Police Officer

Salary: $44,330.46 – $70,840.71 Annually

Essential Functions:

• Patrols to prevent and discover the commission of a crime.
• Apprehends and arrests violators of local, state, and federal laws.
• Enforces ordinances of the City of Florence, state, and applicable federal laws.
• Patrol in a manner to promote positive police/community relations.
• Investigate automobile accidents in the City of Florence.
• Responds to calls involving misdemeanor and felony crimes.
• Answers calls on a wide variety of domestic-related disturbances.
• Renders assistance to mentally ill persons.
• Aids neglected and abused children.
• Conducts preliminary investigations at the scene of crimes. Conducts follow-up investigations as assigned.
• Proficiently administers emergency first aid to persons at crime scenes and accidents. Protects and gathers evidence at crime scenes.
• Locates and questions witnesses and takes statements, as necessary.
• Testifies as a witness in city, state, and federal courts, in both civil and criminal cases.
• Performs traffic and crowd control at parades, special functions, and sporting events.
• Escorts funeral processions, dignitaries, and moving of buildings.
• Checks and reports on defective streets, obscured lights, signs, and damaged road surfaces of missing facilities which serve to expedite the safe and proper flow of traffic.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• College Transcripts and legible copies of ANY college diplomas.
• ALL DD-214 forms, if applicable. (Military)
• Three letters of recommendation addressing the Civil Service Board with the person making the recommendations’ address, phone number, and signature. No family members; only someone who can speak of your character who is not related.
• Birth certificate.
• Legible copy of CURRENT driver’s license (front and back).
• A legible copy of a Social Security card.
• Prior to the Physical test, you are required to turn in the Physician’s Release Form filled out by a Physician or Nurse Practitioner. (These forms will be available prior to the Physical test.)
• Must pass the Physical Agility test to proceed in the hiring process.
• Must pass the written test with a score of 70 or above to proceed in the hiring process.