About This Role
This role involves responding to routine and emergency calls, enforcing laws, and conducting investigations to ensure public safety. It suits an individual who can act independently, maintain professional relationships, and uphold department policies and procedures.
Responsibilities
- Respond to routine and emergency calls for service and take necessary action consistent with applicable laws, department policy, procedures, and training
- Exercise the lawful use of arrest, force, search, and seizure powers in the investigation and enforcement of criminal, non-criminal, ordinance, and traffic violations
- Make independent observations to identify existing or potential problems or conditions requiring attention, and initiate appropriate precautionary, preventative, or corrective measures
- Conduct thorough and accurate investigations and/or follow-up on all assigned or initiated activity
- Document occurrences and activities through the preparation of thorough and accurate reports
- Offer credible testimony at trials or hearings regarding the specifics of an incident, arrests made, evidence gathered, or other investigation completed
- Follow and obey lawful orders as well as department rules, policies, procedures and directives
- Promote professional relationships within the Department, Village government, other governmental agencies, and the community in the furtherance of the department’s mission, goals, and objectives
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Ability to meet requirements for the position of police officer, established by the State of Wisconsin Law Enforcement Standards Board and the Village of Whitefish Bay Police Commission
- Ability to attain and maintain the required level of proficiency or certification in those job responsibilities, duties, or tasks where standards are formally defined or required
- Ability to properly operate motor vehicles and/or all other police equipment as necessary to discharge job related duties and responsibilities
- Ability to qualify with, carry, and maintain proficiency with department firearms in accordance with department policies and standards
- Ability to have a full range of movement, physical strength, endurance, fitness, and conditioning to protect one’s self or others, and subdue, control, or arrest resisting subjects
- Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
- Ability to deal effectively, ethically, and compassionately with victims, suspects, and others
- Ability to control situations where authority is needed
- Ability to recall details, copy written and oral information, and apply instructions with a high degree of accuracy
- Ability to analyze situations, exercise independent judgment, and to make judicious decisions
