School Resource Officer

Lindentx; Princeton (TX); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Princeton Police Department is seeking a School Resource Officer to serve as a liaison between students and law enforcement on campus, conducting investigations, mediating disputes, and providing safety services. You will respond to emergencies, perform patrol duties, and participate in classroom instruction on laws and enforcement.

The role requires an active Texas Peace Officer license, high school diploma or equivalent, and the ability to work independently under supervision, with a focus on

Qualifications

• Requires ability to review, classify, and analyze information and reference standards.
• Ability to guide, assist, and interpret procedures for others.
• Must operate equipment and respond to incidents with independent judgment.

Responsibilities

• Counsels students and mediates hostile situations.
• Investigates campus offenses and responds to calls for service.
• Arrests offenders and questions suspects or witnesses.
• Provides information to the public and assists with safety at events.
• Conducts classroom instruction on laws and enforcement.

Skills

Data analysis

Guidance to others

Communication

Crisis mediation

Public safety

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Active TCOLE Intermediate Peace Officer License or higher

Tools

Police radio

Patrol vehicle operation

Handcuffs

Job description

Under direct supervision of the School Resource Sergeant, the purpose of this position is to perform a wide variety of police and law enforcement activities, specifically acts as liaison between students/youths and the Police Department. Employees in this classification perform skilled level work. Position is responsible for tasks that are service and protection oriented, and include collecting and dispensing information, arbitrating disputes, providing assistance, protecting, and recovering property, preventing crime, investigating, and providing other public protection services. Duties include an element of personal danger, i.e., exposure to life-threatening circumstances, apprehending criminals, and transporting prisoners. Incumbents perform duties in accordance with state statutes and established departmental policies, procedures, and guidelines. The incumbent must be able to act without close supervision and must be able to exercise independent judgment. Performs related work as required.

Essential Functions:

• The list of essential functions, as outlined herein, is intended to be representative of the tasks performed within this classification. It is not necessarily descriptive of any one position in the class. The omission of an essential function does not preclude management from assigning duties not listed herein if such functions are a logical assignment to the position.
• Counsels students and mediates hostile situations.
• Investigates offenses that occur on campus/school property.
• Arrests for offenses violating laws and ordinances.
• Questions suspects, witnesses, takes statements, and serves warrants.
• Collects and documents information related to potential criminal activities and forwards reports as appropriate.
• Conducts classroom instruction on laws and enforcement.
• Consults with school counselors regarding problems with students; make referrals when professional counseling, treatment, legal assistance, and aid is necessary or needed.
• Counsels and advises students on responsibilities and procedures concerning criminal matters, abuse, or child abuse.
• Provides security for school activities or events when needed.
• Teaches classes; prepares class outline for instruction.
• Responds to calls for service and complaints on campus/school property.
• Conducts routine preventive patrol in designated residential and business areas, and initiates contacts with both business operators and residents to establish open communications, gather and dispense information, and establish the presence of law enforcement within the community.
• Responds to calls for police service and takes action upon observing a circumstance or situation requiring police attention, i.e., responding to domestic disputes and disturbances, disputes among neighbors, juveniles, and ongoing criminal investigations.
• Interviews and take statements from witnesses, victims, suspects, arrested persons, and informants to obtain pertinent information concerning accidents/crimes.
• Provides information to the public, victims, witnesses, and relatives concerning available services in the community.
• Provide assistance and service to the public, i.e., changing tires, directing traffic, etc.
• Performs CPR at scenes, and performs critical emergency care, such as stopping excessive bleeding, during the interim when emergency medical personnel are enroute.
• Responds to burglary, robbery-in-progress, and active alarm calls; conducts initial building searches, secures potential crime scenes, and apprehends suspects when necessary.
• Conducts initial crime scene investigations, i.e., identifies and collects crucial evidence to be secured for processing, labels evidence with data for crime scene reconstruction, packages, and stores evidence in a manner to protect the chain of custody.
• Enforces State and local traffic laws to ensure safety, investigates motor vehicle accidents and protects lives and property at all motor vehicle accident scenes.
• Identifies and issues municipal citations to violators of misdemeanor offenses.
• Enforces laws and apprehends misdemeanor and felony violators and fugitives; arrests and transports persons found to have committed a criminal act.
• Testifies in civil, traffic, and criminal court proceedings; ALR and Evidentiary hearings; Parole Board hearings and gives depositions.
• Performs considerable report and record maintenance duties, i.e., initial investigations, crime reports, felony reports, statements, arrest reports, warrant forms, inventory and search, property receipts and dispositions, and misdemeanors.
• Attends in-service training as directed to maintain current knowledge of changes in laws, new methods of enforcement, and other trends and developments in law enforcement.
• Develops and maintains relationships with other City departments.
• Assists fire personnel at the scene as directed.
• Attendance; regular and timely attendance during assigned work hours. After-hours and weekend work are required as necessary.
• Ability to set and meet appropriate deadlines. Timely follow-up and follow-through with staff and others. Effectively multi-task and work under time pressure and deadlines.
• Communication and record keeping; ability to read, comprehend and effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, in English. Communicate effectively and professionally with staff, volunteers, council, and others.
• Must be professional, respectful, helpful, and polite to staff, volunteers, council members, and others at all times. All work must be performed in a timely and satisfactory manner. Provide Customer Service.
• Utilize corporate credit cards in an ethical and responsible manner, ensuring timely submission of receipts and accurate financial record keeping and reporting.
• Perform duties in accordance with City policies, procedures, standards, and comply with local, state, and federal law.
• Follow safety policies and rules.
• Keep up with trends and changes.
• Safeguard confidential information and disclose it only to those in “need to know”.
• Work effectively with others as part of a team to ensure efficient operations and enhanced productivity.
• Performs other duties as assigned

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data and/or information. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
• Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments.
• Requires the ability to utilize a variety of advisory data and information, such as federal laws, state statutes, and local ordinances (Texas Penal Code, Education Code, Family Code, Texas Traffic Law, etc.), Independent School District policies, procedures, and discipline plan.
• Requires proficiency in basic mathematical calculations, including fractions, decimals, percentages, and graph interpretation.
• Requires ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.
• Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness, and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
• Requires the ability to perform skilled coordinated movements, such as operating computer terminal, patrol vehicle, police radio, radar, handcuffs, and handgun.
  Minimum

High School Diploma or equivalent. Must possess an active TCOLE Intermediate Peace Officer License or higher. Must possess one (1) year of experience with the Princeton Police Department or at least one (1) year of previous experience as a School Resource Officer or in a law enforcement assignment involving schools, juveniles, or juvenile law. Must have maintained an overall performance evaluation rating of at least satisfactory during the preceding twelve (12) months and must not have been placed on a Performance Improvement Plan (PIP), suspension, or demotion within that same time period. Must successfully complete all required School Resource Officer training within one (1) year of appointment to the position. Valid Texas Driver's License and proof of liability insurance are required. Must have the ability to respond to after-hours calls as required.
Have and maintain a professional, inviting, and friendly demeanor.
ADA COMPLIANCE:

Physical Ability: Tasks involve the regular and, at times, sustained performance of moderately physically demanding work, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling, and that may involve the lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of moderately heavy objects and materials (20-200 pounds).

Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate sounds. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate odors. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate depths. Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate textures. Some tasks require visual perception and discrimination. Some tasks require oral communication ability.

Environmental Factors: Tasks may risk exposure to extreme heat/cold or extreme weather conditions, strong odors and/or smoke, strong and/or toxic chemicals, dust or pollen, and elements that can cause illness (e.g. pathogenic substances, viruses, parasites).