Police Officer

Department: Campus Police & Security Services

Reports To: Sergeant

Recruitment Type: External/Internal

Requisition :req
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Employment Type: Part-Time Support Staff

Union Position: Union

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday;weekends and Holidays

Number of Openings: 1

Performs the duties of an armed peace officer. Conducts field investigations and provides armed vehicular and foot patrol within jurisdiction. Patrols assigned areas,furnishes police protection to students, staff, visitors and the College community.

Duties and Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Gathers and reports intelligence-related information in reference to the Public Safety Officer’s assigned campus.
• Provides protection for persons and property.
• Responds to calls for assistance in life threatening, emergency and service related situations.
• Observe sand investigates criminal activity and other incidents or conditions jeopardizing the safety and security of the community.
• Conducts filed investigations, initiates and executes detentions.
• Makes arrests, issues citations, writes reports, and obtains warrants.
• Transports prisoners to jail or to a juvenile facility.
• Testifies in a court of law.
• Controls crowds and controls/directs traffic.
• Enforces state and federal law, local ordinances, College policies and organizational regulations.
• Completes necessary administrative forms/reports as required.
• Admits authorized personnel to locked buildings during secure hours.
• Furnishes escort service and transports visitors, guests, staff and students asneeded.
• Makes authorized off-campus pickups and deliveries.
• Provides directions and other information to College personnel, students, visitors,and/or the general public.
• Maintains licenses and certifications as required by federal and state regulations,and College policies and procedures.
• Presents citizen training programs and in-service workshops as directed.
• Meetsall job safety requirements and all applicable OSHA safety standards that pertain to the essential functions of the position.
• Accesses and utilizes College prescribed software programs including, but not limited to, training, email and payroll information.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

• Excellent interpersonal and public speaking skills, good note taking and report writing.
• Musthave good physical ability, aptitude and policing skills.
• Mustbe able to maintain proficiency with a semi-automatic handgun and other required weapons.
• Skillsin keyboarding, basic math and grammar, and basic or standard word processing (MS Word) and/or spreadsheet applications (MS Excel).
• Proficiency with an email software package (MS Outlook) and the Internet.
• Musthave current certifications in First Aid and CPR.
• Must obtain certifications in AED, Awareness of Haz Mat, Weapons of Mass Destruction, and Personal Awareness Protection
• Equipment within the first 90 days of employment.
• Mustbe able to meet the College insurability requirements.
• Musthave sensitivity to respond appropriately to the needs of a diverse population.
• Mustbe a citizen of the U.S.
• Mustbe at least 21 years of age.
• Abilityto satisfactorily complete a thorough background investigation, police physical agility test, written cognitive assessment, firearms qualification, physical examination, polygraph or voice stress analysis and psychological evaluation.

• Associate degree in Law Enforcement or related field.
• Law enforcement work experience as a police officer equivalent to a minimum ofthree (3) years full-time or six (6) year part-time experience.
• Previous law enforcement experience in a university or college setting.

Must be able to regularly sit, reach with handsand arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl, taste and smell. Must be able to frequently stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle or feel, climb orbalance, and talk or hear. Must be able to lift more than 50 pounds without assistance. Special vision requirements include color and peripheral vision. Must be able to occasionally work in wet or humid conditions, work near moving mechanical parts, work in high, precarious places,work with fumes, airborne particles, toxics, caustic chemicals…