Police Officer

Position Summary:

Performs police patrol, investigation, traffic regulation, and related law enforcement activities.

Essential Functions:

• Exercise sound judgment and make logical decisions as to the appropriate response to situations while under pressure, and in accordance with rules, regulations, and policies.
• Work cooperatively, courteously, but firmly with all segments of the public.
• Observe and monitor people’s behavior or objects to determine compliance with laws, codes, and regulations; recall details accurately.
• Comprehend and make references from written material and learn job-related material through observation, structured lecture, and oral instruction. This learning takes place in an on-the-job training or classroom setting.
• Learn geography of the City, community service organizations, location of facilities and buildings.
• Comprehend and enforce written comprehensive local Ordinances, State, and Federal laws.
• Make mathematical calculations and draw logical conclusions.
• Listen, communicate, and work effectively with a diverse group of people.
• Proficiently perform computerized word processing, comprehension, summarizing, and writing/editing.
• Attend various meetings as needed.
• Deal effectively with co-workers, City officials, and the public in routine and emergency situations. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with City staff and the general public.
• Testify in Court.
• Maintain proficiency with a handgun.

Requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Must be 21 years or older at the time of employment;
• Must possess, or be able to obtain by time of hire, a valid State driver’s license without record of suspension or revocation in any State;
• Not convicted or has been pardoned of a crime punishable by imprisonment in a penitentiary for a term of one year or more, including convictions of Class 1 Misdemeanors
• Not been convicted of driving while intoxicated or under the influence in the two years immediately preceding admission
• Has not received a punitive discharge from the United States Armed Forces
• Has not been denied certification status, had certification revoked or currently suspended in this state or another jurisdiction
• Not been convicted of any crime involving the threat or actual use of physical violence that would constitute a Class I misdemeanor in this state.
• Not been convicted of any crime involving the threat of or actual sexual assault or abuse.
• Not convicted of any crime of physical violence or sexual abuse against a child or children.
• Not convicted of a crime of domestic violence as defined in the United States Code, 18 USC 922(g)(9), that would disqualify from possessing a firearm.
• Not subject to an order of protection that would disqualify from possessing a firearm under the provisions of United States Code, USC 922(g)(8)
• Does not have a past indicative of incompetence, or neglect of duty.
• Does not have a past indicative of physical, mental or emotional incapacity.
• Has not been adjudged or convicted of criminal violations with such frequency so as to indicate disrespect for the law and rights of others.
• Has not been adjudged or convicted of traffic violations with such frequency so as to indicate disrespect for traffic laws and disregard for the safety of others within the past three years.
• Does not have a pattern of substance abuse.(Has not used marijuana for any purpose in the two years preceding application; Not used illegal drugs or narcotics other than marijuana in the five years preceding application)
• U.S. citizen.
• Must be able to read and write the English language.
• Must be of good moral character and of temperate and industrious habits.