Police Officer, SRO

Position Summary:

The School Resource Officer’s main duty is to perform general duty law enforcement work to protect life and property at their assigned school during the time that school is in session. Specialized law enforcement work requires additional training and journey level experience. Performs general duty law enforcement work to protect life and property in the City when school is not in session.

Essential Functions:

• Participating in school activities, including some classroom instruction and establishing rapport with staff and school students to prevent drugs and other juvenile crimes.
• Patrols streets in a police car, on bicycle, or on foot; responds to calls for assistance, complaints, suspicious activity, domestic disputes, loud and disruptive behavior; completes calls by determining true nature of the situation and taking whatever legal or persuasive action is warranted; investigates traffic accidents; issues traffic citations; directs traffic and participates in other emergency operation activities.
• Performs investigations of accidents or possible crimes through observation, questioning witnesses, and gathering physical evidence; performs investigative tasks, arrests and processes criminal suspects; presents findings in court.
• Operates a two-way radio to receive instructions and information from or to report information to police headquarters; maintains vehicle, weapons, and other equipment in standard working order.
• Monitors adherence to parking ordinance and issues tickets for violations.
• Prepares records and reports of activities.
• Advises the public on laws and local ordinances; serves papers as needed.
• May act as a telecommunicator in receiving emergency and routine calls from citizens needing police and fire assistance and operating a two-way radio to dispatch other officers on the shift to the call.

Requirements:

• Graduation from high school supplemented by law enforcement training and specialized training regarding area of assignment and considerable law enforcement experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Before assignment to sworn duties, employees must possess a valid North Carolina driver’s license and have completed at least the minimum requirements established by the North Carolina Criminal Justice Training and Standards Commission for certified law enforcement officers with prospects of successfully completing the entire certification process within prescribed time frames.