Police Officer
Position Summary:
General duty police work in the protection of life and property through the enforcement of laws and ordinances. Work is performed under the supervision of a Police Sergeant.
Essential Functions:
- Effect an arrest, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints; subdue resisting suspects, using maneuvers and weapons and resort to the use of hands and feet, and other approved weapons in self-defense.
- Prepare investigative and other reports, including sketches, using appropriate grammar, symbols and mathematical computations.
- Exercise independent judgment in determining when there is reasonable suspicion to detain, when probable cause exists to search and arrest and when force may be used and to what degree.
- Operate a law enforcement vehicle during both the day and night; in emergency situations involving speeds in excess of posted limits, in congested traffic and in unsafe road conditions caused by factors such as fog, smoke, and rain.
- Communicate effectively and coherently over law enforcement radio channels while initiating and responding to radio communication.
- Gather information in criminal investigations by interviewing and obtaining the statements of victims, witnesses, suspects and confidential informers.
- Pursue fleeing suspects and perform operations which may involve quickly entering and exiting law enforcement patrol vehicles; lifting, carrying and dragging heavy objects; climbing over and pulling up oneself over obstacles; jumping down from elevated surfaces; climbing through openings; jumping over obstacles, ditches and streams; crawling in confined areas; balancing on uneven or narrow surfaces and using body force to gain entrance through barriers.
- Load, unload, aim and fire from a variety of body positions: handguns, shotguns and other agency firearms under conditions of stress that justify the use of deadly force and at levels of proficiency prescribed in certification standards.
- Conduct visual and audio surveillance for extended periods of time.
- Demonstrate communication skills in court and other formal settings
- Perform searches of people, vehicles, buildings and large outdoor areas which may involve feeling and detecting objects, walking for long periods of time, detaining people and stopping suspicious vehicles and persons.
- Engage in law enforcement patrol functions that include things as working rotating shifts.
Requirements:
- Must be a high school graduate or possess a General Education Diploma (GED). Completion of the
- Minimum Standards courses as set forth by the Florida police Standards Council.
- Must have a Florida Enforcement Certification
- Must possess a valid Florida Driver’s License