Public Safety Officer- Ongoing Recruitment
Arkansas State University
- Jonesboro, AR
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Issues citations as necessary.
- Participates in traffic and/or crowd control during periods of high volume and density.
- Arrests and detains violators, when necessary, and testifies in court as required.
- Provides assistance as requested or needed by locking or unlocking buildings and offices, helping stranded motorists, and communicating general information to students, staff, and faculty and the general public.
- Completes reports and maintains records and log books concerning incidents and work activities.
- Performs related responsibilities as assigned.
- Properly assesses aspects of routine situations, determines appropriate action and takes the same.
- Recognizes and identifies police-related and public safety problems.
- Has a broad orientation to the job including activity with low priority.
- Displays inquisitiveness when performing routine patrol functions.
- Maintains calm and self-control in situations, determines proper course of action and takes it.
- Does not allow a situation to further deteriorate.
- Follows acceptable safety procedures with suspicious persons, suspects, and prisoners.
- Obtains and maintains control through use of the proper degree of force application in routine situations.
- Uses restraints effectively. Unlikely to lose control.
- Uses police communications equipment effectively and properly.
- Knows and recognizes commonly used sections of the Arkansas Traffic Code and applies appropriate sections to detected violations.
- Enforces appropriately all traffic regulations.
- Properly investigates and completes traffic accident reports.
- Provides a fair and accurate representation of the evidence.
- Reports are complete with a minimum number of errors.
- The reports are completed in a timely manner.
- Uniform is properly worn and is clean and pressed.
- Weapon, duty belt, equipment are clean and operative.
- Hair within regulations and shoes and brass are shined.
- Takes an active role in solving community problems.
- Works to find solutions to problems before they occur (proactive) rather than after something becomes a problem (reactive).
- Performs research or searches out training to bring new educational programs for students and staff members and conduct training and safety assessments.
- Demonstrates and applies daily the concepts framed in the mission statement of the department and clearly articulates and supports the role of the university police on campus.
- Familiar with the most commonly applied Policy Directives, regulations, and procedures.
- Able to reason through a problem and come to an acceptable conclusion in routine situations.
- Makes reasonable decisions based on information available.
- Makes good decisions without assistance.
- Follows required procedure in commonly encountered situations.
- Conducts proper searches and seizes evidence legally.
- Arrests are within legal guidelines.
- Knows commonly used forms and understands their use.
- Completes departmental forms, including incident reports with accuracy and thoroughness.
- Reports are organized and in logical order with the necessary information and details included.
- Reports are completed in a timely manner with minimal spelling and grammatical errors.
- Officer is courteous, friendly, and empathetic.
- Communicates in a professional manner and is service oriented.
- Officer is at ease with members of other ethnic, cultural, and social groups.
- Adheres to the chain-of-command and accepts his/her role in the organization.
- Passes on appropriate information to other officers and shifts.
- Is supportive and team oriented and communicates with all members of the department effectively and positively.
- Supports the Administration of the University and is responsive to the needs of the institution.