Police Officer

Police Officer

The Town of Wrightsville Beach is currently accepting applications for Police Officer I, Police Officer II, and Master Police Officer positions. The police department provides full police services to the community, including community policing, traffic and criminal law enforcement, emergency response, investigations and special events. The department serves a public of approximately 2,500 permanent residents and a summer population that swells to over 25,000 residents, visitors and summer guests.

Major Duties :

• Patrols streets in a police car or on foot; checks doors and windows; examines premises of unoccupied residences or buildings; detects unusual conditions, may maintain surveillance and observation for stolen cars, missing persons, or suspects; report dangerous or defective streets, sidewalks, traffic lights, or other hazardous conditions.
• Responds to calls for assistance, complaints, suspicious activity, domestic disputes, loud and disruptive behavior; completes calls by determining true nature of the situation and taking whatever legal or persuasive action is warranted.
• Investigates traffic accidents; issues traffic citation; directs traffic and participates in other emergency operation activities.
• Performs initial investigations of accidents or possible crimes through observation, questioning witnesses, and gathering physical evidence; performs investigative tasks, arrests and processes criminal suspects; presents findings in court.
• Issues citations for violation of traffic regulations, serves warrants; apprehends and processes criminal suspects and transports to detention facilities.
• Operates a two-way radio to receive instructions and information from or to report information to police headquarters; maintains vehicles, weapons and other equipment in standards working order.
• Prepare records and reports of activities.
• Advises the public on laws and local ordinances; serves papers as needed.
• Gives information and directions to visitors and the general public.
• Assists with emergency response activities of the town such as evacuation procedures and clean-up activities.

Qualifications :