Police Officer

Job Summary

The Police Officer is responsible for law enforcement, crime prevention, and public assistance work in protecting life and property through the enforcement of Federal, State and Local laws and ordinances.

Job Summary

The Police Officer is responsible for law enforcement, crime prevention, and public assistance work in protecting life and property through the enforcement of Federal, State and Local laws and ordinances.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

• Responds to emergency or high-risk situations; participates in criminal and other investigations
• Performs general law enforcement duties, including patrolling assigned areas, checking property for security, conducting visual and audio surveillance, maintaining order and public safety, responding to traffic accidents/incidents and issuing citations, apprehending and arresting suspects, searching suspects, questioning suspects, assisting crime and accident victims, investigating alarms, collecting evidence, taking statements, participates in special unit activities and/or programs as assigned, which may include performing duties as a community police officer, DARE officer, and/or tactical officer
• Completes reports and other job-related documents
• Develops strategies to combat the crime problem in assigned work area
• Administers first aid, makes preliminary investigations, protects physical evidence, locates witnesses and makes arrests at scenes of crimes or other incidents
• Interviews complainants and witnesses to obtain information about crimes; prepares evidence for issuance of complaints and testifies as a witness in court
• Maintains assigned equipment and vehicle
• Participates in death investigations; processes crime scenes

• Patrols school zones and high activity areas when assigned
• Directs traffic, investigates accidents, recovers stolen automobiles, prepares detailed reports, gives advice and interprets laws and ordinances and provides general information to the public
• Patrols a designated area of the City in a police car as assigned to preserve the peace, to prevent and discover criminal acts and to enforce traffic regulations
• Answers calls and complaints involving drunkenness, domestic disputes, fires, thefts, accidents and other felonies and misdemeanors
• Makes arrests as appropriate and transports suspects to the Police Department for questioning and/or booking

• Monitors activities of the public and private sector of the City on a daily basis to assure compliance with assigned aspects of City codes; issues citations for code violations; determines applicable codes, action to be taken to address violation, and sets correction date; performs re-inspections to determine compliance
• Responds to and investigates citizen complaints concerning code violations, resolving complaints within scope of knowledge and authority; inspects premises for possible violations and gathers evidence
• Conducts self-initiated investigations; meets with business owners, developers, or residents to inform them of violations and discrepancies; explains and interprets codes and communicates solutions; refers to appropriate department or agency as necessary
• Develops and maintains forms, records and reports that provide evaluation and documentation of code enforcement activities
• Researches legal documents and summarizes information; prepares inspection reports; prepares violation notices and recommendations for correction; assesses fines; follows up on each case to verify corrections have been made to comply with codes
• Prepares cases for and provides testimony at Code Enforcement Board and County Courts hearings as necessary
• Organizes and maintains documentation and prepares cases for court and for filing or submission to City Attorney for prosecution; testifies in court for the City in legal actions taken to gain compliance
• Presents the entire code violation case to the Court, including all evidence and witnesses, for final disposition if the defendant is not represented by counsel

• Examines crime scenes, makes analyses of evidence,…