Police Officer
Salary: $38.00/hr.
Essential Functions:
- Patrol a designated area of the University community to conduct security inspections of University buildings and property in a police car, or on foot, or other means of transportation (i.e. bicycle) to prevent the commission of crime.
- Control and assist the movement of vehicle and pedestrian traffic by physically directing traffic.
- Assist other local law enforcement agencies.
- Respond to requests for non-enforcement service assistance to the University community. Interview persons with non-enforcement type inquiries and complaints and make the proper disposition including directing them to the proper authorities. The community service portion of the police mission is multi-dimensional and includes such duties as providing general community information, assisting motorists with vehicle problems, securing found property, providing authorized persons entry to facilities, delivering messages, controlling loose live stock, and assisting in the investigation of on-the-job injuries.
- Identify, investigate, and report hazards which might endanger the public safety and/or University plant or equipment.
- Act as a campus security authority, as defined by the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, to include completing training and the timely reporting to the University of Illinois Police allegations of Clery Act crimes.
- Act as a responsible employee under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 which includes the timely reporting of incidents of sexual harassment/misconduct to the University of Illinois’ Title IX coordinator.
- Perform related duties as assigned.
- Patrol a designated area of the University community in a police car, or on foot, or other means of transportation (i.e. bicycle) to preserve law and order by enforcing federal and state laws, local ordinances, and University rules and regulations through identification, apprehension and prosecution of violators.
Requirements:
- High school graduation or equivalent
- Possession of a valid driver’s license
- No record of conviction of a felony or misdemeanors as identified in the Illinois Police Training Act (50 ILCS 705 et seq.), or a crime involving moral turpitude
- Eligibility for bonding, if required by the employing institution
- Successful completion of the Basic Law Enforcement Officers’ Training course as prescribed by the Illinois Law Enforcement Training & Standards Board, if required by the employing institution. All recruit law enforcement officers who successfully complete this course after September 1, 1984 are required to successfully pass the Law Enforcement Officers’ Certification Examination. (Applicants lacking such training at time of appointment will be required to complete such requirement during, and as a part of, their probationary period of employment in this class.)
- At least 21 years of age upon employment. (This requirement may be further defined by local recruitment, examination, and employment policies, provided age requirements have been met with regard to all other applicable state and federal regulations in this respect.)