Campus Police Officer

Standard of Christian Commitment

The candidate must be a professing Christ follower who possesses a strong commitment to the mission and core values of Southwestern Seminary and Texas Baptist College, possess a clear understanding of Southern Baptist heritage and culture, and agrees to serve in accordance with and not contrary to the current edition of the Baptist Faith and Message.

Southwestern Seminary, an entity of the Southern Baptist Convention, is a confessional institution. While the Seminary serves the larger evangelical Christian community, employees must embrace the values and standards the Seminary represents as it fulfills its mission of shaping Christian leaders within our denominational context.

Since duties of this position require the employee to represent the Seminary to prospective and current students, candidates must abide by the Seminary bylaws, the Employee Handbook, and the current edition of the Baptist Faith and Message as a condition of employment.

Job Description

Campus Police Officers report to Command Staff and are a key part of the professional presence and service mandated by SWBTS leadership and provided by Campus Police. The Campus Police Officer is responsible for all aspects of policing and safety for the SWBTS campus community. This is a sworn police officer position that requires an ability to perform the essential functions of a police officer. The Campus Police Officer must become and/or remain a certified law enforcement officer sanctioned through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE), in accordance with 37 Tex. Admin. Code 217.1.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide policing services as a uniformed patrol officer for the SWBTS campus community, which includes all SWBTS personnel, Faculty/Staff, students, guests and visitors as well as SWBTS property, e.g. buildings, equipment and intellectual property.
• Must be able to maintain TCOLE certification and perform any additional in-service training that may be mandated by the Chief of Campus Police.
• Provide additional police protection services for Chapel, Graduation and any other designated special events that may be held on campus.
• Effectively utilize community-based policing strategies to proactively engage with our campus community, guests and visitors while exemplifying servant-based leadership principles.
• Service building access control systems including lock/unlock protocols and key control.
• Interact professionally and efficiently with outside agencies (federal, state, local) when situations dictate their presence and assistance.
• Provide traffic/parking control and enforcement on SWBTS property.
• Perform other related duties as assigned and specific to area of responsibility.
• Patrols Seminary owned property and detects violations of state laws and local regulations, makes violator contacts, and places violators in custody or issues citations or warnings.
• Patrols Seminary owned property and takes appropriate action to reduce crime, traffic violations, and crashes.
• Conducts traffic stops, prepares complaints for investigation, preserves physical evidence; testifies in court.
• Arrests, processes, and transports offenders.
• Performs disaster rescue operations, responds to critical incidents and major investigations, cares for the injured, controls crowds, and directs traffic.
• Removes debris from roadways; assists stranded motorists.
• Uses effective methods and resources to apprehend criminals, rescue victims, seize illegal contraband and disrupt criminal organizations.
• Administers first aid in emergency situations.
• Participates in safety programs.
• Trains with issued weapons and equipment and maintains all equipment in proper condition.
• Maintains proficiency in use-of-force tactics and uses appropriate force to avoid injury to the officer or suspect.
• Required to work irregular hours and long shifts as necessary.
• May interact with individuals with mental and emotional illnesses.
• May be exposed to traumatic situations and graphic material.

Qualifications and Skills Required

• Campus Police Officers should have a minimum of four (4) years of post-secondary education. Relative experience in a law enforcement capacity may substitute for the education preference.
• Campus Police Officers will preferably have 10 years of metro policing experience, possess excellent communication skills and be able to qualify with pistol, rifle and shotgun.
• Successful completion of background check is a requirement of all positions, additional education verification, employment verification and credit check may be required.
• Valid driver’s license, Motor Vehicle Report (MVR) and personal auto insurance may be required for those driving personal vehicles for seminary business purposes.
• Ability to pass a pre-employment drug test, and physical fitness exam within 48 hours of accepting offer in addition to any other TCOLE requirements.
• Ability to provide proof of Work Authorization in the U.S. and proof of identity.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to administer first aid.
• Ability to make appropriate decisions under stress.
• Ability to decide the appropriate use of force and use of deadly force.
• Ability to carry out duties with integrity and honesty.
• Ability to deal with situations of extreme stress and danger.

Additional Responsibilities

• Physical able to sit and stand for long periods of time.
• Able to use computer and move about office to interact with other staff members.
• Able to attend meetings on site.
• Able to bend and/or stoop.
• Able to lift and carry 50 pounds to perform tasks that may be assigned in the course of operations.
• Must be able to perform occasional overhead reaching, bending, stooping, twisting, and kneeling.
• Must be able to work in crawlspaces and attics from time to time.
• Must be able to climb ladders.
• Must be able to withstand the heat and cold of the north Texas climate.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
• Occasionally required to stand, kneel, crouch, climb and balance, walk and use hands to finger, handle, or feel.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.