Police Officer - Law Enforcement Professional

The Rock Springs Police Department seeks a dedicated and skilled individual to fill the position of Police Officer. As a vital member of our team, you will be responsible for maintaining law and order in our community, responding to emergencies, and enforcing laws and regulations.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Patrol designated areas of the City to preserve law and order, discover and prevent the commission of crimes, and check property for physical security.
• Respond to general public service calls and complaints, including domestic disturbances, civil complaints, property control, automobile accidents, robberies, and related misdemeanor and felony incidents.
• Investigate crimes and suspicious circumstances, collect and process evidence, interview victims, complainants, and witnesses, identify and interrogate suspects, apprehend and arrest offenders, and testify in court.
• Contact and cooperate with other law enforcement agencies to apprehend offenders and investigate offenses.
• Maintain contact with citizens regarding potential law enforcement problems and preserve good relationships with the public.
• Take custody of lost and found property, prepare reports on arrests made, activities performed, and unusual incidents observed, book prisoners in the City jail, assist in the custody, care, and welfare of prisoners, and transport prisoners.

Qualifications:

• Knowledge of modern police methods and procedures, law enforcement theory, principles, and practices, local geography, City streets, public buildings, and businesses, recent court decisions, self-defense tactics, functions and objectives of Federal, State, and other local law enforcement agencies, basic principles of criminal law, and principles and practices of community policing.
• Ability to operate firearms and other modern police equipment, operate modern office equipment, including computer equipment, operate a motor vehicle safely, successfully complete P.O.S.T. training, properly interpret and make decisions according to Federal, State, and local policies, gather, assemble, analyze, evaluate, and use facts and evidence, interpret and explain City and Department policies and procedures, observe accurately and remember names, faces, numbers, incidents, and places, prepare clear and concise reports, analyze situations quickly and objectively, act quickly and calmly in emergencies, meet and deal with the public tactfully and effectively, meet the physical requirements necessary to safely and effectively perform the assigned duties, exercise good judgment, flexibility, creativity, and sensitivity in response to changing situations and needs, communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing, establish, maintain, and foster positive and harmonious working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.