Top 5 Police Jobs in Murfreesboro Tn

Police Officer - Non-Certified
City of Murfreesboro, TN —Murfreesboro, TN
- $70,299.15 a year
- Full-time
- Psychiatry
- English
- Mid-level
1d
Detention Officer - Adult Detention Center - Sheriff's Office
Rutherford County Government —Murfreesboro, TN
- $51,780 - $55,568 a year
- Full-time
- Entry level
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
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Police Officer - P.O.S.T. Certified
City of Murfreesboro, TN —Murfreesboro, TN
- $16 an hour
- Full-time
- Psychiatry
- English
- Mid-level
1d
Campus Police Officer
Motlow State Community College —Murfreesboro, TN
- $47,000 - $50,000 a year
- Full-time
- Psychiatry
- 5 years
- High school diploma or GED
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
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Patrol - Police Officer I
The City of La Vergne, La Vergne, Tennessee —La Vergne, TN
- $28.56 - $30.30 an hour
- Overtime
- Psychiatry
- 5 years
- Writing skills
- Dental insurance
- Paid time off
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Police Officer - Non-Certified

City of Murfreesboro, TN -
Murfreesboro, TN

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Full-time
$70,299.15 a year
1 day ago

Qualifications

High school diploma or GED
Driver's License

Full Job Description

DESCRIPTION

This position is considered a Safety-Sensitive position. Applicants who pass the interview process will be subject to drug and alcohol testing.

The purpose of this position is to ensure the safety of citizens and property by preventing, reporting, investigating, and analyzing crime within the City's limits.

EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES

Essential Functions:

Must be able to communicate with others in spoken and written English to ensure the safe and efficient operations of the business.
Patrols assigned zone and interacts with citizens.
Responds to call for service.
Prevents, detects, and investigates criminal activity.
Enforces state and federal laws, city ordinances, and issues citations.
Assists other officers in active investigations.
Investigates crash and crime scenes, document calls, files reports, and prepares case files for judicial proceedings.
Interviews victims, witnesses, and suspects.
Issues search warrants and conducts searches of persons and property.
Prepares court cases, communicates with district attorney’s office, and appears in court to testify.
Inspects and maintains assigned equipment.
Attends training sessions.
Provides security at community events.
Reads and understands technical instructions, procedures manuals and charts to solve practical problems, and methods and procedures for investigations and in drawing and layout work; composes routine reports and specialized reports, forms, and business letters, with proper format; speaks compound sentences using normal grammar and word form.
Understands and validly enforces federal and state laws and local ordinances while exercising good judgment and reasonable discretion.
Possess the temperament and good judgment to effectively and diplomatically deal with all members of the public, including those who are irate and unreasonable.
Performs other work as assigned.

Physical and Sensory Demands:

Possess the physical ability to run and the strength to apprehend law violators.
Sits, stands, bends, stoops, reaches, pushes and pulls, frequently lifts objects and persons, climbs stairs, walks, and runs intermittently.
Applicants must pass a physical agility test that consists of job-related bodily condition, muscular strength, agility, and physical coordination. The test consists of various elements such as running, pushing/pulling and carrying of weight, and climbing stairs.

Operate law enforcement equipment including, but not limited to, police vehicles with all emergency equipment, mobile radios, hand-held radios, recorders, fingerprint equipment, cameras, video camera, copy machine, facsimile machine, personal computer and peripheral equipment, radar equipment, and both lethal and non-lethal weapons such as pistols, rifles, shotguns, ASP batons and OC spray.
Involves routine and frequent exposure to toxic/caustic chemicals; explosives; violence; bloodborne pathogens.
Involves being exposed to all types of weather conditions, some of which will be inclement.
Work will involve exposure to dangerous conditions and situations and frequent exposure to violence.

TYPICAL QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:

Requires High School diploma or GED equivalent.
Must be a citizen of the United States of America or a permanent legal resident of the United States who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces. As required by T.C.A.§38-8-105(d), an officer who is permanent legal resident as of the officer’s employment start date must apply for or obtain U.S. citizenship within six years of the officer’s employment start date; failure to obtain U.S. citizenship within six (6) years of the officer’s employment start date shall constitute grounds for termination of the officer’s employment.
Must meet minimum visual requirement of 20/30 each eye corrected and have enough visual acuity to act to protect self and others in emergency situations uncorrected.
Meet all lawful qualifications established by Tennessee law to be certified by the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission (“P.O.S.T.”), T.C.A. Section 38-8-106and regulations as same may be amended.

Special Certifications and Licenses:

Must be able to obtain and maintain Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission P.O.S.T. certification.
Must have a valid driver’s license.
Must be certified by a Tennessee Licensed Healthcare Provider qualified in the psychiatric or psychological fields as being free from any disorder, as set forth in the current edition of the DSM that would, in the professional judgment of the examiner, impair the subject’s ability to perform any essential function of the job.

The City of Murfreesboro is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

CITY OF MURFREESBORO

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