Lateral Police Officer

• Provide a variety of police protection and other services to enforce the laws and ordinances of Lewiston and safeguard the lives, property and constitutional rights of citizens.
• Respond to a wide variety of calls from citizens in need of first aid, information and general assistance.
• Provide first aid and rescue services at crime scenes, accidents and other emergency situations.
• Communicate with other City personnel, law enforcement agencies and health care providers to coordinate efforts, resolve problems and exchange information.
• Prepare accurate and detailed investigative reports; complete a variety of forms and issue citations as appropriate.
• Utilize and maintain a variety of specialized equipment such as firearms, police vehicles, radios, baton, handcuffs, flares and other according to established procedures.
• Drive patrol vehicle in an assigned area, observing for conditions and activities in which there appears to be potential or actual harm to persons or property, disruption of public order, or any other violations of law.
• Respond to observed or reported suspected or actual harmful or illegal conditions or activities through investigating activities or taking appropriate action required for preventing, subduing or alleviating such conditions or activities.
• Prepare formal descriptive reports of, and provide testimony about potentially, suspected, or actual harmful or illegal conditions or activities, and of actions taken in response to such conditions or activities, for use by the department and other public agencies.
• Apprehend traffic violators, issuing citations, warning and testing and booking offenders; apprehend and arrest persons suspected or convicted of committing crimes.
• Investigate criminal complaints to determine if a case is valid and able to be prosecuted; observe, interview and interrogate victims, witnesses and suspects; research cases and develop investigative strategy.