Police Officer

JOB SUMMARY:
This position is responsible for enforcing Federal, State, and City rules, regulations, ordinances, and codes, maintain a high visibility in the community to deter and prevent criminal activity, and educate the public in ways to protect themselves from criminal activity and/or prevent accidents and injuries. Duties normally consist of routine patrol, preliminary investigation, crime prevention, criminal apprehension, traffic regulation, and problem solving.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provides community-oriented police services and improve and enhance the quality of life in the community; works with citizens to address the issues of safety, crime, fear of crime, and neighborhood disorder; assures citizens are treated with courtesy and respect.
• Performs duties of Police Officer and assists other law enforcement personnel in the performance of their duties; enforces local, state and Federal laws, and enforces compliance with local regulations and ordinances, according to Department policies, procedures and regulations.
• Patrols the City to respond to citizens’ requests for assistance, enforce traffic regulations, detect crime, apprehend violators, and assure public safety; applies laws and regulations fairly and consistently.
• Preserves the peace of the community through mediation, investigation, intervention, assistance, and arrest; utilizes all lawful means to improve the quality of life by recognizing and resolving problems.
• Patrols the City, looking for unusual and suspicious activities and persons; responds to emergency and non-emergency calls for service; investigates, documents, and resolves traffic incidents, crimes, dangerous and illegal activities, and citizen complaints;
interrogates and communicates with victims, witnesses, and suspects in cases; provides scene security for emergency services personnel.
• Investigates crimes and accidents; secures and processes crime and accident scenes and identifies and collects evidence; arrests law violators; transports and processes suspects, victims, and prisoners.

JOB REQUIRMENTS

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Minimum requirements for formal education and jobrelated experience.

Training and Experience:
• High school diploma or GED
• Must be U.S. citizen to be sworn in as a Texas Officer
• College degree preferred
• Valid State of Texas Class C Driver’s License and good driving record
• Texas Basic Certificate of Law Enforcement Officer Training
• TCOLE certified
• Ability to pass a drug test
• No felony convictions, Class B misdemeanor conviction or above within the past ten
years of application.