Position Title: Police Officer (Two Positions)

Department: University Police

Advertised Pay: $25.91/hr

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Review: Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled.

Position Summary: It is essential for the University Police Officer to maintain high visibility on campus as a deterrent to crime. The employee is required to carry a firearm when on duty. The use of computers and various computer software may be necessary to complete many of the following tasks.

About Washburn University: Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
• Patrol the University campus on foot, on bicycle, or in a patrol car, watching for activities that violate city ordinance, state statute, federal law, or University policies. Intervene in illegal activity and restore order, investigate causative factors, determine and initiate the best course of action to resolve the problem(s). Make arrests when and where necessary.
• Patrol campus streets, parking lots, and driveways to ensure the proper flow of traffic and control parking on campus. Take appropriate enforcement action when illegally parked vehicles are located.
• Check the security of all buildings on campus to ensure they are locked or unlocked as scheduled for each building and to ensure that buildings and contents are secure and all security measures are intact.
• Following the established format for daily log reports, produce written reports detailing daily activities. Produce detailed offense reports of any crime reported on campus, supplemental investigative reports to record any information gathered as the result of an investigation, arrest reports for prosecution, and affidavits for charges as required by the state and District Attorney. Produce accident reports detailing accident investigations as required by the Kansas Department of Transportation. Produce information reports for any other activities on campus.
• Establish professional contact with the University community: Provide directions to buildings, events, and classes. Unlock vehicles for vehicle owners who have locked their keys inside. Escort students who have concerns for their safety to campus locations. Jump-start vehicles that will not start. Unlock buildings and classroom doors for students and faculty who are authorized to be inside. Present safety talks to groups and organizations as requested.
• Attend in-service training to update knowledge and skills in police procedure, firearms proficiency, first aid, CPR, AED, and legal issues, and remain in compliance with the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training requirement for no less than 40 hours of in-service training each year.
• Attend briefings with the supervisor(s) to receive instructions, daily briefing information, legal updates, schedule changes, performance evaluations, and general work-related information.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or appropriate.

Required Qualifications:
• High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Ability to work any shift/hours as assigned and to respond to emergency call-back in a reasonable amount of time. Proficiency using desktop, Windows-based computer operating systems and proven ability to learn and adapt to the use of new computer software.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the use of firearms.
• Must be able to successfully pass a written examination, physical agility test, polygraph examination, psychological examination, drug testing examination, and verbal interview.
• Valid Class C Driver’s License with an acceptable driving record under University standards.
• Certification from the Kansas Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training as mandated by state law.

Physical Requirements:
• This is a “designated safety-sensitive position” and will be required to undergo drug testing.
• Per Kansas Statute 74-5605, each applicant for certification shall meet the following minimum requirements:
(1) Be a United States citizen;
(2) have been fingerprinted and a search of local, state, and national fingerprint files made to determine whether the applicant has a criminal record;
(3) not have been convicted of a crime that would constitute a felony under the laws of this state, a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, or a misdemeanor offense that the commission determines reflects on the honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, or competence of the applicant as defined by rules and regulations of the commission;
(4) have: (A) graduated from a high school accredited by the Kansas state board of education or the appropriate accrediting agency of another state jurisdiction; (B) obtained a high school education from a nonaccredited private secondary school as defined in K.S.A. 72-4345, and amendments thereto; or © obtained the equivalent of a high school education as defined by rules and regulations of the commission;
(5) be of good moral character sufficient to warrant the public trust in the applicant as a police officer or law enforcement officer;
(6) have completed an assessment, including psychological testing approved by the commission, to determine that the applicant does not have a mental or personality disorder that would adversely affect the ability to perform the essential functions of a police officer or law enforcement officer with reasonable skill, safety, and judgment;
(7) be free of any physical or mental condition which adversely affects the ability to perform the essential functions of a police officer or law enforcement officer with reasonable skill, safety, and judgment; and
(8) be at least 21 years of age.
• No arrests for domestic violence, stalking, dating violence, or any classification of these crimes. No convictions for any felony crime.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Completion of college coursework in the criminal justice field.
• Independent leadership experience.

Hourly, Full-time
Background check, driving history, and drug screen are required.

Washburn University

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