Police Officer

Position Summary
Protects City residents, business owners, and the traveling public, including individual personal and real property, by promoting voluntary compliance with State and local laws and ordinances using enforcement, public education, and role modeling.

Essential Duties

Patrols an assigned area, by vehicle or on foot, to prevent crimes and enforce laws and ordinances on non-permanent shifts.

• Responds to emergency calls and routine complaints and disturbances and takes necessary action.
• Directs traffic, escorts traffic, operates traffic radar monitoring equipment and issues traffic citations.
• Conducts initial investigations of traffic accidents and criminal offenses.
• Questions witnesses, complainants, victims and suspects and takes statements and affidavits.
• Keeps records of activities and prepares reports concerning crimes, complaints, accidents, and investigations.
• Serves warrants and makes arrests.
• Pursues and apprehends suspects.
• Responds to the public’s calls for assistance and takes necessary action, including performing first aid.
• Processes prisoners, including fingerprinting, photographing, ensuring magistration by a judge, approving City bonds, searching prisoners, recording and securing the prisoner’s property, and transporting prisoners to appropriate facility.
• Appears/testifies in court and before grand juries as necessary/required
• Shares information and works with other law enforcement agencies as directed and appropriate
• Conducts security checks of businesses and residential areas on patrol route.
• Assists EMS personnel, firefighters, and animal control / code enforcement officers.
• Performs police-community relations activities
• Tags and logs in evidence.
• Performs upkeep and simple maintenance on Department vehicles.
• Assists with special activities, such as Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operations, weather watches, school traffic monitoring, and funeral escorts.
• May impound vehicles and maintain inventory.
• Performs such other law enforcement, investigative, technical, and educational duties as may be assigned.
• Serves in extension of current duties as required for emergency management, particularly in the areas of staff alerting, communication, public warning, and law enforcement.
• Provides quality customer service to City staff, the public, and all other work contacts.
• Educates the public on issues of crime prevention and awareness, including conducting inspections, classes, and speeches relative to crime prevention, safety education, and community involvement, including Neighborhood Watch programs.

Other Important Duties

• Performs special projects, as required; and
• Performs such other related duties as may be assigned.

This role requires a commitment to ethical conduct, physical fitness, and a strong desire to serve the community. If you are passionate about making a positive impact through law enforcement, we encourage you to apply.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.55 - $26.40 per hour

Expected hours: 42 per week

Benefits:

• 457(b)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Uniform allowance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift

License/Certification:

• Texas Peace Officer license (Preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day Shift (Preferred)
• Night Shift (Preferred)
• Overnight Shift (Preferred)

Ability to Commute:

• Johnson City, TX 78636 (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $26 - $26