Police Recruit/Officer

Coppell, TX
Coppell Police Department

Salary: $39.66 ($82,500)

Position Summary:

As a City of Coppell Police Officer, you will provide essential law enforcement and community services to City residents, business owners, visitors, and other City and law enforcement personnel. General duties include, but are not limited to, motorized, bicycle, and foot patrols, response to dispatched calls for emergency and law enforcement services, alley checks, residence, and business as well as alarm checks, routine traffic enforcement, accident investigation, and other public service duties.

Essential Functions:

  • Models Coppell’s Core Competencies, and champions Coppell’s Culture
  • Drives patrol cars, performs bicycle and foot patrol services, and provides enforcement, protection, and crime prevention services under the laws of the City of Coppell, the State of Texas, and the United States
  • Enforces city ordinances, state, and federal laws, and written and unwritten directives
  • Produces crime, accident, and other reports as required or instructed
  • Conducts accurate, thorough, and complete investigations as required or instructed
  • Preserves crime scenes and processes information as required or instructed
  • Follows up on prior calls for service as required or instructed
  • Assists other local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, fire departments, and animal control agencies as required or instructed
  • Administers CPR/first aid in emergency medical situations
  • Apprehends, arrests, books, and processes criminal suspects and transfers prisoners from other localities
  • Attends and testifies in scheduled and required court sessions
  • Attends daily briefings
  • Participates in community policing efforts through business and citizen contacts, nonenforcement public contacts, crime prevention checks, community relations, safety representations, and neighborhood crime watch programs
  • Demonstrates competent and continuing weapons proficiency
  • Routinely inspects, maintains, and ensures equipment upkeep
  • Assists other officers and provides field training for new recruits as appropriate or assigned
  • Maintains regular work attendance, arrives at work on time, and works in the assigned area; this may include overtime hours being worked on an as-needed basis
  • Assists in other areas where staffing shortages exist
  • Participates in special assignments (both law enforcement and non-law enforcement)
  • Maintains continued professional education through scheduled training classes and legal updates.
  • Completes assignments in a professional and timely manner
  • Serves on various advisory and other police/civic-related committees as assigned or instructed and maintains related records.
  • Performs other related duties as required, requested, or instructed

Requirements:

  • A Police Officer must meet and maintain standards of physical fitness, agility, and endurance as established by the City.
  • Officers must have a high school education or GED equivalent with Thirty (30) hours of college education from a regionally accredited university or college with a 2.0 or higher overall grade point average (GPA).
  • One must obtain both basic police academy and TCOLE basic police officer certification.
  • Each officer must pass a thorough background check and have no felony convictions.
  • Each officer must have the ability to fluently read, write and communicate using the English language.
  • Desirable qualifications include bi-lingual communications skills, prior patrol duty experience, TCOLE advanced certification, or a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice or a related area.