Police Officer

About This Role

This role involves general duty law enforcement work to protect life and property within the Town. The employee performs a full range of general law enforcement duties in patrol, investigations, or as a school resource officer, requiring judgment, initiative, and calm control.

Responsibilities

• Patrol streets in a police car, on foot, by bicycle, or other appropriate means
• Check doors and windows; examine premises of unoccupied residences or buildings
• Detect unusual conditions, maintain surveillance and observation for stolen cars, missing persons, or suspects
• Report dangerous or defective streets, sidewalks, traffic lights, or other hazardous conditions
• Respond to calls for assistance, complaints, suspicious activity, domestic disputes, loud and disruptive behavior, and other needs
• Complete calls by determining the true nature of the situation and taking legal or persuasive action as warranted
• Investigate traffic accidents; issue traffic citations; direct traffic and participate in other emergency operation activities
• Perform investigations of crimes through observation, questioning witnesses, suspects, and victims, and gathering physical evidence
• Perform investigative tasks; arrest and process criminal suspects
• Maintain detailed case files; conduct follow-up investigations, develop sources, and leads
• Maintain chain of custody of evidence; coordinate cases with the DA's office
• Testify in court
• Serve as School Resource Officer performing law enforcement work on a school campus

Requirements

• BLET (Basic Law Enforcement Training) certified

Benefits

• Recruitment Bonus Program
• Lateral Bonus for NC Certified Officers: $1,000
• Military Bonus: $1,000 (Honorable Discharge)
• Bilingual/Fluent in Foreign Language Bonus: $1,000 (Spanish, Arabic, and/or Asian Languages, testing required)
• Education Bonuses (one per applicant, degree must be job related and from an accredited college, approved by Chief of Police in coordination with Human Resources Department):
  • Associate’s Degree: $1,000
  • Bachelor’s Degree: $2,000
  • Master’s Degree: $2,500
• Maximum bonus total if an applicant has a combination of criteria: $5,500

Application Process

• Download, complete, and attach the F-3 form
• Download, complete, and attach the FVPD Supplemental Employment Application form
• Submit both documents with the Online Employment Application

About the Company

Work is performed in accordance with departmental policy and state and federal law, supplemented with specific directions from superior officers. Employees are subject to the usual hazards of law enforcement work and to Level III OSHA Standards on blood borne pathogens.