Police Officer Lateral

Performs general duty police work in the protection of life and property through the enforcement of laws and ordinances; and does related work as required.Enforces the law and ordinances of the City and State and all other pertinent laws;Patrols an assigned area during a specific period and/or responds to calls for service;Checks doors and windows and examines premises of unoccupied buildings or residences in order to detect any suspicious conditions;Investigates suspicious conditions and complaints and makes arrests of persons who violate laws and ordinances;Accompanies prisoners to headquarters, jail or court and appears and testifies in court as required;Maintains surveillance and contact with known criminals and their associates;Directs traffic and enforces traffic laws;Checks automobile parking in restricted areas and issues citations when appropriate;Works at desk, answering telephone, dispatching patrol cars, operating radio transmitter, maintaining records, preparing reports and performing other clerical and administrative duties;Prepares and gives lectures to school, civic and other groups;Responds to calls for service involving fires or accidents as directed, gives all possible assistance and prepares necessary reports;Maintains order in crowds and attends parades, funerals or other public gatherings and quells rioters or other unruly disturbances;Escorts funerals, parades and other public processions;Watches for stolen cars and wanted or missing persons;Makes investigations and enforces City and State laws pertaining to juvenile offenders;Answers criminal complaints and takes necessary corrective action;Gives advice on laws, ordinances and general information to the public;Provides emergency first aid as required;May be assigned to undercover or plainclothes investigative tasks;Serves as crime laboratory officer, collecting and evaluating evidence, taking and processing photographs, lifting latent prints, DNA etc.;Serves as drug custody coordinator;Interviews applicants for positions and conducts additional interviews of references and others familiar with applicants’ background;Classifies police incident reports in accordance with uniform crime code;Operates motorcycle, radio patrol car, patrol wagon or police copter as required;Writes reports and testifies in court as required;Acts for Corporal or Sergeant in their absence as required; andPerforms other related job duties as assigned.Education and ExperienceHigh School Diploma or an acceptable equivalency diploma (GED) and preferably possession of an associate degree in a job-related field; with no experience required.Special Qualifications:Possession of certificate of satisfactory completion from the Maryland Police Training Commission.Radar Certification.Intoximeter Certification (as needed).Firearms Certification.NCIC Training.Taser Certification.First Responder Certified (First Aid/CPR).Possession of a valid Driver’s License.Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:Knowledge of Federal, State and City laws;Knowledge of the City boundaries, geography and streets;Skill in the use of firearms;Skill using sound judgment, tact and courtesy;Ability to understand and carry out complex oral and written instructions;Ability to drive an automobile or a motorcycle;Ability to use good powers of observation and memory;Ability to operate small office equipment, including copy machines or multi-line telephone systems;Ability to operate computers for data entry, word processing and/or recordkeeping purposes;Ability to operate highly technical computer applications, such as GIS or Computer Aided Dispatch;Ability to operate small/light equipment;Ability to operate small and medium equipment and machinery, such as vehicles.The work is medium work which requires exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects. Additionally, the following physical abilities are required:Balancing ability: sufficient to maintain body equilibrium to prevent falling while walking, standing or crouching on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.Climbing ability: sufficient to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like.Crawling ability: sufficient to move about on hands and knees or hands and feet.Crouching ability: sufficient to bend the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.Feeling ability: sufficient to perceive attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips.Dexterity ability: sufficient to pick, pinch, grasp, type, or otherwise work, primarily with fingers and palm rather than with the whole hand as in handling.Handling ability: sufficient to pick, hold, or otherwise work, primarily with the whole hand.Hearing ability: sufficient to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction.Kneeling ability: sufficient to bend legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.Lifting ability: sufficient to raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.Mental Acuity: sufficient to make rational decisions through sound logic and deductive processes.Pulling ability: sufficient to use upper extremities to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.Pushing ability: sufficient to use upper extremities to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.Reaching ability: sufficient to extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.Repetitive Motion: Substantial movements (motions) of the wrist, hands, and/or fingers.Speaking ability: sufficient to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word.Standing ability: Particularly for sustained periods of time.Stooping ability: sufficient to bend body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.Visual ability: sufficient to operate a police vehicle both day and night, to observe criminal actions taking place, to observe traffic violations taking place, to read and write reports, correspondence, etc.Walking ability: sufficient to move about on foot to accomplish tasks.WORKING CONDITIONSWork is performed in a physically threatening environment that requires the employee to make life and death decisions for themselves and others.

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