JOB
To protect the city's residents and property and to enforce laws and ordinances.
EXAMPLE OF DUTIES
- Patrols an assigned area, by vehicle or by foot, to prevent crimes and enforce laws and ordinances
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Responds to emergency calls and routine complaints and disturbances and takes necessary action, including performing first aid
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Directs traffic, escorts traffic, operates traffic radar monitoring equipment, and issues traffic citations
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Investigates traffic accidents and crimes against persons and property
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Questions witnesses, complainants, and suspects and takes statements and depositions
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Keeps records of activities and makes reports concerning crimes, complaints, accidents, and investigations
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Serves warrants and makes arrests
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May assist in criminal investigations
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Appears in court as required
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Impounds vehicles and may maintain inventory
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Shares information and works with other law enforcement agencies as directed and appropriate
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May tag and log in evidence
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Conducts security checks of businesses and residential areas on patrol route
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Performs upkeep and simple maintenance of department vehicles
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Assists emergency medical personnel, firefighters, and animal control officers
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Fosters good police-community relations among residents in the community
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Assists with special activities such as weather watches, school traffic monitoring, and funeral escorts
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May serve as dispatcher or operate teletype, as necessary, and may deliver emergency messages
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May act as specialist in relation to traffic, suspect apprehension, internal affairs, direct patrol, or other specialized assignments
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May serve as jailer at detention facility, transporting, releasing, and supervising prisoners; and performs such other duties as may be assigned
