Description:
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JOB SUMMARY
Patrols assigned area, in a police vehicle. Enforces traffic regulations, responds to requests for service, performs preliminary investigations to prevent/deter crime and arrest violators. Duties and responsibilities include the following.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintains a presence in their assigned patrol area and familiarizes themselves with persons frequenting, working, or living in the area.
- Conducts preliminary and field investigations. Interviews and/or interrogates victims, witnesses and suspects. Documents complaints and investigations as required by policy and procedure.
- Responds to calls for police assistance by operating a police vehicle in routine and emergency situations while being able to talk and operate the police radio and emergency equipment.
- Directs and reroutes traffic around fire or other disruptions by using recognizable arm movements and related equipment.
- Serves warrants and/or makes arrests under normal and/or under elevated risk situations.
- Operates police communication equipment in order to communicate via radio and/or by typing information on computer/mobile data terminal.
- Collects, retrieves, logs, and stores property and evidence utilizing accepted methods and equipment.
- Administers first aid, and assists paramedic/medical personnel as needed. May be required to lift and/or carry injured persons.
- Issues written citations for traffic and other violations. Testifies in court and describes or illustrates conditions, situations, and occurrences before juries, defense attorneys, prosecutors and judges.
- Operates firearms and other impact and/or less-lethal weapons in a safe and accurate manner under stressful and potentially life threatening situations.
- May perform other assignments and handle special projects as required.
- Regular and timely attendance is required as well as the ability to get along with others in a professional manner.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Upon completion of academy and/or the Department's field training program, must have working knowledge of police patrol methods, practice and procedures, municipal ordinances and geography of the City.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
- Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed written or oral instructions.
- Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
- Ability to gather/collect information from individuals in a manner to accurately conduct and document investigations.
MINIMUM JOB REQUIREMENTS
High School Diploma / GED and a minimum of 30 hours of college course work from a college. (30 hrs. of college course work waived with two-year Police Officer or active duty military experience).
Must successfully complete the Department's in-service and Field Training Program.
Lateral Transfer - Minimum Requirements for Police Officer
- Candidates must have a minimum of two years paid full-time experience as a certified Peace Officer.
- Must have had no more than a three-year break in service from the time they left a comparable law enforcement agency and the time they make application with the Bedford Police Department.
- Out of state applicants must challenge and pass the TCOLE state exam before a final job offer is made by the Bedford Police Department.
- Must have been in a position where they had the authority to enforce laws, investigate crimes, make arrests, respond to calls for service, carry a firearm, and use discretion as part of their assigned duties.
Must possess a valid Texas Driver's License and be licensable by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE).
To Apply: Applications available online through the City of Bedford website www.governmentjobs.com/careers/bedfordtx
For additional information about the hiring process and the Later Entry Program, please visit the following:
Police Career page- https://bedfordtx.gov/503/Police-Careers
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