Patrol Service Aide - Police

Salary : $46,654.40 Annually

Location : PA, PA

Job Type : Full-time

Job Number : 6336

Department : Police

Division : Police Patrol

Opening Date : 09 / 09 / 2025

Closing Date : 11 / 8 / 2025 11 : 59 PM Eastern

FLSA : Non-Exempt

Bargaining Unit : 6000

Applicants must possess valid employment authorization to work in the United States.

Applicants must have the ability to work on-site at City of Lancaster, Pennsylvania locations.

Primary Functions and Job Details

Enforces parking violations and performs other patrol services support tasks as assigned.

Examples Of Essential Duties

• Follows safe practices in the performance of duties.
• Enforces parking regulations.
• Answers calls of service related to parking complaints.
• Remains in constant radio contact with the Police Bureau to report any unsafe or unlawful situations.
• Maintains assigned equipment in clean and operable condition.
• Delivers correspondence to various offices within the City, as assigned.
• Regulates, directs, and controls vehicular and pedestrian traffic when assigned.
• Provides traffic control at various parades and special City functions, requiring traffic control or crowd control, as assigned.
• Regulates and controls traffic at a school street crossing point, providing protection to children crossing the street, when substituting for a School Crossing Guard.
• Initiates 48-hour checks for Abandoned Vehicles and complete and forward appropriate paperwork.
• Maintains records according to established procedures.
• Communicates clearly with customers and staff.
• Responds to questions and concerns from the general public.
• Deals tactfully and courteously with the public and maintains composure in difficult and / or stressful situations.
• Performs tasks as directed by OIC of Patrol Services.

Typical Qualifications

Education, Training and Experience

Licenses and Certificates

Environmental Conditions

Safety Equipment Used or Needed

Comments

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

The City of Lancaster offers a comprehensive benefit package to benefits-eligible positions. Medical (PPO and HDHP / HSA options), Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, FSA, Critical Illness and Accident Insurance, Pension(s), 457 Deferred Compensation, Sick, Vacation, Personal Time, as well as 13 Paid Holidays for non-essential positions (Bonus days given in lieu of holidays to essential positions).