What are the responsibilities and job description for the Volunteers in Policing Service (VIPS) position at Holland, City of (MI)?
Holland Volunteers in Police Services (VIPS) goal is to enhance and assist the Holland Department of Public Safety in a variety of ways. Volunteers have successfully assisted citizens to recognize the service and helpfulness of the police division as a whole. It has also been a vehicle of goodwill and provided a "public service ambassador" role to the general public and youth of the City of Holland.
- Assist at community events.
- Confiscate illegal signs on public right of ways.
- Monitoring and enforcing handicap parking violations.
- Observe and report suspicious activities.
- Options for assisting with office work, detailing cruisers, landscape maintenance, meal preparation at training events.
- Presence and public relations in city parks.
- Provide house checks when residents are gone for extended times.
- Age 21 or older.
- Valid Michigan Drivers License and adequate driving abilities.
- Attendance at in-service training.
- Ability to establish and maintain satisfactory working relationships with the public and city employees.
- Maintain and appropriately wear the required uniform and identification of a VIPS volunteer.
- Never wear the uniform outside of work.
- Ability to understand and follow oral and written instructions.
- Integrity, dependability and loyalty to the Volunteer Program and the Holland Department of Public Safety (HDPS).