Public Safety Officer

Position: PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICER 2
Job Description

Job Title:
Public Safety Officer 2

Department:
Public Safety

Starting Rate: $23.32

Dauphin County Public Safety is currently accepting applications for the full-time position of Public Safety Officer 2. The position of full-time Public Safety Officer 2 is an armed safety and security position requiring advanced education and/or experience and training. Public Safety Officers are charged with the safety, security, and protection of the buildings, facilities and properties of Dauphin County. An employee in this position serves conditionally during the probationary period and must complete and pass an agenda of formal and informal training, instruction, and practice.

The employee in this position is responsible for but not limited to performing the following essential functions listed below.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF JOB:

Monitor buildings to ensure safety and security of building visitors and staff.

Stands watches in accordance with post or detail requirements.

Screens building visitors for weapons and prohibited items prior to entry using electronic devices and/or manually and secures visitors weapons and/or prohibited items as necessary or required.

Observes behavior paying particular attention to suspicious persons, and signs or indications of a disturbance.

Makes patrol rounds routinely both inside and outside of facilities and checks and responds to alarm systems.

Identifies and reports all potential safety, structural and environmental hazards occurring on County property.

Respond promptly to any requests for security services, intrusion alarms, fire alarms, etc.

Summons and assists law enforcement and emergency services when necessary.

Administers First Aid and CPR/AED to injured or distressed persons on or around County buildings, facilities and properties.

Quells disturbances and removes or assists in removing unruly visitors, employees or any persons that need to leave the premises.

Opens and locks or secures doors, gates and other barriers, moveable or secure, as necessary or required.

Directs building visitors to appropriate buildings, departments and/or individuals.

Maintains lost and found, reports lost items and secures found items.

Maintains and completes required logs, reports and forms as necessary or required.

Interacts with all County departments, public agencies and the general public.

Operates telephone, portable radio, metal detectors and other security related equipment.

Monitors County buildings via CCTV, Card Access & Fire monitoring systems.

Patrols and secures Dauphin County Parks as necessary or required.

Provides security for County events.

Required to work overtime and/or mandated hours in accordance with operational needs.

OTHER DUTIES OF JOB:

Performs other job-related duties as required.

Attend meetings as required.

Attend training as required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED:

Receives instruction and supervision as required and/or necessary from the OIC and/or Supervisor regarding daily work duties.

SUPERVISION GIVEN:

N/A

WORKING CONDITIONS:

Work indoors and outdoors in adequate or adverse lighting, temperatures and ventilation.

Work indoors and outdoors with average or adverse exposure to weather, noise, stress and disruptions.

Normal or adverse indoor and outdoor exposure to dust/dirt.

Subject to working mandatory shifts, on call, or as schedule warrants due to operational needs.

Potential exposure to blood borne pathogens or communicable diseases.

Works in conditions of potential outbursts of disruptive individuals.

PHYSICAL/MENTAL CONDITIONS/CRITICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB:

Must be able to stand up to 12 hours /walk frequently during the workday, with occasional sitting, twisting, bending, kneeling, stooping, and reaching as necessary in order to carry out essential job duties.

Must be able to infrequently resist force during a physical altercation with another person and apply force against another person.

Must be able to occasionally secure a person and/or apply restraints with or without resistance and with or without assistance.

Must be able to move frequently throughout the workday.

Must be able to occasionally lift items that weigh up to 50 lbs. from floor to waist and from waist to chest.

Must…