Police Officer
Salary: $37.83 Hourly
Closing Date: 6/30/2025
Position Summary:
Perform a variety of law enforcement and security related duties to ensure the safety of students, faculty, staff and visitors, and the security of college property and facilities.
Essential Functions:
- The following duties are typical for this classification. Incumbents may not perform all of the listed duties and/or may be required to perform additional or different duties from those set forth below to address business needs and changing business practices.
- Perform law enforcement and crime prevention work, to include patrolling college properties in an effort to proactively preserve law and order and achieve positive public relations; respond to public safety emergencies, complaints, concerns or questions and administer proper procedures to ensure public safety; conduct criminal investigations; enforce parking regulations, control and direct traffic, to include respond to and conduct traffic accident investigations; inspect and maintain the security of college buildings and facilities.
- Provide public assistance; participate in community service activities; use safe work practices and procedures, and provide customer service.
- Prepare applicable crime and incident reports.
- Perform a variety of technical and administrative tasks in support of the Department.
- Maintain and clean equipment.
- Maintain visible patrols of College property and surrounding areas to deter criminal activity.
- Identify and investigate such criminal activity, safety and fire hazards and other incidents/complaints.
- Respond to life and property emergencies; responsible for immediate evaluation of the emergency and notification of emergency support personnel; perform self defense measures.
- Initiate and may complete follow-up investigations of felonies, misdemeanors, motor vehicle incidents and College policy violations.
- Prepare written reports, affidavits, warrants and memoranda for transmittal to Orange County Court, Department of Motor Vehicles, College departments and other law enforcement agencies.
- Maintain law enforcement presence at College and District functions; provide escorts of negotiable assets for College departments.
- Serve as presenter to College community in self-defense measures, personal safety awareness, and crime prevention.
- Provide additional patrols via mountain bicycle for strategic areas of campus to include pedestrian routes. Operate police vehicle on/off campus.
Requirements:
- Two years of law enforcement or security experience.
- Equivalent to an Associate of Arts degree with major training in law enforcement, security or a related field.
- Possession of a current P.O.S.T. Basic Certificate (received after completing Field Training as a Police Officer for one year); possession of a valid California Driver’s License, and a current and valid First Aid/CPR certificate.
- Must pass a medical and psychological test as required by Government Code Section 1031(F) and required to submit to a thorough background investigation pursuant to Government Code Section 1031 to comply with the standards established by the Commission for P.O.S.T.