Police Officer | Lateral

Job Classification Summary

Responsible for ensuring the safety and security of municipal streets, buildings, residences, and neighborhoods.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

Individual contributor role responsible for performing sworn law enforcement activities.

Essential Duties

The following are intended to describe core work functions of this classification. While the level and broad nature of essential duties may not change, specific work tasks will vary over time depending on the Town’s needs.

• Responds to service calls.
• Conducts investigation by locating physical evidence, victims, witnesses and suspects.
• Gathers information and completes interviews.
• Documents facts.
• Makes arrests.
• Writes reports.
• Performs community policing activities.
• Operates a motor vehicle and patrolling assigned areas.
• Testifies in court.
• Participates in training sessions.
• Serves warrants.
• Provides for traffic control.
• Operates devices and weapons associated with law enforcement activities.
• Performs related work as assigned.
  
  

POSITION SPECIFIC DUTIES

If Assigned To Detective

• Investigates and reconstructs crime scenes.
• Prepares and executes arrest warrants.
• Collects evidence.
• Prepares and maintains investigative records and reports.
• Conducts background investigations.
• Performs the duties of a police officer.
  
  

If Assigned To K-9

• Trains, handles and uses the skills of police dogs to assist in the execution of law enforcement duties.
• Performs the duties of a Police Officer.
  
  

If Assigned To School Resource Officer

• Serves as the main security arm of assigned school(s).
• Develops school safety plans.
• Mediates disputes on campus.
• Detains and/or arrests offenders.
• Conducts personal and property searches.
• Patrol’s school grounds for safety.
• Disseminates law enforcement education to school administration and students.
  
  

KNOWLEDGE

• Principles and practices of modern municipal police organizations, including mission, vision, objectives, policies, procedures, and operations
• Ethical decision-making
• Local, state and federal laws as applicable to municipal law enforcement
• Contemporary legal issues, such as criminal, civil, and labor laws, and municipal ordinances that affect police agencies
• Police Department functions, procedures, policies, goals, organization, general orders, and rules and regulations
• Methods, objectives, and procedures of law enforcement practices
• Methods, objectives, and procedures of court proceedings
• Laws governing the apprehension, arrest, and custody of persons committing misdemeanors and felonies, search and seizure, and the rules of evidence
• Police methods and procedures related to patrol, traffic control, investigation, and identification techniques
• Operation and capabilities of the various types of equipment used by a police department
• Effective methods of community policing efforts
• Customer service principles and practice
• Standard office equipment including the computer and programs relevant to the performance of applicable duties and responsibilities
• The geography and demographics of the Town
  
  

Skills

• Solving problems and making sound decisions
• Analyzing and resolving operational and procedural problems
• Managing stressful and complex situations
• Using and caring for firearms
• Driving in emergency situations
• Operating of a motor vehicle
• Interpreting and applying applicable laws, codes, regulations and standards
• Maintaining physical and mental fitness
• Providing customer service
• Implementing investigative techniques
• Managing time effectively while remaining agile and flexible
• Applying investigation techniques
• Building consensus and cultivating adaptability
• Using a computer and related software applications
• Communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisor, the general public, and other interested parties sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction
  
  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (at Job Entry) Education And Experience

High School Diploma or GED supplemented by specialized training in law enforcement and must be age 21 and United States citizen and meet all additional recruitment requirements established by the Police Chief; or an equivalent combination of directly related education and experience.

Required Certifications/Licenses

• First-time Police Officers - graduation from AZPOST certified law enforcement academy prior to date of application within time frame specified by the Police Chief at time of position vacancy
• Valid Arizona Class D Driver's License
• Special Requirements:
• Appointment is subject to successful completion of extensive background investigation, polygraph, psychological examination, physical agility examination, medical examination and drug test