Police Officer / Cadet

Position Status: Full-time

Work Schedule:

University Police operates 24/7, including weekends, holidays, and overtime as needed.

• Police Officer:
  • May work day or night hours on one of three shifts with varying days off and on holidays — work involves a degree of danger.
• Cadet (Academic Setting):
  • May have occasional exposure to outside weather conditions.

Salary: Salary is commensurate based on qualifications and relevant experience

Pay Basis: Monthly

Job Summary

• Police Officer: To enforce the law, provide service and aid to citizens, prevent crime, suppress disturbances, investigate criminal offenses, and arrest offenders as required.
• Cadet: To attend and satisfactorily complete a Basic Peace Officer Course, qualifying for commissioning as a peace officer for The University of Texas System Police.

Salary as commensurate:

• $62,000 – Starting (cadet)
• $63,000 – After successful completion of TCOLE basic peace officer course
• Police Officer I – $65,000
• Police Officer II – $72,000
• Police Officer III – $75,000
• Police Officer IV – $79,000
• Lateral officers (prior experience) may be compensated based upon prior experience

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Police Officer: The officer is to perform law enforcement duties on the property under the control and jurisdiction of the University of Texas System.

• Preserve the peace by the use of all lawful means, interceding, when authorized by law, to prevent or suppress crime.
• Execute all lawful process.
• An officer is to arrest offenders with or without warrant when authorized by law.
• Investigate criminal offenses to detect and arrest criminals and recover stolen or lost property.
• Prepare various written reports narrating law enforcement and police activities.
• In addition, an officer must confer with local enforcement, criminal justice, and emergency response agencies on matters of mutual interest.

Cadet: Attends classes, maintains comprehensive notebooks, and completes homework assignments.

• Participates in the physical training program, firearms training, defensive tactics program and practical problems to demonstrate the following required abilities:
  • Necessary strength and agility to subdue and restrain persons resisting arrest including the proper use of handcuffs and other restraining devices.
  • Adequate hand, arm and upper body strength and ability to safely operate a handgun and/or should weapon with either hand and qualify with same on a prescribed course.
  • Necessary agility and endurance to pursue violators on foot; ability to scale a reasonable barrier or obstruction while in foot pursuit of violators, to include running up and down flights of stairs.
  • Ability to remove an injured or unconscious person of reasonable size from an area of danger.
  • Ability to safely operate an automobile on a public street or highway without the use of any specialized equipment peculiar only to the operator while utilizing the police radio and emergency equipment such as siren and emergency lights.
• Actively participates in classroom discussions and groups’ projects and demonstrates the ability to apply knowledge gained in the Basic Police Officer Course.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current basic TCOLE License.
• Two years of law enforcement experience.
• At least 30 hours of college from an accredited institution.
• Experience working in higher education or a similar environment.

Other Requirements

• Must be able to pass the UT System physical fitness test.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Criminal history must not contain felonies or misdemeanors above Class C within the last 10 years (excluding traffic violations).

Workplace Conditions

• Work involves a degree of danger.
• Occasional exposure to outside weather conditions.

Benefits Eligible: Yes