Campus Police Officer

Tulsa, OK
University of Oklahoma Police Department

Salary: $50,876.80 annually

Position Summary:

Police Officer enforces laws, ordinances, regulations, and policies. Performs routine police work on campus in the field and provides service oriented functions as required. Serves as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) by fulfilling training and reporting obligations related to campus safety protocols.

Essential Functions:

  • Operates a patrol vehicle or patrols assigned areas on foot or bicycle. Reports suspicious or hazardous activities.
  • Arrests violators of city ordinances and state law. Serves criminal arrest warrants and escorts prisoners to detention facilities and books them.
  • Conducts on campus investigations of crime scenes to gather and preserve evidence, serving search warrants and preparing associated documentation.
  • Interviews and takes statements from victims, witnesses and suspects.
  • Investigates on campus traffic collisions and prepares collision reports.
  • Performs non-criminal routine law enforcement functions such as traffic control, parking enforcement and building security.
  • Provides security for special events.
  • Responds to on campus alarms and reported disturbances.
  • Provides security for handling/moving of cash. May serve as an armed courier transporting cash, negotiable instruments and other items, materials and documents to and from various financial institutions and campus offices.
  • Collects, preserves, and prepares evidence for court. Testifies in court.
  • Responds to emergencies and provides first aid.
  • May conduct preliminary or special investigations.
  • Provides information and assistance to the community.
  • Performs various duties as needed to successfully fulfill the function of the position.

Requirements:

  • High School diploma or GED.
  • Valid Oklahoma Driver’s License upon hire
  • Must be certified as a Peace Officer by the Oklahoma Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) within 6 months of hire
  • Obtain and maintain Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certification through the department
  • Must pass medical exam, as well as a physical fitness test
  • Must pass standardized written aptitude test, pass Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and California Psychological Inventory (CPI) psychometric tests
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