Master Police Officer FLSA
Status: Non-Exempt
General Definition of Work
Performs
difficult protective service work enforcing laws, investigating crimes,
controlling traffic, collecting evidence, preparing reports, issuing warrants
and summons, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited
supervision of the assigned departmental supervisor. Continuous supervision is exercised over
assigned Police Officers and all team members in the absence of the Police
Sergeant and/or Police Lieutenant.
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must
be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required and are not
necessarily actual functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions
Performs
duties in accordance with the City's keys to excellent customer service;
encourages and promotes a culture of excellent customer service.
Operates
a patrol vehicle or walks on an assigned shift, to observe for violations of
traffic laws, suspicious activities or persons, and disturbances of law and
order.
Enforces
all state and local laws pertaining to criminal, civil and traffic offenses and
ensures that health, safety and welfare of the public.
Interviews
victims and witnesses to obtain additional necessary information regarding
crimes, accidents, violations, etc.; helps investigate crimes and collect
evidence; conducts searches; investigates traffic accidents.
Responds
to radio dispatches and answers calls and complaints; issues traffic citations;
serves warrants, summons, etc.
Assists
the general public with services not directly related to law enforcement including
education on crime prevention, provision of general information, assistance
with auto or home lockouts, general complaints, stranded motorists and provides
escort services for banks, funerals and other business.
Makes
arrests, completes arrest records and testifies in court; writes clear, concise
reports in order to ensure legal procedures are followed, court testimony is
complete and accurate and evidence is collected and maintained with exact
details.
Provides
police escorts, directs traffic; performs residential and commercial checks.
Assists
other law enforcement agencies when requested or assigned
Serves
as a field training officer; assigns, directs, trains and evaluates the
performance of assigned officers; serves as team leader in the absence of the
Police Sergeant as qualified and assigned.
Serves
as an identification specialist; collects, preserves and processes evidence;
photographs, fingerprints and processes persons arrested for criminal offenses;
assists with the forensic laboratory examination of evidence as it pertains to
the clearance of offenses assigned to patrol and investigations; performs
duties related to the evidence property control function as a back-up for the
primary Police Evidence and Property Custodian.
Performs
basic maintenance of all issued equipment.
Participates
in a variety of in-service and special training programs.
May
be assigned to investigations, K-9, school resource officer and/or other
technical or special support operations.
May
be required to work outside normal work hours in on-call and emergency
situations.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Thorough
knowledge of police methods, practices and procedures; thorough knowledge of
the geography of the City and location of important buildings; thorough
knowledge of the rules and regulations of the Police Department; skill in using
firearms and operating a motor vehicle; ability to communicate ideas
effectively in both oral and written formats; ability to understand and carry
out oral and written instructions and to prepare clear reports; ability to deal
courteously, but firmly with the public; ability to analyze situations and to
adopt quick, effective and reasonable courses of action with due regard to
surrounding hazards and circumstances; ability to establish and maintain
effective relationship with associates and the general public.
Education and Experience
High school
diploma or GED and moderate experience as a law enforcement officer, or
equivalent combination of education and experience.
Physical Requirements
This work
requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional
exertion of up to 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or
hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and reaching with hands and
arms, frequently requires sitting and occasionally requires standing, walking,
climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, tasting or
smelling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work requires close vision, distance
vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night
vision and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or
exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or
important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is
required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive
detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions
in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data,
visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, using measuring
devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general
surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to outdoor
weather conditions, frequently requires working near moving mechanical parts,
working in high, precarious places and exposure to vibration and occasionally
requires exposure to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic
chemicals, exposure to the risk of electrical shock, working with explosives
and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized
personal protective equipment; work is generally in a moderately noisy location
(e.g. business office, light traffic).
Special Requirements
Possession of
Basic Law Enforcement certification.
Must meet and
maintain all department and State training and education requirements for
position.
Valid driver's
license in the State of