ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Patrols assigned area of the City, by automobile, motorcycle, on foot or Segway, for the prevention of crime and enforcement of all applicable criminal, traffic, and City Ordinances; Pursues offenders by patrol vehicle and on foot, stops offenders, subdues resisting offenders using force where appropriate, including deadly force, and arrests offenders; Responds to calls for service involving crimes such as robberies, assaults, homicides, and narcotics violations; Responds to general public service calls for civil or societal problems; Secures and protects the scene of a crime; makes arrests; books prisoners; determines suspect involvement in other crimes and investigates accordingly; Responds to hazardous materials incidents and traffic accidents; investigates traffic accidents; detects impaired drivers; administers first aid; directs traffic and requests medical assistance; Prepares reports to accurately document information; Participates in problem oriented policing efforts by identifying problem areas, recommending and implementing solutions, and monitoring the results; Handles hostage negotiations; performs suicide prevention interventions; transports mentally ill patients; performs surveillance operations; Performs a variety of general and specialized criminal investigations involving property and persons crimes; gathers evidence; preserves crime scene; prepares cases for prosecution; interviews persons involved in incidents; Writes and executes search warrants; Searches persons, places, and things; Seizes and impounds property and evidence; Transports persons and property; Performs crowd and riot control activities; Observes criminal behavior, and conducts law enforcement investigations to include the following critical tasks: protects crime and traffic accident scenes; Measures and diagrams crime and traffic accident scenes; Seizes and processes evidence; Assists distressed motorists; directs traffic; assists and refers mentally ill, indigent, and other persons in need; Performs evacuations; and moves persons, vehicles, and other property from unsafe locations; May select, direct, train and maintain canines; Appears in court as the States witness and delivers testimony; Provides police services at various special events in the City; Presents public relations programs to groups; presents other programs and participates in community functions; Performs assigned personnel functions in the area of training and record keeping; Presents testimony and evidence in both civil and criminal court proceedings; Records information and prepares detailed police reports of investigative findings with clearly organized thoughts using proper sentence construction, punctuation, and grammar; Investigates known or suspected criminals or facts of particular case to detect planned criminal activity or clues; Frequents known haunts of criminals and becomes familiar with criminals to determine criminals' habits, associates, characteristics, aliases, and other personal information; Records and reports such information to commanding officer; Investigates crimes and questions witnesses; Examines scene of crime to obtain clues and gather evidence; Investigates suspected persons and reports progress of investigation; Arrests or assists in arrest of criminals or suspects; Prepares assigned cases for court, according to formalized procedures; Participates in specialized tactical training such as SWAT, HDU, etc. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS: The use of police equipment which includes vehicles, and weapons; The use of, electronic, and audio equipment; The use of crime scene evidence collection equipment; Principles and practices of modern police work and law enforcement methods; Federal, State and City laws governing Police operations, custody of prisoners, search and seizure, and the rules of evidences; departmental rules and regulations; General City law enforcement problems; geography of the City; layout of major facilities; Problem oriented policing; community agencies and other available resources; Methods of patrol, criminal, and traffic investigations; Must possess computer application skills that at a minimum include Microsoft Office Suite products including Word and Excel.