Police Officer​/Public Safety Officer III

The City is not actively filling this position at this time. Applications will be accepted and retained for future consideration for a period of 6 months. Should a vacancy occur during that time, submitted applications will be reviewed and selected candidates will be contacted regarding next steps.

Cross-trained position providing Police, Fire, and EMS Services to the community. MCOLES License or ability to activate MCOLES license required. Will provide fire and EMS training to the right candidate. This position is eligible for the lateral bonus program based on current MCOLES and/or Fire I/II certifications. The lateral bonus program includes the potential for higher starting pay, PTO, and a monetary bonus.

Resume and Certification attachments are required for application.

This position is eligible for a Lateral Bonus depending upon qualifications.

• 1. Provide a sense of security for businesses and citizens.
• 2. Enforce local ordinances and state laws.
• 3. Respond to all calls for service.
• 4. Respond and investigate reports of criminal offenses.
• 5. Affects arrest, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints.
• 6. Climbs over obstacles, climbs through openings, jumps down from elevated surfaces, jumps over obstacles, ditches and streams, uses ladders to gain access to or egress from elevated surfaces, and crawls in confined areas to pursue, search, investigate and/or rescue. Performs tasks which require lifting, carrying, or dragging people or heavy objects while performing arrest, rescue, or general patrol functions.
• 7. Communicates effectively over law enforcement and fire radio frequencies while initiating and responding to radio communications, often under adverse conditions such as siren usage and high speed vehicle operations.
• 8. Communicates verbally and effectively by listening to people and by giving information, directions, and commands.
• 9. Conducts searches of buildings and large outdoor areas which may involve walking and/or standing for long periods of time and which requires the ability to distinguish color and perceive shapes.
• 10. Conducts visual and audio surveillance for extended periods of time.
• 11. Enters and exits vehicles quickly to perform rescue operations, pursue a suspect or answer an emergency call.
• 12. Exercises independent judgment within legal guidelines, to determine when there is reasonable suspicion to detain, when probable cause exists, to search and arrest, and when force may be used and to what degree.
• 13. Gathers information, writes and files reports related to criminal investigations by interviewing and obtaining the statements of victims, witnesses, suspects and confidential informants.
• 14. Loads, unloads, aims and fires handguns, shotguns, and other agency firearms from a variety of body positions in situations that justify the use of deadly force while maintaining emotional control under extreme stress.
• 15. Manages interpersonal conflicts to maintain order.
• 16. Operates emergency vehicles during both daytime and nighttime hours; in emergency and pursuit situations which may involve speeds in excess of posted limits, while exercising due care and caution, in the exception to traffic control devices; in congested traffic and in unsafe road conditions and environmental conditions such as fog, smoke, rain, ice and snow.
• 17. Performs law enforcement patrol functions while working rotating shifts and unanticipated overtime.
• 18. Performs searches of persons which involve touching and feeling to detect potential weapons and contraband.
• 19. Prepares investigative and other reports, including sketches, using appropriate grammar, symbols and mathematical computations.
• 20. Pursues fleeing suspects on foot both day and night…