Police Officer Recruit
Salary: $26.11 – $35.32 / Hour.
Essential Functions:
- Patrol county to maintain law and order, prevent and discover commissions of crime, and enforce motor vehicle laws.
- Answer a wide variety of calls for service, including but not limited to collision and crime report calls, domestic disturbances, suspicious persons/vehicles, trouble calls, etc.
- Provide assistance at other emergencies including fires, squad calls and natural disasters; may administer first aid.
- Assume control of evidence at the scene of an accident or crime, pending further investigation.
- Conduct preliminary investigations, gather evidence, identify witnesses, make arrests, take prisoners into custody; and when necessary, testify in court for traffic, criminal, and civil matters.
- Check the premises of residences and buildings to detect any suspicious activity.
- Issue citations or warnings to traffic violators.
- Direct traffic as necessary.
- Interview complainants, witnesses, suspects, and prisoners to obtain information about a crime.
- Maintain records, prepare reports, and perform other necessary clerical or administrative duties.
- Perform civic functions by providing crime prevention information through various programs.
- Enforce local, state, and federal laws.
- Maintain rapport with other police departments and law enforcement units.
- Operate standard police equipment including but not limited to: Intoxilyzer, radar, radio, and laptop computer.
- Perform any other clerical or administrative duties as required.
Requirements:
- At the time of application, applicants for the position of police officer shall possess a minimum of a high school diploma or GED and three (3) years of work experience, or sixty (60) semester hours of credit from an accredited college or university, or be a high school graduate with at least two (2) years of active military duty or two (2) years of experience as a full-time, sworn law enforcement officer.
- Resident of the Commonwealth of Kentucky;
- At least 21 years of age; and
- Discreet and sober person