STATEMENT OF THE JOB

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE/LICENSING & TRAINING

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  Continued employment is contingent upon all required licenses and certificates being maintained in active status without suspension or revocation.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

• Operates an automobile, motorcycle, bicycle, or water craft to perform patrol assignments on an assigned shift.
• Responds to calls of service and appears at scenes of disorder, emergencies, and crime.
• Conducts property checks on businesses and homes for burglary and other criminal activities.
• Stops and questions suspicious persons. Assists with a variety of emergencies.
• Prepares reports of incidents and investigations
• Contacts victims, witnesses, and suspects for detailed interviewing when required.
• Secures, investigates and collects evidence at the scenes of incidents and crimes.
• Investigates criminal complaints and takes statements.
• Serves warrants.
• Follows-up on investigations when assigned.
• Appears in court proceedings when summoned, on and off duty.
• May act as the School Resource Officer for the schools.
• Arrests, detains, transports, and has responsibility for the care and safety of detained persons.
• Issues traffic citations for violations of laws and ordinances and performs traffic control assignments and accident investigations.
• Intervenes in disputes to protect the public, and maintain order.
• Assists with receiving, searching, fingerprinting, photographing, and bonding of prisoners.
• May perform safety inspections on commercial vehicles.
• May be assigned to perform special duties.
• Provides exceptional customer service to internal and external customers.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• Geography of the City and the location of important buildings, or the ability to acquire this knowledge rapidly
• Laws and regulations that pertain to proper arrest, search and seizure, and police work in general.

• Meeting and maintaining state mandated firearms requirements
• Rapidly attaining and firing a handgun from behind cover in a prone, kneeling or sitting position
• Retaining a handgun in holster with one hand and shoving a suspect back with the other hand;
• Rapidly and safely reloading a handgun with weapon pointing downrange
• Standing and moving about for prolonged periods of time.

• Read, write and communicate in the English language using a telephone, police radio system, or in person in a group or one-on-one setting
• Understand departmental and City policies, instructions, laws, and regulations
• To direct traffic from four or more directions
• Understand police and fire radio transmissions, distinguish the color of vehicles, stop lights, suspect eye color, hair and clothing color
• Visual acuity to see during times of low visibility or darkness, and ability to correctly identify a license plate number within 100' in daylight conditions
• Smell odors of smoke, marijuana, alcohol, natural gas, acetone, or gasoline
• Stay alert for long periods of time
• Detect and distinguish sound of gunfire, muffled screams, cries for assistance, glass breaking, squealing tire, radio alert tones
• Verbally communicate and talk clearly and effectively in a loud voice

PHYSICAL DEMANDS/WORK ENVIRONMENT