Police Officer 2

Shreveport, LA
Southern University - Shreveport

Salary: $3,445.87 – $5,620.00 Monthly.

Essential Functions:

  • Protects lives and property through active foot patrols and mobile patrols, enforcing laws, and investigating crimes.
  • Provides first aid and emergency services.
  • Investigates accidents, enforces parking and traffic regulations, and campus regulations.
  • Conducts crime prevention and security programs, guard service, and directs traffic.
  • Maintains logs of radio, telephone, and teletype activities and monitors alarm systems and other police radio frequencies.
  • Operates police network computers and dispatches police officers in response to calls.

Requirements:

  • One year of experience in law enforcement work.
  • College training will substitute for the required experience on the basis of thirty semester hours for the year of experience.
  • Must have eighteenth birthday at time of application.
  • An applicant who has been convicted of a felony or who is under indictment on a felony charge will be disqualified until relief from the disabilities imposed by state and federal laws is granted.
  • May be required to possess a valid Louisiana driver’s license at time of appointment.
  • May be required to complete a Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) course.
  • For some positions, evidence of POST certification must be submitted at the time of the application.
  • May be required to qualify annually with a firearm.
  • For some positions, applicant must be eligible for bond.