Police Officer – Department OF Alexandria Police Department Hiring

Overview

Position Title:Police Officer

Company:City Of Alexandria

Location:Alexandria, VA

Job Description:

High School Diploma or GED; one year of work experience involving public contact under varying circumstances; or any equivalent combination of experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities. Employees must possess a valid driver’s license issued by the state of their residence. Candidates for this class are required to meet the minimum age and medical standards as established by the Human Resources Department. Good character and background are essential requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Maintains records and prepares reports;
• Secures the scene of a crime, administers first aid, conducts preliminary investigations, gathers evidence, obtains witnesses and makes arrests;
• Conducts investigations of vice and narcotics activities, investigates reports of stolen automobiles and property stolen from automobiles, and conducts follow-up investigations of homicides and thefts;
• Attends regular training classes in police methods, first aid, firearms qualifications and related subjects;
• Covers an assigned beat with primary emphasis on traffic law enforcement and provides specialized traffic control services in connection with parades and similar public events;
• Patrols a designated area of the City on foot, on a radio-equipped motorcycle, or in a radio-equipped car to preserve law and order, to prevent and discover the commission of crime, to direct traffic and to enforce motor vehicle operation and parking regulations;
• Processes crime scenes;
• Testifies as a witness in court in connection with arrests and citations;
• Gives advice on laws and ordinances and general information to the public;
• Maintains evidence and other property;
• Investigates charges of fraud, forgery, embezzlement and bad checks;
• Administers first aid at the scene of automobile accidents, interviews witnesses, gathers information and prepares detailed accident reports;
• Educates the public in crime prevention;
• Investigates homicides, suicides, felonious assault and all sex-related cases when assigned as an investigator in the Criminal Investigations Division;
  Recruits applicants for police positions;
• Responds to domestic trouble and civil dispute cases;
• Keeps informed with respect to persons of known bad character and places of questionable legality within an assigned area;
• Answers calls and complaints involving fire, automobile accidents, robberies, neighborhood disturbances and other misdemeanors and felonies;
• Performs related work as required.
• Investigates cases of runaways, assaults, larcenies, burglaries, sex involving juveniles, child neglect and abuse, and vandalism;
• Interviews persons with complaints and inquiries, attempts to make proper disposition, or directs them to proper authorities;
• Conducts foot patrol and building searches, and tracks wanted persons as a K-9 official;

Requirements:

• Recent or ongoing affiliation with, and/or support of, an organization or group which advocates the violent overthrow of the United States government, or whose professed goals are contrary to the interests of public safety.
• Convicted of a crime of domestic violence.
• As an adult, being convicted of a felony crime.
• As an adult, commission of an unreported felony crime during the three year period immediately
• preceding the date of application.
• As an adult, being convicted of any crime felony or misdemeanor involving perjury, false
• statements or a crime of moral turpitude.