Police Officer

Position: Police Officer-1
Compensation Range

$26.67 - $36.19

Please note:

This job opening may close earlier than the stated date, due to high candidate volume. If interested, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Who We Are:

At the High Point Police Department, we are committed to protecting our city and building relationships with our community. Our team includes over 300 officers and professional staff who are passionate about serving others.

As a proactive, data-driven agency, we take pride in being nationally recognized for excellence. Our department offers some of the finest in-house training in the country, along with numerous opportunities for growth, development, and career advancement.

A rewarding career awaits you here. Join our team and play a vital role in keeping High Point a safe place to live, work, and visit.

What We Offer:

The High Point Police Department offers a competitive salary commensurate with education and experience. We also offer generous benefit package for full-time employees which include but are not limited to:

* A guaranteed monthly pension upon retirement, vested after 5 years of service

* 401K and 457B Retirement Plans

* Paid Vacation and Sick Time

* Paid Holidays

* Tuition Reimbursement Plan

* Competitive medical, dental, and vision plans effective day one

What You'll Do:

Step into a career that makes a real difference. As a Police Officer, you'll be part of a committed team working to protect and serve our community through a variety of challenging and rewarding law enforcement duties. Whether you're patrolling neighborhoods, responding to emergencies, investigating crimes, or building trust with residents, every day offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

This role requires sound judgment and the ability to stay calm under pressure. If you're ready to take on a vital role in ensuring public safety
-with integrity, respect, and purpose-this is the career for you.

Essential Tasks & Responsibilities:

* Effects arrests using handcuffs and other restraints. Subdues resisting suspects using approved maneuvers and tactics when necessary. Incorporates the use of force based on a suspect's level of resistance, up to and including deadly force.

* Prepares a variety of reports, including investigative and technical. Incorporates sketches, uses appropriate grammar, symbols, and mathematical computations.

* Exercises independent judgment in determining 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.

* Operates a law enforcement vehicle during both the day and night under conditions including emergencies. This may involve speeds above posted limits, in congested traffic, and unsafe road conditions caused by factors such as fog, smoke, rain, ice, and snow.

* Communicates effectively and coherently over law enforcement radio channels while initiating and responding to radio communications.

* Gathers information in criminal investigations by interviewing and obtaining the statements of victims, witnesses, and suspects.

* Pursues fleeing suspects and performs rescue operations which may involve quickly entering and exiting law enforcement patrol vehicles, lifting carrying and dragging heavy objects, climbing over and pulling up oneself over obstacles, jumping down from elevated surfaces, climbing through openings, jumping over obstacles, ditches and streams, crawling in confined areas, balancing on uneven or narrow surfaces and using body force to gain entrance through barriers.

* Loads, unloads, aims, and fires agency-issued firearms under conditions of stress that justify the use of deadly force and at levels of proficiency prescribed in certification standards. Firearms include both handgun and shotgun.

* Performs searches of people, vehicles, buildings, and large outdoor areas. Searches may involve feeling and detecting objects and walking for long periods of time.

* Conducts visual and audio surveillance for extended periods of time.

* Engages in law enforcement patrol functions during all shifts. Responding to radio and computer-dispatched calls for service. Being proactive in crime deterrence and prevention by remaining vigilant and aware of frequently violated statutes.

* Communicates effectively with all people by giving information and directions, mediating disputes, and advising of rights and processes.

* Demonstrates communication skills in court proceedings and other formal settings.

* Detects and collects evidence and substances that provide the basis of criminal offenses and infractions and that indicate the presence of dangerous conditions.

* Endures verbal and mental abuse when confronted with the hostile views and opinions of suspects and other people encountered in an antagonistic environment.

* Performs rescue functions at accidents, emergencies and disasters to include administering emergency medical aid, lifting, dragging and carrying people away from dangerous situations and securing and evacuating people from…