About This Role
This sworn law enforcement position provides a full range of services under the limited direction of a Sergeant or Director/Chief. The role involves enforcing laws, investigating incidents, maintaining order, assisting the public, identifying criminal activity, and apprehending offenders. It suits an officer capable of conducting complex investigations, collecting evidence, and working with the community to resolve issues.
Responsibilities
- Provide a full range of law enforcement services
- Enforce laws, investigate complaints, and investigate incidents that may impact the University
- Maintain order and assist people
- Identify criminal activity, apprehend, and arrest offenders
- Identify the source of problems in the community and work with the community to resolve issues
- Conduct complex investigations, take photographs, collect physical evidence, and assist less senior officers
- Prepare complete written reports of all investigations and testify regarding those reports when necessary
- Maintain a high level of proficiency in the use of police equipment, including firearms, and be capable of using deadly force when appropriate
- Work in cooperation with officers from other agencies and interact with persons from other University departments, mental health, and social services agencies
- Participate in crowd control and dignitary protection details
- Serve as Field Training Officers, Evidence Technicians, or Community Policing Officers (if selected and trained)
- Be assigned to Court Duties and/or Crime Prevention programming (if experienced)
- Support the department's mission, providing essential law enforcement functions, respecting the rights and dignity of all individuals
- Deal ethically with the public, valuing trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, justice, fairness, caring, civic virtue, and citizenship
- Perform vehicle patrol, foot patrol, and other means of patrol as assigned
- Provide crowd control duties at mass population events such as sporting events, concerts, protests, and appearances by visiting dignitaries
- Evaluate mentally and emotionally disturbed persons, participate in emergency detentions, and deliver persons to mental health facilities when appropriate
- Operate emergency vehicles at high speeds when required, in conformity with state law, department policy, and with due regard for the safety of others
- Operate and maintain proficiency in equipment such as radios, computers, and camera/video equipment
- Provide armed escort and security for dignitaries, celebrities, and objects of value
- Qualify with duty weapons and maintain proficiency in their proper handling and guidelines for their discretionary use
