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Police Officer/Public Safety Recruit - City of Burleson, TX (ID: 346138)

Title Police Officer/Public Safety Recruit
Type Police Officer
Date Posted 2019-12-09
City / Organization City of Burleson, TX
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Description

PRIMARY DUTY:

Responsible for the performance of routine preventive patrol, law enforcement, traffic enforcement and control and other related law enforcement duties as needed.  This position is assigned mainly to Patrol, but may be assigned to Detective as necessary.

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

[S = Sedentary (0-10 lbs); L = Light (10-25 lbs); M = Medium (25-50 lbs);  

H = Heavy (50-100 lbs); VH = Very Heavy (over 100 lbs)].

Strength Exerted

Description of Job Duties

L-VH

Respond to citizen calls for assistance and take appropriate action.

S-L

Enforce appropriate State and Federal laws and City ordinances.

S

Complete all reports and paperwork promptly, legibly, accurately, thoroughly, neatly and with correct grammar and spelling.

L

Conduct accurate, thorough and complete investigations.

L

Question witnesses, complainants, victims and suspects and take statements and affidavits.

L-VH

Demonstrate competent weapons proficiency; shoot a pistol, rifle or shotgun; discharge pepper spray canister; ASP baton; clean and maintain weapon.

S

Appear and testify in court and before juries as scheduled or requested.

S

Recognize, identify and preserve crime scenes.  Tag and log evidence.

L-VH

Serve warrants and make arrests.

L-VH

Perform defensive and/or other hand-to-hand combat tactics.

L-VH

Pursue and apprehend suspects.

S-L

Perform police community relations activities.

S-VH

Share information and work with other law enforcement agencies as directed.

L-VH

Perform follow up investigation as needed.

 

Other duties as assigned.

 

Regular scheduled attendance at the work site is required.

 

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position has no supervisory responsibility.

 

NECESSARY KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

  • Knowledge of basic math to calculate speeding violations, elapsed time and accident reconstruction.
  • Knowledge of local, state and federal criminal laws; laws relevant to police conduct; human behavior and motivation; techniques of self-defense; current police methods and practices.
  • Knowledge of basic computers.
  • Ability to read and understand reports, memos, manuals, policies, rules, regulations, laws, ordinances and statutes.                                                                
  • Ability to write accurate, thorough and complete reports.            
  • Ability to develop and maintain good working relationships with citizens and other officers.
  • Ability to use reasoning to make timely, accurate decisions in a variety of circumstances.

 

 

  • Ability to exert force as needed to intervene in conflict situations or subdue suspects.
  • Ability to be available for call back after hours and provide necessary personal contact phone numbers.  This will require allowing personal contact numbers to be listed with a third party notification system.

 

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

  • High school diploma or equivalent and a minimum of 30 semester hours of college in a related field at an accredited college/university or two years TCOLE experience as a paid full time officer in the state of Texas.

 

CERTIFICATES AND LICENSES REQUIRED:

  • TCOLE certification for Police Officer.
  • Valid Class C Texas driver’s license with a good driving record.

Job Post Expiration Date   August 7, 2020

    All jobs posted are considered open until filled and may close at anytime except as stated in the Job Description. .