School Police Officer

About the role

To provide law enforcement to district schools and protect students, employees and property in order to create a safe and secure learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides diligent patrol to district schools and property in order to deter crimes against students, staff or property.
• Enforces Pennsylvania Crime Codes by making arrests or issuing citations for violations on school property.
• Responds to emergencies at district buildings or on school busses.
• Acts as liaison between the district, local communities and local law enforcement agencies.
• Enforces school district residency attendance, rules and policies.
• Conducts investigations of residency and truancy cases.
• Prepares related truancy citations, as required.
• Conducts investigations of crimes and cases of employee misconduct, ensuring that evidence is collected and preserved.
• Provides supervision of students' behavior, including arrival and dismissal.
• Contributes information, as necessary, to disciplinary referrals, reports and logs.
• Monitors traffic and parking on and around district property.
• Performs in accordance with school policy, administrative regulations, state and federal laws.
• Provides for the safety and security of students, staff, visitors and property in accordance with policies.
• Reports concerns and incidents, which may require corrective action to the Principal.
• Assists school administrators with investigations as assigned.
• Separates students involved in altercations and maintains crowd control as needed in accordance with established guidelines regarding the use of force.
• Performs related duties as required.

Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be inclusive of every task or responsibility.

Qualifications

• High school education.
• Act 120 or Act 2 Basic SRO authorized by PDE.
• 2‑3 years of police or security experience.