About This Role
This police officer role provides law enforcement services to the University of Wyoming campus community. The officer protects life and property, preserves peace, prevents crime, and enforces laws and regulations fairly. The position involves responding to calls, patrolling, and engaging with the community.
Responsibilities
- Respond to emergency and non-emergency calls promptly and professionally, including fire, medical, crime reports, disturbances, transport requests, crimes in progress, and various alarms
- Provide emergency first aid as needed
- Perform preventative patrol and proactively engage with the University community through vehicular, bicycle, or foot patrol
- Utilize community-oriented policing techniques to prevent crime and enhance campus quality of life
- Make physical arrests, process arrestees, and initiate criminal prosecution
- Issue citations and prepare criminal complaints
- Maintain current training and use of technological applications in photography, evidence collection, and surveillance
- Facilitate vehicular and pedestrian traffic movement on University property and enforce traffic and parking violations
- Staff special event assignments, including athletic competitions and other campus activities, maintaining crowd control and providing instructions
- Act as an information resource for visitors and community members, staying informed about departmental and university activities
- Employ effective community service-oriented techniques, ensuring positive and professional interactions with University community members
- Routinely interact with residence assistants (RA) and other University faculty, staff, and students during normal patrol; share crime prevention information and valuable safety and security techniques
- Prepare well-written reports through electronic CAD Systems and field notes of investigations and patrol activities
- Participate in annual legal updates as dictated by local, state, and federal law
- Perform other duties and assist with special projects as assigned
Requirements
- Associate’s degree (or successful completion of 60 college credit hours) or current Wyoming peace officer certification
- 21 years of age and a United States Citizen
- Current certified Peace Officers or on the current registry of applicants after successfully completing testing administered by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Commission
- Subject to a thorough background and reference investigation
- Must pass medical, physical fitness, psychological, and oral board examinations
- Maintain physical fitness standards as determined by the Chief of Police
- Valid driver's license with a motor vehicle record (MVR) compliant with the Driving for University Business SAP