Police Officer
Essential Functions:
- Patrols streets in a police car or on foot; checks doors and windows; examines premises of unoccupied residences or buildings; detects unusual conditions, may maintain surveillance and observation for stolen cars, missing persons, or suspects; report dangerous or defective streets, sidewalks, traffic lights, or other hazardous conditions.
- Responds to calls for assistance, complaints, suspicious activity, domestic disputes, loud and disruptive behavior; completes calls by determining true nature of the situation and taking whatever legal or persuasive action is warranted.
- Investigates traffic accidents; issues traffic citation; directs traffic and participates in other emergency operation activities.
- Performs initial investigations of accidents or possible crimes through observation, questioning witnesses, and gathering physical evidence; performs investigative tasks, arrests and processes criminal suspects; presents findings in court.
- Issues citations for violation of traffic regulations, serves warrants; apprehends and processes criminal suspects and transports to detention facilities.
- Operates a two-way radio to receive instructions and information from or to report information to police headquarters; maintains vehicles, weapons and other equipment in standards working order.
- Prepare records and reports of activities.
- Advises the public on laws and local ordinances; serves papers as needed.
- Gives information and directions to visitors and the general public.
- Assists with emergency response activities of the town such as evacuation procedures and clean-up activities
Requirements:
- Selected candidates must successfully complete the state mandated background and pre-hire process, along with other evaluation processes required by the police department.
- Applicants must be eligible for immediate certification with N.C. Criminal Justice Education & Training Standards Commission or eligible for lateral transfer if applying from another agency in North Carolina or out of state transfer.
- Possess a valid North Carolina driver’s license at the time of appointment.
- Applicants with 3+years of law enforcement experience, advanced education or advanced training in criminal justice or related field is preferred