Lateral Police Officer

Job Opportunity

The City of Monroe (WA) is offering a full-time position with a monthly salary ranging from $7,476.00 to $9,759.00. This opportunity is located in Monroe, WA within the Police Department.

Job Responsibilities

Enforce state and local laws and respond to complaints and requests for police services from community residents and businesses. Patrol residential and business districts, enforce traffic laws, investigate accidents and criminal incidents, apprehend suspects, mediate domestic and other disputes and write detailed reports in keeping with departmental procedures.

• Effect an arrest, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints; subdue resisting suspects using maneuvers and weapons and resort to the use of hands and feet and other approved weapons in self-defense.
• Prepare investigative and other reports, including sketches, using appropriate grammar, symbols and mathematical computations.
• Exercise independent judgment in determining when there is reasonable suspicion to detain, when probable cause exists to search and arrest and when force may be used and to what degree.
• Operate a law enforcement vehicle during both the day and night; in emergency situations involving speeds in excess of posted limits, in congested traffic and in unsafe road conditions caused by factors such as fog, smoke, rain, ice and snow.
• Communicate effectively and coherently over law enforcement radio channels while initiating and responding to radio communications.
• Gather information in criminal investigations by interviewing and obtaining the statements of victims, witnesses, suspects and confidential informers.
• Engage in law enforcement patrol functions that include such things as working rotating shifts, walking on foot patrol and physically checking the doors and windows of buildings to ensure they are secure.
• Effectively communicate with people, including juveniles, by giving information and directions, mediating disputes and advising of rights and processes.
• Demonstrate verbal communication skills in court and other formal settings.
• Detect and collect evidence and substances that provide the basis of criminal offenses and infractions and that indicate the presence of dangerous conditions.
• Endure verbal and mental abuse when confronted with the hostile views and opinions of suspects and other people encountered in an antagonistic environment while maintaining a professional demeanor.
• Perform rescue functions at accidents, emergencies and disasters to include directing traffic for long periods of time, administering emergency medical aid, lifting, dragging and carrying people away from dangerous situations and securing and evacuating people from particular areas.
• Process and transport prisoners and committed mental patients using handcuffs and other appropriate restraints.
• Extinguish small fires by using a fire extinguisher and other appropriate means.
• Read and comprehend legal and non-legal documents, including the preparation and processing of such document as citations, affidavits and warrants.
• Perform other duties as directed.

Minimum Qualifications

Any equivalent combination of education, experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities will be considered.

Benefits

For more information, contact the City of Monroe at 360-863-4523.