Job Title:
Village Public Safety Officer
Supervisor: VPSO Coordinator
Classification:
Classified
FT/PT Status:
Full Time
FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt
Benefits:
Medical, Dental, PERS, and Life Insurance
DESCRIPTION: VPSOs carry out public safety/first responder duties in the rural communities within the Northwest Arctic Borough. VPSOs perform the following first responder functions: enforce laws, conduct investigations, provide emergency medical response, provide fire protection services, organize and conduct search and rescue operations, monitor public safety, provide emergency response and address community preparedness, provide public safety education and community policing. VPSO duties will vary from village to village.
Service coordination is provided with the cooperation of the local city or tribal governments.
DUTIES:
Essential Functions:
This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by VPSOs.
Representative Duties:
Under the general supervision of the VPSO Coordinator, VPSOs will perform the following public safety services:
guard and transport prisoners, and respond to crimes in progress. The use of force may be required including the need for deadly force.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be a citizen of the United States or a resident alien who has demonstrated intent to become a citizen of the United States.
- Must be twenty-one years of age or older.
- Must have a good moral character.
- High School Diploma, or its equivalent, or General educational development (GED).
- Within six months of hire or prior to academy, whichever comes first, be certified by a physician licensed in Alaska on a medical record form supplied by the Department, to:
- Be free from any physical or hearing condition which would adversely affect performance of an essential function of a VPSO;
- Have normal color discrimination, normal binocular coordination, normal peripheral vision and corrected visual acuity of 20/30 or better in each eye;
- Be free from mental or emotional condition that would adversely affect the performance of an essential function of a village public safety officer.
- Has not been convicted, by a civilian court of this state, the United States, or another state or territory, or by a military court, of one or more of the following offenses, or of an offense with substantially similar elements to such an offense under Alaska law:
- a felony;
- any misdemeanor within five (5) years of the date of hire;
- a misdemeanor within 10 years of the date of hire, if the misdemeanor involved:
- an assault against a family member, former family member, member of…
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