POLICE OFFICER
DUE TO THE NATIONAL SHORTAGE OF
POLICE OFFICERS, A HIRING INCENTIVE IS BEING OFFERED TO NEWLY HIRED CITY OF
MUSKOGEE POLICE OFFICERS. FOR MORE
INFORMATION, SEE CITY COUNCIL POLICY 3-1-4 ON THE CITY OF MUSKOGEE WEBSITE: http://www.cityofmuskogee.com.
CLASS
CHARACTERISTICS
An employee in this class, as a law enforcement
officer, enforces city ordinances, state and federal laws. Performs those tasks and duties deemed
necessary by the Chief of Police or his designee in accomplishing the police
mission and achieving the goals of the Muskogee Police Department.
A Police Officer is a non-exempt, entry-level law
enforcement officer in the Police Department.
GENERAL SUMMARY
The work of a commissioned Police Officer involves
responsibility for the protection of life and property, prevention of crime,
apprehension of criminals and the general enforcement of laws and ordinances.
Law enforcement work does involve an element of personal danger. The Officer
must be able to exercise sound independent judgment under stress. Work
assignments may be general or specific and instructions are received from a
supervisor who reviews work methods and results through reports, personal
inspection and discussion.
WORK
CHARACTERISTICS AND CONDITIONS
Scheduling:
Police Officer positions involve regular and irregular
shift work and shift rotations necessary to provide police services 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week, 52 weeks a year. A shift
is 12 hours.
Environmental Factors:
Police Officer positions involve exposure to and the
ability to function in the presence of the following:
1) Inclement weather, to include extreme heat/cold, rain,
snow, wind, etc.;
2) Light conditions associated with day, night and
indoor/outdoor conditions;
3) Fire, smoke, chemical leaks/spills – as close
proximity as necessary to provide emergency services;
4) Personal danger, including, but not limited to:
a) Armed and/or dangerous persons/animals;
b) Persons and/or articles with contagious/communicable
diseases;
c) Hazards associated with emergency driving, traffic
control and working in and around traffic;
d) Hazards associated with natural and man-made
disasters.
Infectious Diseases:
Because Police Officers may be called upon in adverse
conditions to come into physical contact with others, the City will not
knowingly expose citizens or other employees to an employee infected with a
contagious disease that poses a direct threat to others. Decisions regarding infectious diseases will
be based on reasonable medical judgments given the state of medical knowledge
about:
1) The nature of the risk (how the
disease is transmitted);
2) The duration of the risk (how
long the carrier is infectious);
3) The severity of the risk (what is
the potential harm to third parties);
4) The probability that the disease
would be transmitted and that it will cause varying degrees of harm will be
considered.
PHYSICAL ABILITIES
Motor Skills and Flexibility:
The Police Officer position requires the employee to
have and maintain the physical and mental ability to:
1) React and move rapidly from a
sedentary to active condition in response to environmental situations or
events;
2) Assume a variety of bodily
positions and postures necessary to employ available “cover and concealment”
during a deadly force encounter;
3) Respond to a physical attack and
possess the ability to escape the attacker and/or summon aid;
4) Operate and qualify with
department authorized or issued firearms, utilizing both hands, as well as each
individually;
5) Operate office equipment, such as
telephones, audio/visual devices, computer or workstation keyboards,
calculators and security locking systems;
6) Operate all equipment necessary
for performing routine daily assignments, apprehending and processing criminals
and conducting both criminal and traffic related investigations;
7) Operate/utilize all department
vehicle mounted equipment, whether in a mobile or stationary mode;
8) Perform required duties for
extended periods of time while exposed to adverse conditions, to include time
worked in excess of the normal daily duty shift and rotating shift work;
9) Apprehend suspects to the extent
of engaging in foot pursuits while summoning assistance and/or engaging in the
necessary use of force;
10) Discern colors as they are
applied in traffic safety situations (electric signals, signing, hazardous
materials placards, vehicle and clothing descriptions, etc.);
11) Adequately judge distances and
estimate speed;
12) See, read and recognize obstacles
in a variety of normal and/or emergency environments. Have vision that is correctable to
“department vision” standards;
13) Determine or estimate the point
of origin of noise;
14) Recognize and relate sound to
situations based on frequencies or voice inflection within the normal range of
human hearing;
15) Employ the normal senses of touch
and smell.
Communicative Skills:
The Police Officer position further requires the
employee to have and maintain the physical and mental condition needed to:
1) Speak, read and write legibly the
English language in a clear, understandable fashion;
2) Reasonably identify and display
basic non-verbal communications (body language);
3) Effectively relate to or
communicate with a variety of personality types during interpersonal contacts.
Judgment and Decision Making Ability:
The Police Officer position requires the employee have
the ability to:
1) Comprehend and implement verbal
and written instructions;
2) Apply reasoning skills when
confronted with circumstances requiring discretionary decisions;
3) Establish priorities and
construct subsequent plans when investigating incidents or events;
4) Formulate and carry out an appropriate
course of action for a given situation for which no specific rule or procedure
has been established;
5) Apply theory based instruction or
training to actual incidents and situations;
6) Handle situations firmly,
courteously, tactfully and impartially;
7) Retain and retrieve information
furnished in the form of bulletins, verbal reports, training keys, etc;
8) Be capable of receiving and
giving instructions.
Emotional and Psychological Stability:
The Police Officer position requires the employee to
have the emotional and psychological stability required to:
1) Cope with and perform day to day
duties under the principles of discipline;
2) Maintain self control when
receiving constructive criticism and/or being ridiculed;
3) Continue performing all required
tasks at a professional level when faced with unpleasant circumstances;
4) Perform police duties without
dependence on alcohol and/or narcotics;
5) Deal effectively with the morbid,
the macabre, the repugnant, the abnormal, the morose, the psychotic, the
neurotic and the otherwise unpleasant or unusual facets or results of human
behavior.
ACCEPTABLE QUALIFICATIONS
In addition to each item listed above, the applicant
must be a minimum of 21 years of age and no older than 45 years of age. The
applicant must possess a high school diploma or GED.
The applicant must pass the Muskogee Police
Department’s written examination and physical agility examination and be able
to pass the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System’s medical standards,
pass all psychological examinations required by the Department and successfully
complete state certification.
EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
A
Police Officer patrols the city in a police vehicle in order to enforce laws,
prevent crime and preserve order; protect and rescue the public from criminal
activity, hazards of traffic and dangers of natural phenomena; directs the flow
of traffic, enforces traffic laws and regulations, investigates traffic
accidents; accepts assignments in the patrol, investigative and services
divisions as necessary; serves as a member of the Special Operations Team or
Negotiations Team, K-9 Team, Mounted Patrol, undercover unit, investigative
unit as assigned; works in uniform or plain clothes as designated; writes
reports, makes arrests, transports prisoners and conducts investigations into
criminal activity; utilizes a variety of Department forms and documents; serves
warrants; testifies in court; may be responsible for training of new Police
Officers and preparing evaluation reports; performs related duties as required.
Assignments may include work on special tasks, which call upon specialized
abilities and knowledge possessed by the Officer. Work assignments can be
general or specific and instructions are received from a supervisor who reviews
work methods and results through reports, personal inspection and discussion.
The following assignments are required when so
designated by the Chief of Police or his designee:
1) Uniformed Patrol Division (2) Investigations
Division (3) Headquarters
Division (4) Member of the Special
Operations Team (5) Member of Special
Investigation Unit (6) Police Community
Relations (7) Works in uniform
or plain clothes as required or designated. (8) Performs related
duties, as required.
Notice: This classification is a “safety sensitive”
position as defined by the United States Department of Transportation drug and
alcohol testing regulations, the Oklahoma Standards for Workplace Drug and
Alcohol Testing Act and/or the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana laws. As a “safety sensitive” classification, the employee will be subject to drug and alcohol testing including random
testing. Marijuana is one of the
substances included in the drug panel screening. Possession of a medical marijuana license will
not excuse the
employee from the testing process or the
consequences of testing positive for marijuana.
STARTING PAY: $24.67/hr. Excellent employee benefits (insurance,
vacation leave, sick leave, retirement).
WORK LOCATION: City of
Muskogee Police Department, Patrol Division, 112 South 3rd Street,
Muskogee, Oklahoma.
RESUMES MAY BE SUBMITTED BUT WE
REQUIRE OUR EMPLOYMENT
APPLICATION, POLICE
DEPARTMENT BACKGROUND QUESTONNAIRE AND POLICE OFFICER APPLICANT
DISQUALIFICATIONS FORM BE COMPLETED ALONG WITH THE APPLICATON. We
can fax, email or mail them to you or you can pick them up from the City of
Muskogee Human Resources Department at 505 Columbus Street. Applications can be returned to the same
address or by mail: City of Muskogee,
Human Resources Department, P. O. Box 1927, Muskogee, OK 74402-1927; by fax: 918-684-6223; or by email: jkennedy@muskogeeonline.org.
If you should have any questions, please call the Human Resources
Department at 918-684-6221 or inquire in person at the address above or fax,
email or mail (above).
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: 4:00 p.m.,
Friday, October 4, 2024.
EOE