Job Details

Police Officer

The City of Overland Park has a full-time Police Officer position available in the Police Department.

Summary: Provides law enforcement and public safety services to the community to include enforcement of criminal statutes and ordinances, traffic enforcement, crime prevention, patrol activity, accident investigation, resolution of domestic and other disturbances, prosecution support and non-criminal public safety services.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Use and tactical operation of patrol vehicle.
• Inputs and retrieves data from Mobile Data terminal.
• Maintenance of patrol and other departmental vehicles.
• Transports prisoners, victims, witnesses and others.
• Participates in high-speed emergency and pursuit driving.
• Performs radio communication skills.
• Performs non-radio verbal communications.
• Performs general patrol duties.
• Apprehension arrest and charging of suspect.
• Traffic enforcement and stops.
• Performs accident investigation duties.
• Detects and apprehends DUI suspects.
• Handles domestic and other disturbances.
• Performs criminal investigation duties.
• Displays proper search and seizure skills.
• Performs necessary duties at crime scene.
• Exhibits safe and appropriate care and use of firearms.
• Use of defensive and restraining equipment.
• Performs report-writing duties.
• Performs oral interrogations and interviewing duties.
• Court preparation and testimony.
• Exhibits acceptable non-report written expression.
• Citizen interaction.
• Performs non-criminal public safety duties.
• Performs crime prevention and public relations duties.
• Patrol activities requiring operation of motor vehicle.
• The employee must work the days and hours necessary to perform all assigned responsibilities and tasks.
• The employee must be punctual and timely in meeting all requirements of performance.

Requirements:

• Must be a United States citizen.
• Must be at least 20 years of age at time of application, and 21 years of age by date of hire.
• Must have a high school diploma or furnish evidence of successful completion of an examination indicating an equivalent achievement.
• Cannot have any members of your immediate family employed full-time or part-time by the City.
• Must be able to respond from their residence and report for duty within 90 minutes.
• Must take and pass a physical agility test, a written examination, and an oral board interview.
• Must successfully pass a Police Department administered polygraph examination.
• Must successfully complete an in-depth background investigation.
• Must successfully complete both a physical and psychological examination.
• Must be able to achieve and demonstrate technological proficiency.
• Must possess a valid driver's license.
• May not have been convicted, plead guilty, plead no contest, or been diverted on four or more moving traffic violations within the past three years.
• May not have been convicted, plead guilty, plead no contest, or been diverted on a serious traffic violation within the past three years.
• Serious traffic violations include DUI, reckless driving, hit and run, vehicular homicide, transporting an open container of alcoholic liquor or cereal malt beverage, eluding a police officer, and negligent homicide.

Required Skills:

• Ability to communicate effectively in the English language.
• Ability to perform basic mathematical calculations.
• Ability to operate 2-way radio, radar equipment and make and receive phone calls.
• Ability to use firearms safely and accurately.
• Ability to perform basic first aid and CPR.
• Ability to use a computer touch-screen and manual keyboard.

Mental Requirements:

• Ability to recognize and avoid potentially hazardous situations.
• Ability to understand and apply departmental orders, rules and regulations.
• Ability to comprehend laws and apply to specific situations.
• Ability to apply judgement to police situations.
• Ability to conduct and document searches.
• Ability to organize facts and provide accurate testimony.
• Ability to understand and apply legal standards.
• Ability to interpret orders and procedures.
• Ability to analyze situations and determine proper response.
• Ability to perform many functions simultaneously.
• Ability to recognize suspicious behavior.
• Ability to determine necessity for assistance.
• Ability to recognize and remove health and safety hazards.
• Ability to make decisions under stress.
• Ability to exercise caution and control fear in potentially hazardous situations.
• Ability to adapt to different people, behavior and circumstances.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to work without immediate supervision.
• Ability to analyze and interpret evidence.
• Ability to differentiate between criminal and civil law.
• Ability to organize facts and accurately complete reports.
• Ability to apply knowledge of medical and intervention techniques.
• Ability to establish priority at emergency scene.
• Ability to quickly develop an action plan.
• Ability to recognize potential chemical abuse/neglect.
• Ability to recognize narcotics.
• Ability to interrogate suspect and obtain information.
• Ability to determine proper charges.
• Ability to remain calm under stress and anger.
• Ability to disseminate intelligence.
• Ability to understand legal standards.
• Ability to apply knowledge of mediation and intervention techniques.
• Ability to control anger and maintain professional demeanor.
• Ability to adapt to different people, behavior and circumstances.
• Ability to analyze and coordinate investigation of information.

Physical Requirements:

• Hand and eye coordination, physical strength and dexterity.
• Full functional lumbar range of motion.
• Full functional cervical range of motion.
• Physical agility to operate motor vehicle.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to visually recognize and distinguish colors.
• Ability to distinguish sounds.
• Ability to detect a full range of odors.
• Visual stamina and acuity to operate a motor vehicle.
• Visual stamina and acuity to observe persons, places and things.
• Ability to produce written reports.
• Ability to sit in a vehicle and type/read/decipher information.

Additional Physical Requirements for Special Teams:

• Dive Team: Must be able to wear and function in a full dive suit.
• Weapons of Mass Destruction Team: Must be able to wear and function in a Self-contained Breathing Apparatus.
• Explosive Ordinance Disposal Team: Must be able to wear and function in a full-body bomb suit.

No City residency requirement.

Normal Work Hours: Variable Shift - Police Department.

Salary Range: Step Plan $30.05 hourly or $62,504.00 annually, depending on experience.

Application Deadline: Open until filled.

Benefits: Full-time.

Must successfully pass a background check, drug screen, physical exam and essential functions test.

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