Police Officer

Salary: $57,012.80 – $94,057.60 Annually

Closing Date: 7/31/2026

Position Summary:

The Police Officer is responsible for protecting life and property through the enforcement of laws and ordinances within the assigned jurisdiction. This role involves the suppression and detection of crime, apprehension of law violators, and the general enforcement of laws and ordinances. Officers work according to department rules and regulations and are assigned to various duties based on department needs.

Essential Functions:

• Enforce laws and ordinances to protect life and property within the designated jurisdiction.
• Suppress and detect criminal activity through patrols, investigations, and proactive measures.
• Apprehend law violators and ensure proper documentation and processing.
• Respond to calls for service, including emergencies, disturbances, and criminal incidents.
• Complete reports, maintain records, and document activities and incidents accurately.
• Work collaboratively with other officers, departments, and community members to maintain public safety.
• Follow department rules, regulations, and procedures while performing all tasks.
• Attend training, meetings, and other professional development activities as required.
• Maintain physical and mental readiness to respond to various law enforcement situations.

Requirements:

• High School degree or GED is required, prefer an Associate degree in Criminal Justice. Shall have successfully completed a Florida Basic Law Enforcement Academy or Equivalency of Training (for Out of State transfer) and have passed the State Officers Certification Exam (through FDLE). A combination of education and experience may be considered.

• Possession of a valid Florida operator’s driver’s license without restrictions other than corrective lenses.
• Must reside within a fifty-mile radius of the City of Titusville.
• Successfully complete psychological and polygraph tests, fingerprinting, driving record check and background check. Must have telephone in home residence.
• Subject to emergency call-out during off-duty hours and on weekends as required.
• Must be able to move 150-pound objects up to 100 feet in an emergency. Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, kneeling, crawling, running, standing, sitting, walking, and operating motor vehicle for prolonged periods of time; climbing obstructions, complete mobility of all limbs and discharging firearms; operating motorized vehicles; lifting and pushing,
  Must be able to run extended distances and apprehend fleeing suspects.
• Speaking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken English word including the ability to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately and concisely. Ability to communicate verbally both in person and over the phone.
• Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
• Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires full motion of the lower extremities and back muscles.
• Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word including those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Visual Acuity: Have visual acuity to operate motor vehicles, include close vision, distant vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must possess the visual acuity distinguish details and differences when observing people, places, or things in law enforcement work.
• Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances. Including ability to walk in uneven terrain on a daily basis.
• Running: Must be able to run extended distances and apprehend fleeing suspects.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling: Holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination in sound.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. Occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity: Ability to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force in order to draw or haul objects in a sustained motion.
• Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
• Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.