Community Safety Officer

Community Safety Officer

Salary: $23.51 Hourly
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number:
Closing: 1/11/2026 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Rocklin, CA
Division: Administrative Services

Sierra College has a strong commitment to equity and inclusion. The Community Safety Officer supports individuals with varying backgrounds and ensures safety and security while adhering to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility principles.

• Serve as an ambassador for the department, receive radio and telephone calls, resolve complaints, provide information and promote awareness of procedures, maintain confidentiality.
• Prepare and proofread documents, prepare accident, injury, criminal, incident, traffic, and reports, maintain incident logs.
• Respond to parking violations, enforce parking regulations, conduct traffic control.
• Assist in investigations of violations of laws and district policies in a trauma‑informed manner.
• Provide safety escorts for students, staff, or the public as requested.
• Respond to on‑campus emergencies as first responder, provide basic first aid or CPR.
• Patrol campus by foot, vehicle, and bicycle; open/close gates, observe hazards, extinguish small blazes.
• Respond to alarms, emergency and non‑emergency calls, evaluate situations, pursue suspects, make citizen arrests, request assistance.
• Perform incident scene control and investigation, preserve evidence, communicate with supervisors.
• Provide onboarding support, training, guidance, supervision assistance for students or temporary workers.
• Check parking and ticket dispensers, report malfunctions, collect fares.
• Transport or escort cash transfers, make deliveries as related to safety and security.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with staff, students, peers, and the public.
• Assist with access control, monitoring, and security camera review.
• Participate in campus‑wide meetings and events to build community rapport.
• Perform related duties that support the overall objective of the position.

• Completion of twelfth grade or General Educational Development (GED). Preferred: degree in modern policing from a California Community College.

• Two years of general safety and/or security experience, preferably involving extensive public contact.

• Valid California driver’s license with acceptable driving record.
• Valid Guard Card.
• Appropriate School Security Guard Training and Certification (SB 1626).
• CPR, First Aid, and AED certification.
• Hazardous Materials Awareness Certificate.
• Community College specific POST training.

• Law enforcement practices, Title IX, crime prevention, community‑based policing, evidence‑based policing, theft and loss prevention, de‑escalation, restorative justice, self‑defense, arrest techniques, and legal use of force.
• Trauma‑informed and equity‑minded investigative techniques.
• Federal, state, and local laws and regulations (FERPA, ADA, Title IX, Racial and Identity Profiling Action Plan).
• California Education and Safety Codes related to campus safety.
• Campus safety policies and procedures, basic first aid and CPR.
• Effective traffic and parking control, general safety precautions, and emergency procedures.
• Support for individuals with varying backgrounds, historical inequities, public relations, outreach.
• English grammar, spelling, punctuation, proofreading.

• Patrol facilities and detect, prevent, and report issues.
• Assess emergencies and develop response strategies.
• Identify security hazards.
• Observe and report health information.
• Provide basic first aid and CPR.
• Operate vehicles safely and defensively.
• Use radios and communication devices.
• Remain calm under stress.
• Support diverse campus groups.
• Apply an equity‑minded framework.
• Interact effectively with diverse populations.
• Exercise sensitivity to student diversity.
• Participate in equity‑related trainings.
• Demonstrate commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Maintain confidentiality.
• Handle difficult, sensitive situations.
• Write reports and documents.
• Maintain accurate records.
• Plan and organize work.
• Use office equipment and software.
• Communicate clearly.
• Provide onboarding support.
• Establish…