Police Officer

The police officer is a public servant position based on public trust, competency, and credibility. It is a critical requirement of this position that the employee has the desire and the ability to perform and behave (on-duty as well as offduty) in a manner that does not cause damage or endanger the loss of such trust and credibility with the public, the court systems, co-workers, this police department or other law enforcement agencies.

The police officer performs enforcement as well as safety related duties and functions. These include, but are not limited to: promoting and maintaining a good public image; responding to calls for service; preventing, detecting, and investigating crime; enforcing violations of criminal statutes and city ordinances; enforcing traffic laws; and providing protective services.

The police officer must have the competency, self-initiative, and willingness to work a majority of assigned hours without direct supervision. The employee must have the cognitive ability, and desire, to understand and interpret organizational rules, policies, and procedures in a manner that solves problems while at the same time promotes the image and mission of the Sylvania Police Division.

Because the majority of law enforcement work is preventive and peacekeeping in nature, the police officer, when not responding to calls for service or on assigned duties, must be willing to self-initiate public relations and enforcement work in those areas designated by management as priorities. This means, in many instances, the police officer must be able and willing to know what to do before having to be told what to do.

The police officer must be able to interact comfortably, lawfully, effectively, efficiently, and often quickly with a wide variety of citizens and citizens’ groups who have a wide variety of problems and need for enforcement and safety services.

Police officer duties are often performed under a wide variety of known and unknown working conditions. Calls for service are often repetitive and sedentary in nature, punctuated with diversity. Sudden changes in service demands tax the extremes of the employee’s physical and mental resources. For this reason, it is imperative that the police officer maintain a physically and mentally fit and ready condition.

The police officer must: promote personal and public safety consciousness; possess a good knowledge of and demonstrate strict adherence to the civil liberties and rights of all persons; have the ability and desire to demonstrate competent job performance without direct supervision; and have the desire and ability to promote and project a positive public image.

These are all critical requirements of the position of a police officer.

The Sylvania Police Division provides police services every hour of the day and every day of the year. The police officer must be able and willing to work any time of the day and on any day of the year as scheduled or needed.

The police officer reports directly to the police sergeant.

The police officer is a public servant position based on public trust, competency, and credibility. It is a critical requirement of this position that the employee has the desire and the ability to perform and behave (on-duty as well as offduty) in a manner that does not cause damage or endanger the loss of such trust and credibility with the public, the court systems, co-workers, this police department or other law enforcement agencies.

The police officer performs enforcement as well as safety related duties and functions. These include, but are not limited to: promoting and maintaining a good public image; responding to calls for service; preventing, detecting, and investigating crime; enforcing violations of…