Patrol Officer (Non-Certified) – Serve & Protect

Southaven Parks Dept; Desa Ciliang; On-site; IDR 1,106,748,000 - 1,356,658,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Southaven is seeking a Patrol Officer-Non Certified to perform general duty and investigatory police work protecting life and property. Officers may patrol in cars, on foot, bicycles or motorcycles and work assigned shifts.

You will respond to calls, prepare reports, enforce laws, and may be assigned to detectives, traffic or special assignments. Applicants must be at least 21 with a high school diploma; medical exam and background checks required.

Qualifications

• Ability to cope with situations firmly, fairly, courteously, tactfully and with respect for the rights of others.
• Ability to analyze situations quickly and objectively to determine the proper course of action to be taken, with due regard to surrounding circumstances or hazards.
• Some knowledge of general social problems in urban areas and of accepted methods of meeting such problems.
• Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions, and to prepare clear, comprehensive and concise reports.
• Ability to speak clearly and be understood.
• Ability to remember names and faces and details of incidents; ability to develop skills in the use of firearms.
• In good physical and psychological condition to perform the essential functions of the job of Police Officer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Responsibilities

• Patrols a designated area of the city to preserve law and order, prevent crime and arrest offenders, enforce traffic and parking laws.
• Answer calls and complaints, takes information and reduces that information into complete and accurate reports.
• Aids the public by answering questions, giving information on laws and ordinances, provides direction to other agencies that may be able to provide the assistance that is needed.
• Works traffic accidents, administer first aid or summon appropriate help, directs traffic, works special traffic details, works school crossings.
• Checks buildings after hours, performs vacation checks at residences, patrols special problem areas.
• Patrols parks, taverns, amusement centers, theaters and other places to prevent crime and arrest violators.
• Secures crime scenes, gathers witnesses, searches for and preserves evidence, gathers information, makes door to door canvases, makes arrests, and testifies in court.
• Patrols observing for hazardous conditions, street lights out, and forwards this information to the proper agencies.
• Performs specific duties and functions as assigned by a superior.

Skills

Situational judgment

Report writing

Oral communication

Firearms proficiency

Traffic enforcement

Education

High school diploma

Job description

City of Southaven is seeking a Patrol Officer-Non Certified to perform general duty and investigatory police work protecting life and property. Officers may patrol in cars, on foot, bicycles or motorcycles and work assigned shifts.

You will respond to calls, prepare reports, enforce laws, and may be assigned to detectives, traffic or special assignments. Applicants must be at least 21 with a high school diploma; medical exam and background checks required.