Entry-Level, BLEA Certified, and Lateral Transfer Police Officer

Pullman, WA
Pullman Police Department

Salary: $35.32 To $51.46 Hourly.

Essential Functions:

  • Engages in preventive patrol to determine the exis­tence of actual or potential troublesome crime related situations.
  • Conducts investigations regarding possible law violation, obtaining and verifying factual information from involved persons; interacts with families of suspects, victims, or offenders to obtain and provide information; acquires and protects all evidence including recording observed and verbally reported data in relation to possible crime related violations; verbally interacts with witnesses and victims, suspects, and offenders to obtain information.
  • Determines existence of probable cause, identifies, and takes suspects and offenders into physical custody; conducts examinations of persons, vehicles, premises, or areas to determine the presence of individuals or illegal activities or articles; takes necessary steps to locate, identify, and impound property taken from rightful owners; takes suspect or offender into custody and delivers them to appropriate confine­ment location, maintaining security and safety of individuals being moved from one place to another; transfers or accepts custody of suspects or offenders and participates in comple­tion of required jail intake procedures.
  • Is assigned an active case load requiring follow-up investigations and continues with assigned investigation, unless relieved of the case by a supervisor, until the investigation leads to a logical conclusion.
  • Initiates public service activities and responds to requests from persons for information and assistance; seeks to resolve disputes between family members and disputes between two or more persons; controls small or large groups of people involved in potential or actual disturbance situations including civil disorders; meets with citizen groups in programs directed toward understanding of law, crime preven­tion, and the criminal justice system.
  • Attends work on a regular and dependable basis.
  • Ability to implement the Pullman Police Department mission statement, “Policing our community with compassion and professionalism” on a daily basis with city staff and the public.
  • Monitors and directs vehicle and pedestrian traffic and enforces traffic regulations. Issues traffic citations and infractions where appropriate.
  • Conducts investigations of traffic accidents.
  • Attempts to locate offenders or pursue and capture escaped inmates and suspects.
  • Maintains communication with criminal justice or private agencies to exchange information; meets with peers or other criminal justice system personnel regarding specific suspect or offender cases; participates in pretrial conferences; presents factual information in court on field observations and investigations of criminal cases; examines information contained in reports or in suspect’s or offender’s case file.
  • Participates in directed patrol activities in either a motor vehicle, on a bicycle, or on foot.
  • Completes all agency reports in accordance with agency procedures.
  • Engages in professional development by seeking to maintain or increase both academic and non-academic police-related skill
  • Performs other tasks as assigned.

Requirements:

  • High school diploma or GED, any experience or education which would demonstrate reasoning skills and the ability to deal with the public and perform the work of the class.