Police Officer
Salary: $27.89 Per Hour
Closing Date: 06/15/2025
Essential Functions:
- Patrols assigned post, investigates incidents, and makes arrests on view or on warrant violations of State statutes, city and county ordinances, or university regulations
- Conducts investigations, as required, and submits reports to supervisors infractions of rules and regulations of the university, State laws, and city and county ordinances
- Directs vehicle and pedestrian traffic and enforces parking and traffic rules and regulations
- Investigates and reports obstructions in streets and sidewalks, holes, leaking or faulty utility services, or other unusual conditions that might endanger the public safety
- Controls pedestrian traffic
- Assists local police agencies during emergencies
- Performs other related duties as assigned
Requirements:
1. High school graduation or equivalent.
2. Possession of a valid driver’s license.
3. 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.
4. Eligibility for bonding, if required by the employing institution.
5. 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.)
6. Must be at least 21 years of age upon employment. (This requirement may be further defined by local.