Police Officer 1

Clarksville Police Department; Clarksville (TN); On-site; USD 58,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarksville Police Department is seeking a Police Officer I to respond to calls for service, enforce local, state, and federal laws, and perform patrol duties. The role includes interviewing victims and witnesses, making arrests, and completing reports and affidavits for court proceedings.

Starting salary is $57,712 with progression to $60,598 after a probation period, and subsequent advancement. Must reside within commuting distance to the Police Headquarters and complete all required training

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Successful completion of the Clarksville Police Department’s In-House Training Program.
• Graduation from a Tennessee POST-approved law enforcement school and becomes POST-certified.

Responsibilities

• Respond to calls for service and enforce statutes.
• Patrol routes, conduct traffic stops, interview victims and witnesses.
• Prepare reports, affidavits, and testify in court when required.
• Maintain police vehicle and equipment; assist in specialized units as assigned.
• Enforce vehicle and traffic laws and make arrests as needed.

Skills

Police procedures

Investigation methods

Criminal law basics

Court procedures

Patrol operations

Public safety

Emergency response

Communication skills

Report writing

Observation skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

Clarksville PD In-House Training

Tennessee POST certification, full officer

Job description

GENERAL STATEMENT OF JOB

This is the first of eight levels in the Police series. Incumbents respond to calls for service and enforce local, State, and Federal statutes. Responsibilities may include patrolling assigned routes; making traffic stops; interviewing victims, witnesses, and suspects; making arrests; completing incident reports; determining charges to be applied; completing affidavits for court; and testifying in court when necessary. Incumbents may be assigned to a specialized unit or function.

PLEASE NOTE: THERE ARE VERY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETING THE POLICE OFFICER I APPLICATION. PLEASE BE SURE TO READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS AND COMPLETE ALL SECTIONS OF THE APPLICATION (TO INCLUDE WORK HISTORY EVEN IF ATTACHING A RESUME) TO ENSURE YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION.

Please limit work history to your two most recent employers, including your current position, if employed. Testing for this application pool will vary. You will select a testing date via email once your application has been reviewed and approved and you have appropriately responded to your intial email. ALMOST ALL COMMUNICATION WILL BE VIA EMAIL. IT ITS IMPERATIVE THAT YOU RESPOND TO ALL EMAILS IN A TIMELY MANNER, PREFERABLY WITHIN 48 HOURS OF RECEIPT.

Starting Salary: $57,712

After completion of an eighteen month probationary period, you will advance to Police Officer 2 with a starting salary of $60,598.

CERTIFIED OFFICER EXPERIENCE MATTERS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL [phone] OR EMAIL: [e-mail].

SPECIFIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responds to routine and complex emergency situations; answerand respond to radio or telephone dispatches; and enforce local, State, and Federal statutes.
• Performs specialized activities such as interviewing witnesses and related parties, monitoring electronic surveillance, and/or performing related duties.
• Communicates with the public and employees while patrolling City streets; assists individuals with disabled vehicles and vehicle lockouts; checks building security; and observes the behavior of citizens.
• Prepares suspect illness and injury, accident, arrest, and administrative reports. Prepares affidavits for court.
• Enforces vehicle and traffic laws, which includes checking speed with radar and making traffic stops.
• Apprehends criminals and offenders. Determines charges to be applied.
• Testifies in court.
• Performs other work as required.

MINIMUM EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• Successfully completes the Clarksville Police Department’s In-House Training Program.
• Successfully graduates from a Tennessee Police Officer Standard Training (P.O.S.T.) Commission-approved Law Enforcement School and become a Tennessee P.O.S.T. Certified Officer.

License and Certifications

• Tennessee Peace Officer Certification
• A valid driver's license.

Residence Requirements

• Must reside within a sixty (60) minute drive time (obeying all traffic laws) to Police Headquarters at 135 Commerce Street.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS AND STANDARDS REQUIRED

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Knowledge of

• Modern police practices and methods.
• Departmental procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Effective methods of investigation.
• Applicable Federal and State laws, city statutes, and laws of arrest.
• Street layout and geography of the city
• Customer service principles.
• Recordkeeping principles
• Court procedures.
• Training principles.
• Computers and related software applications.

Skill in

• Enforcing Federal, State laws, and city statutes.
• Analyzing situations quickly and objectively.
• Investigating crime scenes.
• Operating a police vehicle.
• Training officers in work methods.
• Maintaining required records and preparing reports.
• Providing customer service.
• Testifying in court.
• Using a computer and related software applications.
• Communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the public, etc., sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Physical Requirements

• Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing, or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces. The amount of balancing exceeds that needed for ordinary locomotion and maintenance of body equilibrium.
• Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms. Body agility is emphasized.
• Crawling: Moving about on hands, knees, hands, and feet.
• Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending the leg and spine.
• Feeling: Perceiving attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature, or texture, by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.
• Fingering: Picking, pinching, typing, or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling.
• Grasping: Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm.
• Handling: Picking, holding, or otherwise working, primarily with the whole hand.
• Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discrimination sound.
• Kneeling: Bending legs at the knee to come to rest on the knee or knees.
• Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position to position. It occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles.
• Mental Acuity: Making rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.
• Pulling: Using upper extre