Police Officer

Salary: $66,756.00 – $91,776.00 Annually

Position Summary:

As an employer, the City of De Pere is a positive, team-oriented organization with a commitment to providing exceptional customer service to its community. The City of De Pere provides an engaging work environment focused on collaboration and team building. De Pere strives to attract, develop, and retain critical talent by promoting a diversity of thought, valuing differing perspectives, and empowering employees to share their authentic viewpoints at all levels and functions within the City.

The mission of the De Pere Police Department is to provide an integrated team approach to pro-active patrol, crime prevention, and criminal investigation utilizing city and community resources to improve the safety and quality of life in De Pere.

Essential Functions:

• Conduct routine preventative patrol in designated areas of the City. Initiate contacts with both business operators and residents.
• Respond to calls for police service. Attempt to resolve domestic disputes, disturbances and other incidents through counseling or referral. Mediate disputes among neighbors, and juveniles. Attempt to resolve complaints from citizens of the community. Maintain civil obedience at group functions.
• Provide information and/or assistance to the public. Answer a wide range of non-police related service calls. Inform citizens of available services in the community. Promote crime prevention through community and educational programs. Make presentations to public and local organizations concerning crime prevention and related police matters.
• Attempt to maintain the peace and safety of the community.
• Provide for safe flow of traffic and pedestrians within the community. Investigate traffic accidents. Enforce traffic violations. Enforce state and local traffic laws and ordinances. Promote vehicle and pedestrian safety. Report unsafe road conditions.
• Conduct criminal and non-criminal investigations. Perform surveillance. Conduct follow-up investigations.
• Enforce laws and arrest lawbreakers. Make felony, misdemeanor, and ordinance arrests and issue traffic ordinance citations.
• Prepare written reports, forms, and other documents as required.
• Testify in criminal and civil court proceedings and give depositions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Minimum Education: Associate or bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Minimum Experience: A combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Minimum Certifications: Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board Certification or eligible for Wisconsin reciprocity exam.
• Valid unencumbered Wisconsin driver’s license and safe driving record.
• United States citizen.
• Minimum 20 years of age at time of hire; minimum 21 years of age at the completion of Field Training Officer Program (FTO) (approximately 16 weeks after date of hire).
• Must not have convictions of any Federal felony or any offense, which if committed in Wisconsin could be punishable as a felony unless the individual has received an unconditional pardon.
• Residency within a 30-mile radius from the center of the Claude Allouez Bridge within 12 months of hire.