The Clayton State University Police Officer reports to an assigned supervisor, depending on the officer's assignment. This position involves shift work and may require working nights, weekends, overtime, rotating shifts, and holidays. Work assignments may include any campus location based on departmental needs.
This position involves regular and special-detail police work focused on protecting life and property on the university campus. Responsibilities include responding professionally to incidents, preventing and detecting criminal activity, and maintaining public safety and order. Duties also include patrolling assigned areas, enforcing traffic laws, investigating accidents, preparing reports, and conducting criminal investigations.
Assignments are received from superior officers and are carried out in accordance with established policies and procedures. However, officers are expected to exercise sound, independent judgment and initiative when responding to emergency situations in which supervisors may not be immediately available. Work is reviewed through conferences, written reports, inspections, and observation of results.
Police Officers conduct patrols, assist with investigations, and prepare and review reports. Considerable independent judgment, initiative, and understanding are required when interpreting orders, rules, and regulations and when responding to emergency situations. Work is performed in accordance with established laws, regulations, policies, and instructions from superior officers, who evaluate performance through reports, conferences, and observations of police effectiveness. Police Officers must be able to work any assigned shift.
The applicant selected for this position will be required to successfully complete a pre-employment drug screening, polygraph examination or Computer Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA), credit check, criminal background investigation, and psychological evaluation.
