Public Safety Officer I - Part-Time/On-Call

A Typical Workday May Include

• Work performed involves an element of personal danger.
• Assigned to the law enforcement division, with cross training in the fire division as needed.
• Develops and exhibits knowledge of modern principles, practices, and procedures of police and fire suppression work.
• Knowledge of Patrol areas of the city in a vehicle or on foot to preserve law and order, to prevent and discover the commission of crime, and to enforce motor vehicle and parking regulations and correct traffic hazards.
• Answers, calls, and complaints received by radio, telephone, or in person involving emergencies, disorder, crime, and fire.
• Entails developing and presenting educational programs to students in the school system.
• Interviews persons with complaints or inquiries, take statements and tends to proper disposition of the information or direct them to the proper authorities.
• Conducts preliminary investigations, gather evidence and locate witnesses.
• Makes arrests and/or takes prisoners to jail.
• Visits crime scenes, searches for and preserves evidence, investigates clues, and searches for and apprehends violators.
• Ensures that prisoners are charged, processed, and confined.
• Composes written reports.
• Appears in court to present evidence and/or testify as required.
• Conducts specialized investigations.
• May administer basic first aid.
• Attends in-service training and practices use of firearms.