Road Patrol Deputy

Law Enforcement Officer

Enforces federal, state, and local laws to protect lives and property within the guidelines of state and federal laws, traffic laws, local ordinances, and departmental policies and procedures. Reports to the Sergeant or other designated person, and works with co-workers, court systems, attorneys, judges, medical personnel, the public, and law enforcement officers to provide field operation support.

Key Responsibilities and Performance Standards

• Patrols assigned zone to detect and deter criminal activity and traffic violations, and responds to calls.
• Conducts preliminary inquiries, field interviews, follow-up investigations, residential and commercial/industrial security checks, and secures crime scenes.
• Apprehends, arrests, and processes offenders.
• Provides assistance and backup support to other officers, first aid and CPR to victims, traffic direction and escorts, and assists motorists.
• Testifies in judicial proceedings.
• Inspects and maintains patrol car/motorcycle.
• As Required: Perform other duties of a similar nature or level.

Position Specific Responsibilities Might Include:

• Patrolling assigned zone to detect and deter criminal activity.
• Establish departmental rapport, respect and trust with the residents and the employees of the areas patrolled.

Education: High School diploma, trade school, or G.E.D.

Experience: No experience required. Selected candidate will be trained to successfully perform the duties and responsibilities of this position. POST Certification required.

Preferred Experience: Previous experience in law enforcement, public safety or another related occupation.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Considerable knowledge of the court system and procedures, and traffic investigation techniques and procedures
• Familiarity with relevant federal and state laws, criminal and traffic codes, juvenile law, search and seizure laws, County ordinances, departmental policies and procedures, and geographical layout of the County.
• Proficiency in restraining persons without causing physical harm, and performing first aid and CPR.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently.
• Ability to work shifts that may include nighttime hours and will include working weekends and holidays.

Skills:

• Possess or have ability to meet current requirements set forth in the Georgia Mandate Law Enforcement Training Act/Peace Officer's Standards and Training Act
• Possess or have ability to obtain a valid state operator/driver's license for the type vehicle or equipment operated
• Mastery of operating a police car, firearms, and emergency equipment
• Possess or have the ability to meet the standards of training to be Certified in the carrying and deployment of the Taser.
• Possess the willingness and ability to work holidays, nighttime shifts and weekends.

Certification: Georgia Post Mandate Peace Officer Certification.

Some positions may require:

Serve as Field Training Officer (Certification Required), and charged with training new patrol personnel.

Performance Aptitudes:

• Data Utilization: Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships.
• Human Interaction: Requires the ability to work with and apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others to coordinate programs or activities of a project, and resolve typical problems associated with the responsibilities of the job.
• Equipment: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver, and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and/or rapid adjustments.
• Verbal: Requires the ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, and/or advisory data and information.
• Math: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. May include counting, recording of counts, and basic measuring.
• Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of influence systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership, and to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to resolve problems.
• Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in critical and/or unexpected situations involving high risk to the organization.
• Physical Abilities: Tasks require the ability to exert moderate, though not constant physical effort, typically involving some combination of climbing and balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and prolonged standing, and which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of moderate weight (12-20 pounds); may occasionally involve heavier objects and materials (up to 100 pounds).
• Sensory Requirements: Some tasks require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, sounds, odor, depth, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.
• Environmental Factors: Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions, such as dirt, dust, pollen, odors, wetness, humidity, rain, fumes, smoke, temperature and noise extremes, machinery, vibrations, electric currents, traffic hazard.

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees to this job.