Police Officer

Salary: $63,594.00 – $89,487.00 Annually

Position Summary:

The City of Sweet Home is actively recruiting for the position of police officer to perform a variety of law enforcement duties, such as responding to and investigating incident scenes; patrolling the city; enforcing laws and ordinances; making arrests; preserving crime scene evidence; summarizing events in report format; and performing preventative community policing.

Essential Functions:

• Respond and Manage Emergencies: Respond to calls for service in accordance with department policy, assessing the situation, controlling the scene, and rendering aid. Deploy needed resources, complete investigations as needed, and re-establish normalcy. Use protective equipment to protect from infectious disease.
• Provide Public Services: Participate in public education programs/activities, community problem solving projects. Must provide visible patrols for public access, offense deterrence and detection, and traffic enforcement; mediate and resolve domestic disturbances, suspicious persons situations, and civil disputes; assist disabled persons, conduct welfare and security checks, provide traffic control, crowd control, motorist assistance, and information and directions; respond to nuisance calls; conduct security checks; make death notifications. Provide first aid and assist in emergency rescue.
• Conduct Investigations: Detect and determine offenses including jurisdiction/venue; identify and secure crime scenes; identify involved/affected persons and needed resources; collect and process evidence; identify and seize contraband; photograph/diagram crime scenes; collect evidence and intelligence; maintain confidentiality; conduct surveillance; complete and assemble documentation, obtain search and arrest warrants, execute and serve warrants; understand and comply with constitutional law requirements, particularly under the Fourth Amendment.
• Make Custodial Arrests: Make probable cause arrests, juvenile custody detentions, detoxification holds, mental commitments, and assist in citizen arrests; use proper force and apply restraining devices; conduct pat down and in-custody searches; transport persons in custody; conduct booking procedures and conduct searches and seizures; issue citation in lieu of custody and make proper notifications.
• Prepare Reports: Generate professional quality accurate reports in a timely manner using a computer, transfer data from lap top computer to local area network; write investigative, informative/special, and administrative reports; determine proper distribution of reports.
• Participate in Court Process: Prepare for trial/hearings. Must be able to give testimony in a court of law without being subject to impeachment due to his/her honesty or veracity (or opposites) or due to prior felony conviction. Be able to collect and present physical evidence, sworn statements and visual aids.
• Operate Vehicles: Check vehicle for safe and lawful operation, maintain a clean vehicle, keep the vehicle stocked with necessary emergency equipment, and associated other supplies; check vehicle for weapons or contraband; operate a two-way radio and other emergency equipment; operate the vehicle safely under routine conditions, emergency conditions, and in adverse weather.
• Use and Maintain Equipment: Operate and maintain firearms, body armor, impact weapons, chemical agents, portable radios restraining devices, lighting/vision equipment, first aid supplies, safety/hazardous material equipment, radar, photographic equipment, traffic cones and flares, evidence gathering equipment, intoxilyzer, computers, riot gear, and audio-visual equipment.
• Maintain satisfactory working relationships with other local law enforcement agencies to coordinate activities, provide mutual assistance and general information about department activities and other community and government groups and occasionally speaking and conducting presentations on topics of public safety to them.

Requirements:

• Candidates must be 21 years of age.
• Be a U.S. Citizen or are actively becoming a U.S. Citizen.
• Have a high school diploma or GED.
• Must have the ability to speak, read and write the English language.
• Be of good moral fitness, as determined by a thorough background investigation.
• Be free of any conviction for any felony; any misdemeanors involving violent behavior; or unlawful use, possession, delivery, or manufacture of a controlled substance, narcotic or dangerous drug.
• Pass a written test and oral interview as prescribed by the police department.
• Be willing to work weekends, holiday, varying shifts and extra hours.
• Possession of a valid motor vehicle operator’s license and an acceptable driving record at the time of appointment may be a condition of employment.
• Must pass a general physical examination as required by the Department of Public Safety Standards and Training and a comprehensive psychological examination.
• Candidates must be able to obtain the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards & Training (DPSST) Basic Police certification and Law Enforcement Data Systems (LEDS) certification within one year of hire.
• Must possess and maintain a valid First Aid and CPR card.