UMMC Greenwood-UMMC PD-Police Officer-Full-Time

Job Summary

To patrol an assigned area to enforce laws and ordinances, regulate traffic, protect lives, prevent crimes and safeguard property.

Education & Experience

• High school diploma/GED
• Must be 21 years of age

Certifications, Licenses, or Registrations Required

• Valid US Driver's License
• MS Driver's license required post-hire within 30 days
• Mississippi Board of Law Enforcement Standards and Training Certificate required post-hire within 1 year
• FEMA ICS 100, 200, 700 and 800 certificates required post-hire within 90 days
• Completion of a pre-employment drug screen required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to speak, read, and write
• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents federal and state regulations, and UMMC rules
• Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote security operations for the protection of people, property, and institutions
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Interpersonal skills to effectively interact with public, patients, staff and other team members
• Ability to maintain firearm registration
• Ability to maintain physical and personal standards
• Ability to make sound judgments and to react calmly in emergency situations

Responsibilities

• Provides public safety by maintaining order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting good community relations
• Responds to incoming calls regarding criminal activity, fire, automobile accidents and other general emergency requests
• Patrols assigned area on foot, bicycle, or automobile; identifies, pursues, and arrests suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts
• Records facts to prepare reports that document incidents and activities; testifies in court to present evidence or act as a witness
• Administers emergency first-aid treatment such as CPR as necessary; provides escort services to visitors and staff as applicable
• Provides special service functions such as assisting individuals experiencing motor vehicle problems

Physical and Environmental Demands

• Requires frequent exposure to unpleasant or disagreeable physical environment such as high noise level and exposure to heat and cold
• Frequent handling or working with potentially dangerous equipment
• Occasional exposure to biohazardous conditions such as risk of radiation exposure, blood borne pathogens, fumes or airborne particles, and/or toxic or caustic chemicals which mandate attention to safety considerations
• Occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours
• Occasional travelling to offsite locations
• Occasional bending, climbing, crawling, crouching/stooping, driving, kneeling, pushing/pulling, reaching, sitting, twisting
• Frequent standing and walking
• Occasional lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds

Time Type: Full time

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