Representative Duties / Qualifications Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following: - Maintains law and order, responds to emergencies as directed by radio, telephone or other type of communication;
- Investigates unusual or suspicious conditions, directs traffic, investigates traffic accidents;
- Administers first aid, gives assistance to the injured;
- Makes arrests, serves subpoenas and warrants, guards prisoners, interviews suspects;
- Notes and reports unsafe conditions, prepares evidence and appears in court to give testimony, searches for stolen property and lost persons;
- Gives information to the public regarding laws, ordinances, traffic safety, directions and available public services;
- Issues citations to traffic violators, writes reports of daily activities and action taken, investigates vice conditions, analyzes facts, clues and evidence and makes investigations to determine law violators and their whereabouts;
- Writes a variety of reports in paper as well as computer form;
- Maintains effective working relationships with other law enforcement agencies, employees and the public;
- Operates radio and other communication equipment;
- Carry and use a firearm and other appropriate defensive and offensive weaponry;
- Protects the life, property, public order and constitutional rights of all citizens.
Knowledge of:
- Modern and progressive police methods and procedures, community policing, problem solving, safety techniques, policing, including patrol, investigation, crime prevention, traffic control, crime detection, rules of evidence, and interrogation;
- Applicable Federal, State, and local laws;
- Community, County, State and Federal resources;
- Modern English grammar, spelling and composition;
- Basic mathematics;
- Computer applications including word processing, spreadsheet, scheduling and other related programs.