Police Officer

Overview

This position provides law enforcement and public safety services to the public, enforces federal and state laws and local ordinances; maintains order and protects life and property; conducts criminal investigations; performs other public safety-related duties.

Location: 3001 Police

Pay Grade: 402

FLSA Status: Non-exempt

• Patrol assigned districts in a motor vehicle, on foot, or using other methods of transportation; check businesses, stores, homes and other premises for criminal violations, suspicious persons or conditions, fire or other disturbances.
• Apprehend, interview, and make arrests for violations of federal and state laws and local ordinances; escort prisoners to appropriate holding facilities; register and book prisoners, prepare records of arrest and submit detailed reports of investigations.
• Respond to citizen complaints; control and, when needed, disperse crowds; cooperate with and assist other law enforcement officers, jurisdictions, and agencies.
• Enforce traffic and parking regulations, direct traffic, investigate traffic accidents and obtain information incidental to the event; observe traffic hazards and submit recommendations for their correction; administer first aid in emergency situations.
• Maintain a positive and effective relationship with community groups through periodic meetings, working with social agencies and groups.
• Prepare and maintain field notes; prepare and submit administrative reports, emergency orders of detention; search warrants, and similar legal documents; testify at administrative and court hearings.
• Assist supervisors as required and may act as a supervisor in their absence.
• Attend and satisfactorily complete periodic trainee courses and instructional meetings to develop and maintain skills in the use, care, and safe operation of firearms, motor vehicles, techniques in self-defense, life-saving, and criminal law updates.
• Make initial and supplementary investigations of crimes in areas such as personal violence, theft, stolen vehicles, missing persons, lost children, and runaways; participate in undercover investigations of narcotics, gambling, vice, civil and criminal disturbances.
• Collect physical evidence and perform crime scene investigations, take photographs, and perform surveillance of persons and places.
• Perform other related work as required.

Must be between the ages of 21 and 45 years of age
, unless otherwise meets eligibility requirements under the Oklahoma Police Pension & Retirement System. Must have at least 64 hours of college credit from an accredited college or university, or must have at least 32 hours of college credit from an accredited college or university AND at least three years of full-time active-duty military service with any branch of the US Military with an honorable discharge, or must have at least 32 hours of college credit from an accredited college or university AND at least three years of full-time experience as a first responder which includes police officers with arrest powers, firefighters, or paramedic/EMT.

Must not have been convicted of a felony, nor have more than 3 moving traffic violations in the past 5 years, nor have more than one at-fault accident and two moving traffic violations in the past 5 years, nor have been convicted of operating or being in actual physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of or impaired by alcohol or drugs (i.e. D.U.I., D.W.I., A.P.C., etc), nor been convicted of careless or reckless driving in the past 7 years.

Must have no convictions of a "misdemeanor crime of domestic violence". Additionally, the person has not pled guilty to, nor been convicted of, any misdemeanor in the past five (5) years which suggests unfitness for City employment. Unfitness is defined as conduct that directly undermines the individual’s ability to perform the essential duties of the position or poses a reasonable risk to the city’s operations.

Examples include, but are not limited to, offenses involving dishonesty, violence, harassment, or substance abuse. Misdemeanors older than five years may be reviewed by the Human Resources Director for relevance and…