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This job was posted by https://www.azjobconnection.gov : For more information, please see: https://www.azjobconnection.gov/jobs/6528835

GENERAL DEFINITION OF WORK

Performs work enforcing laws, patrolling and investigating criminal activity, ensuring safety of public by responding to incidents and calls for services, collecting evidence and testifying in court, maintaining official files and records, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the supervision of the Police Sergeant. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required and are subject to change as needs and job requirements change. Position assignments may vary. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Responds to emergency and non-emergency calls from the public while enforcing federal, state and local laws and ordinances; performs crime prevention and police services.
• Enforces traffic laws, both civil and criminal; monitors traffic complaint areas.
• Conducts follow up investigations on active cases including tracking down suspects, interviewing witnesses and victims, retrieving surveillance video, dusting for fingerprints, collecting and booking in evidence, etc.
• Performs residential and commercial security checks.
• Completes necessary paperwork including crime reports, crash reports, field interviews, traffic citations, victim rights forms, witness statements, and vehicle action reports.
• Makes arrests and testifies in court.
• Provides animal control services as needed or required.
• Operates and maintains motor vehicles or other work related equipment requiring a valid Arizona driver license.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Some knowledge of police methods, practices, and procedures; thorough knowledge of the geography of the City and location of important buildings; some 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 adapt quick, effective and reasonable courses of action with due regard to surrounding hazards and circumstances; ability to establish and maintain effective relationship with associates, court personnel, medical personnel, and the general public.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORKING CONDITIONS

This work requires the occasional exertion of over 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel and frequently standing, walking, sitting, climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, reaching with hands and arms, tasting or smelling, pushing or pulling and repetitive motions; 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 of measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions, freq ently requires exposure to wet, humid conditions (non-weather), exposure to extreme heat (non-weather) and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment and occasionally requires working in high, precarious places, exposure to fumes or airborne particles and exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals; work is generally in a quiet location (e.g. library, private offices).