks of Vacation and Sick leave per year (with additional accruals after 5 years of service).
• 14 paid holidays
• City-paid Life Insurance at 1x your annual salary up to $100K
• City-paid disability insurance
• $7 Longevity pay
• Education Assistance Program
• Ongoing training and professional growth opportunities
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Childcare assistance
• A positive and collaborative work environment

Pay

• For application support, or to check the status of your application, contact Human Resources by e-mailing hr@murphytx.org.
• Examples of Duties
• Typical Qualifications
• Special Requirements

Schedule

• MUST accept on-call duty status and call-out status and work flexible hours to include all shifts including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Pay Plan

• We are hiring at Step 0 for recruits, however, the full pay plan is shown below to convey growth opportunity with the City of Murphy.
• Step 0 (Recruit)Step 1Step 2Step 3Step 4Step 5Step 6Step 7Step 8
• 72,785.44 75,332.9377,969.5880,698.5283,522.9786,446.2789,471.8992,603.4195,844.53