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Position Title: Police Officer
Department: Police
Reports to: Police Sergeant or Assigned Supervisor
Created: June 23, 2015
Last Revised: August 19, 2020
Category: Non-Exempt
Pay Grade: 13
Position Summary:
Patrol assigned area to enforce laws and ordinances, regulate traffic,control crowds, prevent crime, and arrest
violators.
Tasks:
Record facts to prepare reports that document incidents and activities.
Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts.
Monitor, note, report, and investigate suspicious persons andsituations, safety hazards, and unusual or illegal
activity in patrol area.
Provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding toemergencies, protecting people and property,
enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting good communityrelations.
Testify in court to present evidence or act as witness in traffic andcriminal cases.
Direct traffic flow and reroute traffic in case of emergencies.
Assists fire department, ambulance service, and other agencies asrequired.
Issue citations or warnings to violators of motor vehicle ordinances.
Render aid to accident victims and other persons requiring first aid forphysical injuries.
May assist new employees.
Investigate traffic accidents and other accidents to determine causesand to determine if a crime has been
committed.
Act as official escorts, such as when leading funeral processions orfirefighters.
Speaks before school and civic groups as required.
Deals with the public in a manner that positively promotes the image ofthe City and handles complaints and
needs tactfully.
This job description in no way states or implies that these are the onlyduties to be performed by this employee.
He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and toperform any other duties requested by his or
her supervisor.
Skills:
Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people aresaying, taking time to understand the points being
made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting atinappropriate times.
Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Social Perceptiveness - Being aware of others\' reactions andunderstanding why they react as they do.
Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengthsand weaknesses of alternative solutions,
conclusions or approaches to problems.
Service Orientation - Actively looking for ways to help people.
Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphsin work related documents.
Persuasion - Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
Negotiation - Bringing others together and trying to reconciledifferences.
Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information forboth current and future problem-solving
and decision-making.
Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs andbenefits of potential actions to choose the
most appropriate one.
Operation and Control - Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
Attributes:
Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas inspeaking so others will understand.
Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand informationand ideas presented through spoken
words and sentences.
Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or islikely to go wrong. It does not involve
solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information toform general rules or conclusions (includes
finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply ge neral rules to specificproblems to produce answers that make sense.
Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand informationand ideas presented in writing.
Speech Clarity - The ability to speak clearly so others can understandyou.
Speech Recognition - The ability to identify and understand the speechof another person.
Reaction Time - The ability to quickly respond (with the hand, finger,or foot) to a signal (sound, light, picture)
when it appears.
Multilimb Coordination - The ability to coordinate two or more limbs(for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg
and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not in