Police Officer

Salary: $32.69 hourly.

Closing Date: March 29, 2026

Position Summary:

The Police Officer is a member of a community policing-focused organization who uses forward thinking and community-oriented policing skills that identify potential issues, build positive relationships, and encourage innovative solutions to create a safe campus that fosters learning and student success. The Police Officer actively patrols campus, providing a highly visible patrol presence to help safeguard against criminal activity; responds to law enforcement calls for service, and ensures safety and protection of life and property within the campus community, while assisting students, faculty, staff, and visitors; enforces state laws and campus policy, procedures, rules and regulations; responds to emergency calls and shares on-call responsibility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An employee assigned to this classification works on one of three shifts and may be required to work holidays or evenings outside of scheduled workday.

Essential Functions:

• Patrols campus property by foot, bicycle, or motor vehicle. Enforces state laws and campus policy, procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Responds to emergency calls as well as non-emergency police calls for service. Provides general police assistance including giving directions, jumpstarts, car unlocks, tire changes, and safety escorts.
• Assists persons with mobility or other disabilities.
• Provides customer service and maintains good public relations with student body, faculty, staff, and visitors.
• Assists other College personnel in the operation of safety monitoring systems, the emergency operations center, access control, alarms, fire suppression, equipment, and the emergency messaging system.
• Responds to fire, security, and mechanical system alarms and reports emergencies and equipment malfunctions in accordance with established procedures.
• Locks and unlocks buildings, rooms, and offices.
• Administers CPR, performs first aid, and operates an Automated Electronic Defibrillator (AED), if necessary .

Requirements:

• State Motor Vehicle Operator’s License or demonstrable ability to gain access to work site(s).
• High School Diploma or GED.