Police Officer: Protect, Respond & Serve the City

Kinston Police Department; Kinston (NC); On-site; USD 51,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinston Police Department in North Carolina seeks Police Officers to perform a full range of law enforcement duties within the City. Officers patrol by car or on foot, respond to calls, enforce laws, and conduct investigations.

The role involves public interaction, safety duties, and working shifts with potential hazards and storms response. As part of the department, officers may progress through ranks such as Officer I/II or Senior Officer, with responsibilities including arrests, warrants,

Qualifications

• An employee in this class performs a full range of general law enforcement duties.
• Work includes patrolling the City during an assigned shift in a police car or on foot; responding to calls for assistance; preventing, detecting and investigating disturbances and crime.
• Employee must exercise judgment, initiative and calm control when performing duties.
• Work involves frequent public contact which requires tact, firmness and decisiveness.

Responsibilities

• Patrols the City in a police car or on foot; checks doors and windows; examines premises of unoccupied residences or buildings.
• Responds to calls for assistance, complaints, suspicious activity, domestic disputes, loud and disruptive behavior; takes appropriate action.
• Investigates traffic accidents; issues citations; directs traffic and participates in emergency operations.
• Performs investigations of possible crimes; secures crime scenes; arrests and processes suspects; presents findings in court.
• Serves warrants and subpoenas; transports suspects to detention facilities.
• Monitors alarms and disturbances; responds to narcotics issues and disturbances.
• Prepares incident, arrest, and reports; enters records into the system; presents evidence in court.

Job description

Kinston Police Department in North Carolina seeks Police Officers to perform a full range of law enforcement duties within the City. Officers patrol by car or on foot, respond to calls, enforce laws, and conduct investigations.

The role involves public interaction, safety duties, and working shifts with potential hazards and storms response. As part of the department, officers may progress through ranks such as Officer I/II or Senior Officer, with responsibilities including arrests, warrants,