Salary: $30.99/hour

Position Summary:

The university police officer is a member of the University Police Department, which serves and protects the campus community.

The officer is responsible for maintaining a positive relationship with the university community; maintaining a secure environment; mitigating safety hazards; being observant and responding to actual and suspected criminal activity on campus; controlling and regulating traffic; and investigating security, safety, crime, and traffic incidents.

The university police officer is dedicated to educating, mentoring, and contributing to the success of the university community.

Essential Functions:

Communicating with supervisors, peers, and all stakeholders in a courteous, culturally-adroit manner that models the University Police core values, while providing an outstanding customer service experience.
Patrolling assigned areas on foot, bicycle, or motor vehicle;
Promptly, clearly, and concisely completing a variety of written incident, offense, and ancillary reports in a grammatically correct manner and in accordance with established best practices;
Responding to emergency alarms and dispatched calls for service;
Observing and responding to actual and suspected criminal activity;
Deterring crime and arresting violators as prescribed by Kentucky Revised Statutes.

Requirements:

1) High school diploma or equivalent;

2) 21 years of age at the time of appointment;

3) Valid driver’s license;

4) Any candidate offered this position is required to pass a thorough background check;

5) The successful candidate will be required to demonstrate competent solo patrol and investigative abilities by satisfying the knowledge and performance-based benchmarks set forth in the supervised Field Training Observation & Evaluation program.

Preferred Requirements:

Bachelor’s Degree

Northern Kentucky University

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