Police Officer-Lateral Hire
Salary: $66,962.97 – $100,924.87 Annually.
Position Summary:
Police Officers take proper enforcement action as necessary to maintain the order, safety and general welfare of the city. Police Officers provide a highly visible, professional presence while conducting patrol activities, maintaining safety and assisting citizens in a wide range of emergency and non-emergency situations.
Essential Functions:
- Enforces applicable federal, state, and local laws and ordinances.
- Patrols the jurisdiction (via vehicle, bicycle, and/or on foot) to observe and identify potential problem areas within the community.
- Responds to a wide range of calls for service including calls of both an emergency and non-emergency nature.
- Maintains radio contact with dispatch and officers/supervisors.
- Provides backup to other law enforcement officers.
- Issues traffic citations and warnings to traffic violators.
- Initiates arrests of law violators.
- Investigates traffic crashes, including taking measurements, photographs, and diagrams, as necessary.
- Directs traffic.
- Interviews witnesses.
- Provides first aid, as necessary.
- Assists fire department/emergency medical service personnel, as necessary.
- Conducts checks of businesses and residences, including responding to alarms.
- Operates specific equipment as required, including alcohol testing instruments, traffic radar, traffic laser, and other police equipment.
- Conducts periodic checks of police vehicles and equipment, including routine inspections.
- Conducts criminal investigations.
- Conducts surveillance and stakeout activities.
- Prepares reports and paperwork related to case investigations and prosecutions.
- Prepares arrest warrants and search warrants.
- Executes arrest warrants and search warrants.
- Prepares records/reports documenting daily shift activities.
- Testifies in court.
- Provides training to other officers.
- Receives periodic in-service and specialized training.
- Cooperates with other city employees and departments.
- Promotes and maintains responsive community relations.
- Requires regular and predictable attendance.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- This position has a high degree of accountability.
- The incumbent must be eligible to work in the United States and be currently employed as a police officer (in any state*) with at least one (1) year of full-time employment as a police officer.
- Time spent in a police academy or working in a correctional facility does not count toward the required one (1) year of employment.
- The incumbent for this position shall be at least 21 years of age.
- A bachelor’s degree and/or active duty military service with honorable discharge is preferred.
- The incumbent must possess a valid Ohio driver’s license before the date of appointment and the ability to maintain insurability under the city’s vehicle insurance policy.
- The incumbent must be able to successfully pass a background check according to the city’s established criteria and any restrictions put in place by state law.
- Background investigation includes, but is not limited to: credit, criminal history, employment and personal reference checks; home interview.
- After a conditional offer is extended, candidates will be subject to a lie detector examination, medical evaluation, drug screen, and psychological evaluation to determine fitness for duty.
- Personality assessments may also be used in the selection process.