Police Officer

Position Summary:

Police officers provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting positive community relations. Police officers patrol in an automobile, on bicycle, and on foot, within their designated area. Police officers also perform investigative work in preparation for arrests and/or criminal prosecution.

Essential Functions:

• Performs patrol assignments and responds to routine calls for service; assists stranded motorists and investigates abandoned vehicles; reports traffic, roadway, utility and engineering problems; directs vehicle and pedestrian traffic; responds to burglar and intrusion alarms; checks buildings for signs of unlawful entry; conducts vehicle lock-outs; performs crowd control; makes emergency notifications.
• Enforces motor vehicle laws, including speed limits, traffic laws, OVI laws and parking laws; administers standardized field sobriety tests and breath tests.
• Investigates vehicle accidents; sketches and photographs accident scenes; secures and processes evidence; interviews participants and witnesses; performs traffic direction and control; determines fault and contributing factors; completes reports and required paperwork.
• Enforces state and local criminal laws and ordinances.
• Conducts investigations for misdemeanors and felonies; interviews witnesses; interrogates suspects; collects information on offenders; conducts surveillance.
• Searches persons and crime scenes; packages, transports and submits evidence; protects integrity of crime scenes.
• Recovers and inventories stolen property.
• Prepares probable cause affidavits, subpoenas and mental health commitment papers.
• Enforces court orders including writs and restraining orders.

Requirements:

• Possess and maintain qualification with the assigned departmental firearms.
• Possession of a valid operator’s license with a driving record acceptable to the Village and the Village’s insurance carrier.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Commissioned Peace Officer according to the rules of the Ohio Peace Officer Training Council.
• Associate’s degree, or the equivalent number of quarter / semester hours, from an accredited college or university