About This Role
Serving the community by protecting life and property, preventing crimes, apprehending criminals, and enforcing laws is the core of this role. The Police Officer patrols an assigned beat on foot, bicycle, or in a radio-equipped patrol car, responds to calls for assistance, conducts criminal investigations, and performs special assignments.
Responsibilities
- Initiate communication between victim and accused with the department
- Complete all necessary reports in a timely manner
- Communicate with dispatch as to daily activity
- Enforce traffic and parking regulations; direct traffic and enforce speed regulations with the use of radar equipment
- Inspect business and homes for security insufficiencies
- Inspect taverns, business establishments, and other places for signs of criminal activity
- Investigate narcotic violations
- Contribute to the daily operations of the department by attending shift briefings at the start of duty tour; and communicating with other department personnel regarding cases and previous daily activities
- Frequent businesses, address citizens, various city organizations, and various aged pupils; all the while promoting the department’s community relations programs
- Endorse and promote the Healthy Communities/Problem Solving/Community Oriented Policing philosophy within the organization and community
- Conduct or coordinate investigative activities at crime scenes
- Preserve the scene for integrity purposes
- Conduct initial interviews of victims, witnesses, and/or suspects
- Identify, collect, and evaluate evidence
- Record the scene for both investigative and prosecutorial purposes
- Transport and record all physical evidence into safekeeping; safeguarding the chain of evidence
- Locate and interview victims, witnesses, and suspects
- Generate or pursue investigative leads
- Review reports, documents, files, and other data to evaluate criminal activity and identify perpetrators
- Exercise the lawful use of arrest, force, search, and seizure powers
- Accurately and thoroughly document relevant evidentiary facts, occurrences, and activities
- Work with the District Attorney’s Office to obtain necessary subpoenas, warrants, and other legal process
- Serve criminal process to include warrants and subpoenas
- Promote professional relationships within the department, City government, the community, and outside agencies in furtherance of the department’s mission, goals, and objectives
- Appear in criminal and on some occasions, civil court for testimony when subpoenas are issued
- Perform surveillance duties as needed
