In School Police Officers

Police Department & Security
Police Department
As soon as possible
GSDPD offers year-for-year lateral service credit for salary placement, up to Step 11. Hourly Salary Range: $33.77 to $48.33

Police Officer
Police Department
Police Chief
Contract Length
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, training, education, responsibilities, abilities; the machines, tools and equipment used; Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Duties include the prevention and/or detection of criminal activity and the general enforcement of city, county, state and federal laws and ordinances, along with Granite School District policies and procedures, involving any student, teacher, staff, administrator, patron or property of the school district. Police officers routinely patrol the properties of the school district and serve as School Resources Officers. They respond on silent burglar/fire alarms, dispatched crimes in-progress and calls for service of a police nature. Maintains a clean, safe, healthy, and secure educational environment for the Granite School District. Routinely inspects district facilities to prevent and/or detect acts of vandalism, burglary, arson, theft, assault, trespass, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug consumption, weapons offenses, gang violence and various other unusual or unlawful activities.
Responds to emergency calls for service, including crimes-in-progress, and various bodily injury situations.
Responds to all dispatched, silent burglar alarms located on all district facilities in assigned patrol area.
Inspects the facility for evidence of forced entry and assesses the need to call for additional officers and/or K-9 units, to assist in searching the building for suspects.
Responds to all fire alarms, located on district facilities with-in assigned patrol area, along with the appropriate city and/or county fire departments.
Apprehends and arrests suspects involved in all types of criminal activities and, where applicable, transports same to appropriate incarceration facilities for formal booking.
Enforces all city, county, state and federal laws and ordinances, as well as district rules and policies, pertaining to school district properties and personnel.
Responds to after-hour and weekend or holiday emergency calls for district maintenance services in assigned patrol area.
Assesses the nature of the problem and has dispatch call out appropriate maintenance personnel and equipment.
Actively patrols district facilities, school grounds and parking lots, as well as neighboring businesses and subdivisions, in search of truants, trespassers and lost or missing persons.
Works with school staff to either return the truant to assigned school or class, or transports chronic truants to appropriate youth service facility.
When appropriate takes custody of students and transports them to appropriate youth service or detention facilities.
Books suspects into jail or youth detention if they have outstanding warrants or active pickup orders.
Submits daily written or computer-generated reports on all activities occurring during each shift.
Submits supplemental reports to various other law enforcement agencies upon request or when appropriate.
Prepares own case file packet to be used by police department investigator when screening criminal cases with city/county prosecutors and makes appropriate court appearances.
Packages, tags or photographs own evidence to be stored in department evidence room or submitted to crime lab, according to the requirements of state law, as well as department policy and procedure standards.
Routinely works with highly confidential material such as criminal background information, confidential law enforcement reports and intelligence bulletins, personnel files, financial records, etc.
Interviews suspects, locates and interviews witnesses and serves arrest warrants on suspects already booked in jail.
Requires a high school diploma or equivalent.
Ongoing Training and Assessment Requirements:
Attend conventions, seminars, and professional workshops throughout the year to receive formal training related to various facets of law enforcement.
No prior work experience required.
Certification at the police shooting range.
Familiarity with emergency vehicle equipment and skill in the operation of a police vehicle under emergency conditions.
Familiarity with self-defense tactics and equipment.
Strong skill in police investigation procedures, as well as the techniques and art of investigation and interrogation.
Skill in interpersonal relations, oral and written communication, and language and grammar skills.
Skill in report writing, patrol tactics, emergency first-aid, surveillance techniques, pursuit driving, and the preservation of crime scenes and evidence.
Knowledge of and abilitty to implement proper court room demeanor and procedures.
Basic computer skills, including word processing, to effectively operate in-car laptop computers.
Strong working knowledge and some technical knowledge of the district's burglar and fire alarm systems and be somewhat skilled in troubleshooting and making minor repairs and/or adjustments on same.
Officers respond to situations involving threats to public safety and make emergency decisions affecting the lives and health of others, including in circumstances and times when personal life or personal safety may be at risk.

Note: Police officers shoulder an extraordinary responsibility to our students, employees, and visitors to our facilities; May be subject to shift work or assignments which require non-traditional work schedules.
May be required to work overtime as workload dictates.
Must pass the physical fitness test at the Police Academy
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