POLICE OFFICER

This is a full-time position, and receives all benefits afforded to regular employees.

Summary: This position will be responsible for maintaining public safety, enforcing laws, protecting the community, responding to criminal activities, and ensuring the well-being of individuals and property within the County jurisdiction.

Essential Job Functions: The following duties are normal for this position. The omission of specific statements of the duties does not exclude them from the classification if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment for this classification. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Enforces all applicable codes, ordinances, laws, and regulations (including traffic, criminal, and civil) in order to protect life and property, prevent crime, and promote security.
• Patrols designated areas Patrols designated areas.
• Responds to calls relayed by dispatchers.
• Prevents/discovers commission of a crime; issues citations; pursues fleeing suspects; apprehends, arrests, and processes criminals, fugitives, and offenders; conducts searches of suspects or arrestees.
• Conducts preliminary investigations of complaints or incidents; interviews victims, complainants and witnesses and records statements.
• Performs rescue functions at accidents, emergencies, and disasters. Enforces vehicle operating laws, parking laws, and DUI laws; conducts field sobriety tests; uses visual observation and radar/laser speed detection units to enforce speed laws.

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