Certified Police Officer

*** starting salaries are based on years ofcontinuousservice as a certified police officer. Ex: a certified police officer with 7 years of continuous service will start at step # 7 salary.

under general supervision of a police supervisor, performs a wide variety of police and law enforcement activities, tasks are primarily service oriented and include but not limited to: dispensing information, arbitrating disputes, providing assistance through referrals, property protection, crime prevention, investigations, and other public safety, order maintenance and emergency response services. Duties include an element of personal danger, exposure to adverse weather conditions, apprehending criminals, directing traffic, and transporting prisoners.

Candidates perform duties in accordance with florida statutes, city codes and established departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines. Candidate must be able to act without close supervision and must be able to exercise sound independent judgment. Work is reviewed through observation, conferences and review of written reports for results obtained and adherence to established policies and procedures. May be authorized to assume the duties of a supervisor in their absence.

Performs related work as required.

the following duties and functions, as outlined herein, are intended to be representative of the type of tasks performed within this position. They are not listed in any order of importance. The omission of specific statements of the duties or functions does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this description.

Other duties may be required and assigned.

conducts routine preventive and proactive patrol in designated residential and business areas, and initiates contacts with both business operators and residents to establish open communications within the community.

responds to calls for police service and takes action upon observing a circumstance or situation requiring police attention, i.e., responds to in progress and delayed crime scenes, domestic disputes and disturbances, disputes among neighbors, businesses and customers, juveniles, and gang incidents.

provides information and/or assistance to the public by answering a wide range of non-police related service calls, informing citizens of available services in the community, and providing referrals to other city, county, and state agencies when applicable.

maintains the peace and safety of the community by quelling public disturbances and maintaining civil obedience at group functions.

provides for the safe and convenient flow of traffic and pedestrians within the community, investigates traffic accidents, enforces traffic violations, promotes vehicular and pedestrian safety, reports unsafe road conditions, and conducts dui investigations.

conducts criminal and non-criminal investigations, initial investigation into numerous crimes (robbery, burglary, assaults, abuse etc.), processes minor crime scenes and collects evidence, conducts investigations concerning civil disturbances/matters (land-lord/tenant, failure to pay, child custody, etc.), conducts follow-up investigations of crimes and other incidents and conducts surveillance of areas for suspected or potential criminal activity. Gathers and maintains intelligence with regard to criminal activity through the use of civilian contacts and other methods.

enforces laws and arrests offenders for both felonies and misdemeanors, city ordinance violations, and issues notices to appear. Issues traffic citations, and prepares written reports, forms, and other documents as required.

testifies in civil and criminal court proceedings, as well as other related activities.

provides a variety of specialized services when properly trained and so assigned, i.e., k-9, special response team (srt), special enforcement team (set), motorcycle officer, detective, school resource officer (sro), crime prevention, traffic homicide investigations (thi), public information officer (pio), or crisis negotiator.

may be assigned to a specific functional area requiring specific duties not delegated to the essential functions of a police officer, thus candidate may perform the majority of essential functions on a more limited basis. Specific areas include, but are not limited to, school resource, evidence/property, personnel and training, dare, planning/research, criminal investigation, narcotics, patrol,…