Police Officer

New Berlin, WI
New Berlin Police Department

Salary: $62,707.94 Annually.

Closing Date: 8/12/2024.

Essential Functions:

  • Takes action and enforces city ordinances, state statutes, and federal laws through the appropriate application of arrest, search, and seizure.
  • Provides public safety through multiple proactive approaches.
  • Conducts preliminary investigations by protecting the crime scene, processing for evidence, and interviewing victims, witnesses, and suspects.
  • Engages in positive, clear, and concise verbal communications with individuals when providing directions, collecting information, advising of rights and processes, or mediating disputes.
  • Communicates in writing by preparing reports and records of activity with strong skills in organization, grammar, and spelling.
  • Reviews/analyzes police-related reports and other relevant data in order to maintain a high degree of knowledge in criminal activity and/or other social concerns of interest to the police department.
  • Makes necessary referrals and provides testimony when required.
  • Provides first-responder emergency medical services through the use and application of first aid, CPR, and other trained medical skills.
  • Performs other duties as assigned by supervisors which require the knowledge, skills, and abilities of a police officer. These duties may include, but not limited to; traffic enforcement, training in various police tactics and procedures, and desk officer duties.

Requirements:

  • Possess a high school diploma or equivalent.
  • Possess an Associate Degree from a post-secondary educational institution or a minimum of 60 college level credits from an accredited institution acknowledged by the United States Secretary of Education.
  • Ability to become certifiable as a Wisconsin law enforcement officer.
  • Possess an acceptable personal and professional history of good character as determined through a complete background investigation.
  • Meet the minimum requirements as established by the Law Enforcement Standards Board.
  • Be a citizen of the United States at the time of appointment.
  • Be at least 18 years of age at the time of appointment.
  • Possess a valid Wisconsin driver’s license or other such valid operator’s permit recognized by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation authorizing operation of a motor vehicle in Wisconsin.
  • Must not have been convicted of any federal felony or any offense which if committed in Wisconsin could be punished as a felony unless the applicant has been granted an absolute and unconditional pardon.
  • Must not have been convicted of any misdemeanor crime of domestic violence unless the applicant has been granted an absolute and unconditional pardon.
  • Be able to speak, read, comprehend and write using the English language.