Basic / Lateral Police Officer

Police Officer

Under general direction, enforces Federal, State, and local laws and ordinances and performs various duties to support law enforcement activities as well as provides service to the citizens in an efficient and professional manner.

Essential Job Functions :

• Patrols assigned district and receives dispatched calls for service to help prevent crime, aid citizens needing assistance and arrest violators of the law.
• Enforces traffic laws, monitors school crossings and provides escorts to insure safe motor vehicle operation throughout the City.
• Prepares written reports as required by specific assignment.
• Answers, screens and refers calls from citizens requesting Police services.
• Investigates reports of criminal activity, interviews victims and witnesses, seeks, gathers and submits evidence for processing, interrogates suspects, and arrests suspected offenders.
• Testifies in court as required.
• Instructs citizens, businesses, schools and civic organizations about methods and techniques that may help prevent one from becoming a victim of crime.
• Develops and implements community-based policing strategies and programs.
• Perform related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications :

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities :

A bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of post-secondary education as certified through a commission on higher education of a regional educational agency for colleges and universities recognized by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, or

City of Arlington is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace that is free from discrimination. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.