Entry Level Police Officer
- Perform assigned duties alone or in the presence of a supervisor.
- Conducts or assists in investigations of suspicious circumstances, complaints, and/or criminal activity.
- Direct traffic, make arrests, issue citations, warnings, etc.
- Maintain order of public gatherings, crowds, etc.
- Provide information concerning the location of streets, businesses, routes,
- Conducts record checks on persons utilizing drivers’ licenses, fingerprints or other methods of identification in order to obtain positive identification and/or criminal records.
- Checks the premises of businesses and residences in patrol area for signs of break-in or other irregularities in order to protect persons and property.
- Provides information to assist citizens in conforming to State statutes and Village ordinances.
- Provides assistance to victims (e.g., crime, accident, fire, etc.) to safe-guard their health and well-being.
- Maintain assigned equipment, squad car, and any assigned work space (e.g. laptop, desk top computers, phones, etc.) in a fundamentally clean and orderly manner.
- Completes formal police reports (e.g., preliminary case reports, incident reports, supplemental reports, etc.) to document facts and to provide an official record of an incident.
- Ability to present a positive image of the Police Department to the public.