Police Officer Florence

Benefits:

Full-time benefits include health, dental, vision, FPPA, and supplemental insurance.

Under the general supervision of the Patrol Sergeant, Police Commander, and/or Chief of Police, performs a variety of police duties in enforcing municipal, state, and federal ordinances and statutes necessary for the protection of life, safety, welfare, and property of persons within the city.

• Incident evaluation: responds to or initiates call for service; obtains information and evaluates same to determine course of action; identifies and preserves evidence; protects personal and public property
• Interview/Interrogation: interview victims, witnesses, complainants, suspicious persons, informants, medical personnel, prisoners, etc.; makes legal admonishments; interrogates suspects
• Arrest/detention/searches: approaches, detains and/or apprehends suspects; effects arrests; restrains and subdues prisoners and members of the public as required to accomplish specific tasks
• Public interaction: provides information and/or explanations to those contacted; maintains appropriate courtesy and professional presence; provides referrals, mediates disputes, controls crowds; performs public speaking engagements and attends public meetings as assigned; assists in the implementation of crime prevention programs as developed by this department
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisors

• Directly responsible to the Patrol Sergeant, Commander, and /or Chief of Police.
• Responsible for ensuring that all duty items listed previously are performed properly, efficiently, and in a timely manner
• Responsible for the proper care of city-owned equipment used during the discharge of duties and responsibilities of this position
• Responsible for proper notification of supervisors for repairs or replacement of equipment or supplies
• Responsible for needed and necessary follow up on traffic accidents, incident and offense reports
• Responsible for writing necessary and timely traffic accident, incident, and offense reports
• Responsible for familiarizing self with jurisdictional area and boundaries
• Responsible for familiarizing self with the people living in the area
• Responsible for learning, understanding, and maintaining a working knowledge of municipal ordinances, state statutes, and federal regulations and laws
• Responsible for positive public relations while adhering to responsibilities to duty
• Responsible for cooperating with other employees, departments, and supervisors
• Responsible for First Aid and/or lifesaving techniques, which may involve routine exposure to blood or body fluids.

• Judgement: applies knowledge and reasoning to make prompt and effective decisions in both routine and critical situations; follows through with appropriate action
• Observation: recognizes conditions or circumstances that indicate a need for official involvement, utilizing sense of sight and hearing to assist in recognition of such conditions
• Learning: comprehends and retains new information and appropriately applies acquired knowledge to the completion of tasks
• Oral Communication: communicates effectively with other members of the department, the public, other agencies, other city officials and personnel; presents clear and concise spoken testimony when appearing in court; transmits appropriate spoken information via the police radio and/or telephone.
• Written Communication: prepare written reports, memos, citations, statements, forms and associated paperwork in a clear, concise, accurate, well-organized format; prepares instructional outlines when conducting training classes.
• Vehicle Operation: operates marked and unmarked police vehicles; performs appropriately under high-stress situations when responding to emergency situations; demonstrates quick reflexes and drives defensively; inspects assigned vehicle prior to use for safety and determines service needs.
• Field Preparation: maintains all assigned/required equipment for duty purposes; participates in shift change information exchange as necessary.
• Court Assistance: testifies in court cases as required; both civil and…