Police Officer
Salary: $7,512 per month
Essential Functions:
- Enforce local, county, and state laws.
- Employee investigates criminal and non-criminal occurrences, makes arrests, interviews witnesses, transports prisoners, and testifies in court proceedings as required.
- Patrols the campus and other property owned or operated by the University using various vehicular, foot, and stationary assignments.
- Investigates traffic collisions, enforces traffic laws, provides safety escorts, responds to radio calls, accordingly, responds to emergencies as needed and performs other duties as assigned.
- Builds rapport between professional/civilian employees, students, volunteers, staff, faculty, and visitors by promoting public trust through ethical behavior and adherence to a set of core values as set forth by the Division of Administrative Affairs.
- Seeks opportunities to foster partnerships and build diverse teams within the university community.
- Supports the principles of community-oriented policing.
- Writes reports to accurately describe events as they occur or as they are described to the employee. Includes drafting traffic collision sketches and crime scene diagrams as needed.
- May be required to generate reports on a computer.
- Participation in public speaking as requested by superior officer e.g. address housing residents, conduct public tours, safety talks.
- Communicate with a multiethnic and diverse community.
- Participates in training which includes classroom instruction, and on-the-job training.
- Employee must meet all training requirements established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and Department policy.
- May be required to act as the Officer-in-Charge in the absence of the Sergeant or Corporal.
- Employee will be expected to take supervisory charge of civilian employees during times of emergencies.
Requirements:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- Possess a valid P.O.S.T. Certificate of Eligibility or a P.O.S.T. Basic Certificate in good standing
- Eligible to be a peace officer in the State of California.
- Valid California driver’s license