Police Officer

Salary: $63,752.00 – $104,416.00

Position Summary:

Under supervision, the Police Officer performs a wide variety of public safety and community care-taking duties including; preserving the peace, protecting life and property, enforcing laws and ordinances, deterring and preventing crime, investigating criminal activity, and providing public safety education. Duties will include focusing on identified crime problems, community needs to reduce crime, improve the quality of life in that area, and foster relationships with residents through Community Policing.

Essential Functions:

• Adheres to and actively promotes the goals, values and objectives of the department with the public and coworkers; promotes a positive, constructive work atmosphere; maintains harmonious working relations with co-workers; supports organizational change.
• Monitors environment and crime conditions of an assigned geographic area through the use of random patrol methods.
• Provides other assistance to the public consistent to the goals and objectives of the department. Maintains personal discipline and complies with all applicable laws,
  policies, procedures and sound police practices; promotes discipline among co-workers.
• Maintains current knowledge circumstances, trends, practices, laws and legal decisions
  affecting the law enforcement profession and his or her area of responsibility;
  familiarizes self with current information relating to department operations and
  administration
• Seeks to apprehend suspected law violators through the use of physical arrest
  procedures or citation procedures. Actively pursues suspected law violators using
  search and containment methods. Processes through the use of arrest and
  booking procedures both male and female suspected law violators, adults, and
  juveniles, who have been arrested. Enforces state and municipal traffic laws
  through the use of physical arrest procedures and citation procedures.
• Gathers information at traffic crash scenes to conduct preliminary investigations. Uses
  hand signals to direct traffic as necessary around accidents, objects in road, or at
  intersections when traffic signals are not working.
• Protects citizens from life threatening situations by the use of movement or protective
  cover.

Requirements:

• Per state employment law, candidates must be at least 18 Years of age.
• High School Diploma or GED or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to pass entrance testing for the Vermont Police Academy
• Ability to maintain and regularly pass physical testing requirements
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Valid Driver’s license
• Ability to interact with the public in a variety of situations
• Candidates with the following qualifications will be given preference in the hiring process:
• An Associate’s degree or higher level of education
• Two years or more of Military service with an honorable discharge
• Two years or more of previous law enforcement experience