Activity Security Police Officer

Granite School District; United States; On-site; USD 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Granite School District in Utah seeks an Activity Security Police Officer to monitor extracurricular events and maintain a safe educational environment. The role involves vigilant patrols, incident response, and coordination with school staff to protect students and staff.

Ideal candidates will handle routine security duties, enforce policies, and prepare clear incident reports during and after events. This stipend-based position supports district safety operations across campuses.

Qualifications

• Must pass district background checks and adhere to school safety policies.
• Ability to work in a school environment with irregular hours around events.

Responsibilities

• Routinely inspects facilities to prevent vandalism, theft, or safety hazards.
• Responds to emergency calls, alarms, and incidents within assigned patrol area.
• Intervenes in disturbances and enforces laws, district rules, and policies.
• Patrols facilities, grounds, and surrounding areas to deter truancy and risk.
• Documents activities through daily written or computer-generated reports.
• Transports suspects as needed and coordinates with appropriate authorities.
• Collects and preserves evidence following state law and department policy.
• Interviews suspects and witnesses and assists in court preparation.

Job description

• Position Type:
  Police Department & Security
• Date Posted:
  10/20/2026
• Date Available:
  As soon as possible
• Closing Date:
  10/27/2026

Please note that this posting closes at 3:00 pm on the date listed above. This posting is intendend for members of the Taylorsville Police Department only. If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Nayelli Bautista, Assistant Principal, at [e-mail]

Job Title Activity Security Police Officer

Department Schools

Salary Schedule Stipend Activity Stipend

Lane Placement XVII

Contract Length Stipend Only

FLSA Classification Non-exempt

Last Review Date March 2023

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, training, education, responsibilities, abilities; the machines, tools and equipment used; background; and any licenses or certifications required. Physical, punctual, reliable, and predictable regular attendance is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Job Summary

Activity Security Police Officers monitor various extracurricular events as assigned by school administrators. Maintains a clean, safe, healthy, and secure educational environment for the Granite School District. Attendance, physical presence, and timeliness are required and are essential functions of this position.

Essential Functions

• Routinely inspects district facilities to prevent and/or detect acts of vandalism, burglary, arson, theft, assault, trespass, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug consumption, weapons offenses, gang violence and various other unusual or unlawful activities.
• Responds to emergency calls for service, including crimes-in-progress, and various bodily injury situations.
• Responds to all dispatched, silent burglar alarms located on all district facilities in assigned patrol area.
• Inspects the facility for evidence of forced entry and assesses the need to call for additional officers and/or K-9 units, to assist in searching the building for suspects.
• Responds to all fire alarms, located on district facilities within assigned patrol area, along with the appropriate city and/or county fire departments.
• Apprehends and arrests suspects involved in all types of criminal activities and, where applicable, transports same to appropriate incarceration facilities for formal booking.
• Enforces all city, county, state and federal laws and ordinances, as well as district rules and policies, pertaining to school district properties and personnel.
• Responds to after-hour and weekend or holiday emergency calls for district maintenance services in assigned patrol area.
• Assesses the nature of the problem and has dispatch call out appropriate maintenance personnel and equipment.
• Actively patrols district facilities, school grounds and parking lots, as well as neighboring businesses and subdivisions, in search of truants, trespassers and lost or missing persons.
• Works with school staff to either return the truant to assigned school or class, or transports chronic truants to appropriate youth service facility.
• When appropriate takes custody of students and transports them to appropriate youth service or detention facilities.
• Counsels with disruptive/problem students.
• Performs routine warrant/juvenile pickup order checks on suspects in custody and persons stopped for traffic violations, trespassing etc.
• Books suspects into jail or youth detention if they have outstanding warrants or active pickup orders.
• Submits daily written or computer-generated reports on all activities occurring during each shift.
• Submits supplemental reports to various other law enforcement agencies upon request or when appropriate.
• Prepares own case file packet to be used by police department investigator when screening criminal cases with city/county prosecutors and makes appropriate court appearances.
• Packages, tags or photographs own evidence to be stored in department evidence room or submitted to crime lab, according to the requirements of state law, as well as department policy and procedure standards.
• Routinely works with highly confidential material such as criminal background information, confidential law enforcement reports and intelligence bulletins, personnel files, financial records, etc.
• Transports evidence to state crime lab for processing.
• Interviews suspects, locates and interviews witnesses and serves arrest warrants on suspects already booked in jail.
• Monitors and may participate in District School Board Meetings and other meetings at the request of the Chief or other administrators.

Non-Essential Functions

• Other duties as assigned