Salary: $65,000.00 – $104,127.00 Annually
Position Summary:
Performs general duty police work in the protection of life and property through the enforcement of laws and ordinances; and does related work as required.
Essential Functions:
- Enforces the law and ordinances of the City and State and all other pertinent laws;
- Patrols an assigned area during a specific period and/or responds to calls for service;
- Checks doors and windows and examines premises of unoccupied buildings or residences in order to detect any suspicious conditions;
- Investigates suspicious conditions and complaints and makes arrests of persons who violate laws and ordinances;
- Accompanies prisoners to headquarters, jail or court and appears and testifies in court as required;
- Maintains surveillance and contact with known criminals and their associates;
- Directs traffic and enforces traffic laws;
- Checks automobile parking in restricted areas and issues citations when appropriate;
- Works at desk, answering telephone, dispatching patrol cars, operating radio transmitter, maintaining records, preparing reports and performing other clerical and administrative duties;
- Prepares and gives lectures to school, civic and other groups;
- Responds to calls for service involving fires or accidents as directed, gives all possible assistance and prepares necessary reports;
- Maintains order in crowds and attends parades, funerals or other public gatherings and quells rioters or other unruly disturbances;
- Escorts funerals, parades and other public processions;
- Watches for stolen cars and wanted or missing persons;
- Makes investigations and enforces City and State laws pertaining to juvenile offenders;
- Answers criminal complaints and takes necessary corrective action;
- Gives advice on laws, ordinances and general information to the public;
- Provides emergency first aid as required;
- May be assigned to undercover or plainclothes investigative tasks;
- Serves as crime laboratory officer, collecting and evaluating evidence, taking and processing photographs, lifting latent prints, DNA etc.;
- Serves as drug custody coordinator;
- Interviews applicants for positions and conducts additional interviews of references and others familiar with applicants’ background;
- Classifies police incident reports in accordance with uniform crime code;
- Operates motorcycle, radio patrol car, patrol wagon or police copter as required;
- Writes reports and testifies in court as required;
- Acts for Corporal or Sergeant in their absence as required; and
- Performs other related job duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- High School Diploma or an acceptable equivalency diploma (GED) and preferably possession of an associate degree in a job-related field; with no experience required.
- Possession of certificate of satisfactory completion from the Maryland Police Training Commission.
- Radar Certification.
- Intoximeter Certification (as needed) .
- Firearms Certification.
- NCIC Training.
- Taser Certification.
- First Responder Certified (First Aid/CPR).
- Possession of a valid Driver’s License.
