Certified Patrol Officer

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Certified Patrol Officer

• Job
  -11
• Category:
  Public Safety
• Status:
  Open
• Salary:
  Beginning rate - $46,905.30 - $56,508.66 annually
• Posted:
  October 22, 2025 8:00 AM
• Closing:
  Open Until Filled

The Patrolman is an advanced level position responsible for performing law enforcement work to protect life and property, prevent the commission of crimes, and preserve peace by functioning as a certified peace officer in the department. Enforce traffic laws and attempts to deter crimes.

• Maintains law and order and protects lives and property.
• Patrols assigned zone, makes security checks, responds to calls, investigates nature of complaints.
• Serves as mediator between parties, detects and apprehends law violators, issues citations and warnings, generates reports, completes forms, locates defendants, and serves warrants.
• Conducts and prepares investigations of vehicle accidents, renders aid to injured persons, requests other assistance, directs traffic, investigates serious injury and fatality crashes, draws diagrams, determines causes, and writes citations and reports.
• Conducts preliminary investigations of crimes against people and property and investigates illegal drug activities.
• Responds to citizens’ complaints of illegal activity, opens cases, gathers information, recruits and maintains informants, obtains and serves arrest and search warrants, traces and recovers stolen property, assists other divisions and agencies, conducts interviews, arrests offenders, fingerprints and photographs offenders, completes various reports and forms, and performs surveillance operations.
• Responds to crime scenes; identifies, collects, marks, and preserves physical evidence; photographs crime scenes; lifts fingerprints; and makes composites.
• Prepares for and testifies in judicial proceedings.
• Presents crime prevention and safety programs (DARE, etc.) to schools and other organizations.
• Assists other officers or agencies by responding to calls and providing backup.
• May respond to fires and serve as firefighter, as needed.
• Provides traffic direction and escort for events; transports prisoners and witnesses.
• Provides assistance to motorists.
• May serve on special squads and teams.
• Performs maintenance and minor repairs on assigned vehicles and equipment's; inspects and tests equipment to assure safety.
• Reports administrative and operational problems to supervisors.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the following essential functions:

• High School diploma or GED and any combination of education, training, and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Ability to use…