Police Officer

Harleyville, SC
Harleyville Police Department

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WE’RE HIRING!!

Pay: $50,000/Year for certified officers

$45,000 uncertified (Raise to $50,000 after completion of the SC Criminal Justice Academy and field training)

Take home car (Upon approval of the Chief or Deputy Chief)

Eligible for SC PEBA Insurance and Police Officer Retirement Fund

Pick up an application at Harleyville Town Hall located at 122 W. Main St. Harleyville, SC 29448
or
Print out an application

 

Job Description

Summary: Responds to emergency calls to protect persons or property from crimes, fires, or other hazards by performing the following duties.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

  • Patrols assigned area on foot or using vehicle to regulate traffic, control crowds, respond to rescue, medical, and fire incidents, prevent crime, or arrest violators. As certified, apprehends criminals or persons menacing the public, serves warrants, subpoenas, and traffic tickets.
  • Responds to crimes in progress, initiating actions such as aid to victims and interrogating of suspects. Conducts preliminary investigations at scene of accidents or crimes and conducts intelligence gathering operations where necessary, locates witnesses, makes arrests, appears in court to present evidence and testify against persons charged with crimes. Responds to medical, fire, and rescue incidents, provides care, and protection of life and property.
  • Operates breathalyzer and radar equipment, writes reports and keeps records.
  • Attends public gatherings to maintain order, provides community service assistance by assisting elderly, giving service club talks, etc. and provides information on laws and ordinances to public.
  • Participates in drills and emergency preparedness/recovery exercises.
  • Other duties as assigned to accomplish the mission of the Police Department.

Qualification requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or experience:

  • High school diploma or general education degree (GED)

Language skills:

  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and
  • maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
  • Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
  • Ability to speak effectively before groups of citizens and in a courtroom situation.

Reasoning Ability:

  • Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
  • Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations (as needed per assignment):

  • Possession of a valid South Carolina Driver’s Licenses
  • Successful completion of South Carolinas Criminal Justice Academy’s Basic Law Enforcement Course within 12 months of date of hire.
  • Successful completion of First Responder/Emergency Training.

Other Skills and Abilities:

  • Must be at least 21 years of age with no criminal or misdemeanor convictions (other than minor traffic violations). A person in this position must be able to pass a rigid physical test and pass a background check.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations mat be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls, and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee is occasionally required to taste or smell.
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations mat be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts, in high precarious places, and with explosives, and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme cold, extreme heat, risk of electrical shock, risk of radiation, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.

The Town of Harleyville is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).