Essential Duties of an Upper Sioux Police Officer

UPPER SIOUX POLICE DEPARTMENT
P.O. Box 147 5722 Travers Lane Granite

Falls, Minnesota 56241

Phone: 320.564.6359 Fax: 320-564-0151

tribalpolice@uppersiouxpolice-nsn.gov

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF AN UPPER SIOUX POLICE OFFICER

The duties of an Upper Sioux Police Officer include: 

patrol highways and roads, promote safety, direct traffic, and investigate

traffic accidents. 

enforce traffic laws, arrest offenders, and appear as a witness in court. 

provide routine and emergency assistance to the motoring public; and 

Cooperate with other law enforcement agencies in the pursuit and

apprehension of violators of criminal laws.

Police officers work an eight to ten-hour day, approximately 40 hours per week,

including Saturdays, Sundays, nights, and holidays as required.

The essential functions of a Minnesota Upper Sioux Police Department require the
following abilities:

1. The ability to communicate fluently in English, both orally and in writing.

2. The ability to understand and follow detailed oral and written instructions.

3. The ability to be mobile for long periods, including but not limited to standing,

walking, running, jumping, crawling, stooping, kneeling, crouching; and
entering and exiting a vehicle several times each day.

4. The ability to work in changing environmental conditions including but not

limited to exposure to dust, disagreeable odors, eye irritants (e.g., tear gas),
and inclement weather.

5. The ability to work in a confined space. Most Upper Sioux Police

Departments are required to ride in a squad car for long periods each day;
and must also have the ability to conduct building searches and respond to
calls which might require entering small, confined spaces.

6. The ability to see well enough to perform patrol duties, detect crime, complete
arrest procedures, write necessary reports, and utilize personal computers.

7. The ability to hear well enough to perceive detailed information through oral

communication including radio, electronic, and telephone; as well as to
perform patrol duties and detect possible crime and/or calls for assistance.

8. The ability to competently use departmental issued handgun, shotgun, rifle,

baton, computers and other standard law enforcement equipment.

9. The ability to stand on a hard surface for prolonged periods of time (e.g.,
directing traffic).

10. Can you perform the essential functions of a Minnesota Upper Sioux Police

Department with or without reasonable accommodations?
Yes No

11. Do you need reasonable accommodations to perform these essential

functions? Yes No
(If YES, please attach a separate sheet of paper detailing accommodations needed)

12. Do you object to wearing a uniform? Yes No

13. Do you object to working nights/holidays/weekends? Yes No

14. Have you had experience with shift work? Yes No

15. Do you object to working alone without backup readily available?
Yes No

16. Officers are required to be in an on-call status when they are at home and not

scheduled to work. One purpose of this is to have a Officers respond to

emergencies when there may not be an on-duty officer available to respond.

On-call status may be any time of day including nights, holidays, weekends,

and weekdays. Do you object to being in an on-call status?

Yes No

I have read and understand the essential functions of an Upper Sioux Police

Department Officer, and hereby certify that I can perform these essential functions. I

understand these essential functions are only a partial listing of the duties I may be

required to perform if I am hired as an Upper Sioux Police Officer.

Applicant’s Signature

Date

IF DURING THE SELECTION PROCESS, WE DETERMINE THAT YOU ARE NOT

ABLE TO PERFORM THESE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS WITH OR WITHOUT

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS, YOU WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM

FURTHER CONSIDERATION.