SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER - LATERAL

Interacts with students, school faculty, community and parents to promote positive school and police interactions. Liaison and resource between law enforcement and the school system.   

• Regular attendance is required to perform the duties of this position.

• Maintains proficiency with all authorized and issued weapons.

• Works Security for all school sponsored events. Work with ‘at-risk’ children referrals.

• Make community presentations on topics concerning juveniles and other related topics, as requested. Interact closely with Community Education Sergeant to coordinate presentations at the Junior High and High School level. 

Education and Experience:

High School graduate or GED equivalent. 

Minimum of one-year law enforcement experience, Completion of a State Basic Training Academy and the ability to obtain a New Mexico Law Enforcement Certification.

Desired Qualifications

Certified law enforcement officer with at least two years law enforcement experience. Knowledge and experience in working with school officials in the capacity of a SRO. 

Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:

• Thorough knowledge of modern law enforcement principles, procedures, techniques and equipment; Thorough knowledge of applicable laws, ordinance, and department rules and regulations; Extensive knowledge of the city’s geography.

• Ability to train and the ability to perform work requiring good physical condition;

• Ability to effectively community orally and in writing; ability to maintain effective working relationships with fellow employees, supervisors, and the public; Ability to analyze complex situations, problems and use sound judgment in evaluating and making decisions; Ability to follow and give verbal and written instructions.

• Skill in operation of listed tools and equipment.

• Ability to meet special requirements listed below.

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT USED

Police vehicle, police radio, radar unit, handgun and other weapons as required, baton, handcuffs, breathalyzer, cell phone, first aid equipment, copy machine, personal computer, and peripheral equipment, flashlight, hand tools, and other job-related items.

LICENSING AND CERTIFICATIONS

Valid State issued Driver’s License

CPR/First Aid certification

Residency requirement: residing within the five (5) mile planning radius of the city. 

Or in accordance with Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).

**See personnel manual for more details**

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Works under the general supervision of the School Resource Officer-Sergeant.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED                                                             

None

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. The majority of the time, heavy physical activity is not required.  However, a Police Officer needs to be able to actively respond to any situation in which the public or an officer may be in danger. The ability to physically interact with another person, including restraint, arrest, rescue, and defense of the employee or others is an essential function of the job.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is frequently required to sit, run, lift, talk and hear.   The employee is routinely required to stand, walk, use hands to finger, handle, and feel objects, tools, and controls; reach with hands and arms; climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, taste and smell.  The employee must be able to operate all authorized and issued weapons, equipment and motor vehicle.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move heavy objects or people.  The minimum physical limits are specified in the Protocol for Job Specific Tasks and standards set by the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy. These are simulated through a series of job specific tasks designed to ensure the employee can lift 70 pounds floor to knuckle and 40 pounds knuckle to shoulder; lift and move a 150 pound dummy onto a stretcher, quickly run up and down three flights of stairs without exceeding 80 percent of the Maximum Percentage of Heart Rate (MPHR), successfully climb over a five foot wall, crawl 25 feet at a continuous pace, and walk the length of a 4 inch wide beam six times.  The employee may also be required to complete the following fitness screening in specified times which are gender and age normed: push-ups, sit-ups, mile and a half run, flexibility and 300-meter run.

Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Minimum vision abilities set by the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy are as follows: uncorrected distance vision should be no more than 20/100, correctable to at least 20/30; near vision correctable to at least 20/40; color vision correct reading of at least nine or more of the first thirteen plates of the Ishihara test; depth perception should be sufficient to demonstrate normal stereo depth perception with/without correction to the standard-100 ARC seconds.   Minimal hearing acuity should be the average hearing level at the test frequencies, 500, 1000, and 2000 Hz will not exceed 25dB in either ear, and no single hearing level will exceed 30dB at any of these test frequencies in either ear.  Hearing loss at 3000Hz will not exceed 40dB HL in either ear.  State or New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy requirements shall be the minimum standards applicable.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.   

While performing the duties of this job, the employee frequently works in outside weather conditions. The employee occasionally works near moving mechanical parts; in high, precarious places, and with explosives and is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, or extreme could, extreme heat, and some vibration. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Hazards consist of possible life-threatening situations.

The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed.  The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to the position.

Salary : $29 - $32