Police Officer

Meridian, MS
Meridian Police Department

Salary: $44,594

Closing Date: October 9, 2025

Essential Functions:

  • Enforces all city and state codes, ordinances, laws, and regulations in order to protect life and property prevent crime, and promote security.
  • Maintains visibility by patrolling assigned areas, city streets, parks, neighborhoods, and businesses to ensure security; makes observations for prowlers, vagrants, suspicious persons, and other violators.
  • Performs surveillance of various locations and criminal suspects; collects and reviews data; develops trends
    and/or patterns pertaining to locations/suspects; files intelligence reports.
  • Investigates reported crimes; interviews and obtains statements from victims, witnesses, suspects, and confidential informants; processes crime scenes; gathers, prepares, and submits evidence to crime lab.
  • Obtains and serves warrants; performs various search operations; locates missing persons.
  • Determines probable cause to search and/or reasonable suspicion to detain suspects; pursues fleeing and
    subdues resisting suspects; affects arrests; processes and transports prisoners.
  • Responds to emergency calls and calls for assistance; mediates disputes and advises suspects of rights.
  • Assists fellow officers as requested/necessary on domestic and theft calls, executing warrants, serving subpoenas, and making traffic stops.
  • Responds to accident calls; gathers information at the accident scene; investigates and reconstructs serious injury or fatal accidents; interviews victims and witnesses; investigates hit and run accidents; notifies relatives of victims as necessary.
  • Performs functions at accidents, emergencies, fires, and disasters to include directing traffic, administering emergency medical aid, and managing dangerous situations; interacts with EMS teams.
  • Establishes road blocks; administers field sobriety tests; identifies wanted persons/vehicles; impounds vehicles; assists stranded motorists; ensures roadways are clear of obstacles and hazards.
  • Stops vehicles for traffic violations; issues traffic citations and warnings; utilizes radar/LIDAR speed monitoring equipment.
  • Contacts command/supervisory personnel for emergency response and critical incident communications. Identifies illegal drugs and hazardous materials; maintains knowledge of prescription drugs.
  • Enters/retrieves data to/from computer system including stolen property, arrest and wanted persons information, investigation data, and criminal/driving records checks; reviews crime statistics.

Requirements:

  • High school diploma or GED.
  • Must possess evidence of a valid driver’s license at the time of application.
  • Must be at least 21 years of age by the date the application is turned in.
  • Must be a U. S. Citizen or resident status.
  • Within one (1) year of employment as a Police Officer: Must pass and maintain current Peace Officer Standards and Training (P.O.S.T.) certification requirements as a law enforcement officer in accordance with the Mississippi Board of Minimum Standards. Must be qualified to operate a firearm.
  • May be required to attain and maintain additional certifications.