Peace Officer - Staff Pool

We are currently seeking a Peace Officer who will advance the institution’s proud tradition of excellence in academics, student life and community service.

The Opportunity

You: You want to “protect and serve” so our communities can thrive and people can be free to exercise their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Your mission: We’ll count on you to ensure the safety of our students, faculty, staff and visitors so we can continue to offer the education and training that will enable our graduates to obtain the careers of their dreams.

A typical day: You may spend the morning patrolling HCC buildings and parking areas, investigating any suspicious situation or individual, checking doors and windows. You may respond to a call or complaint, which you’ll check out, resolve and report on. You may need to spend an hour directing traffic around the parking areas during a particularly busy time.

In the afternoon, you might give a talk on crime prevention to students, faculty and staff. On your way back, you may observe a student collapse on campus and you would call for an ambulance and assist the medical personnel in any way you could. Finally, you might travel to court to serve as a witness in a case involving an incident that occurred on campus.

Next steps: If you always have the student experience in the forefront of your planning and execution, if you’re a collaborator, an innovator and a person who gets things done, apply today!

SUMMARY

Ensure the safety of all students, faculty, staff and visitors and provide security for all campus facilities and college property. Respond to and address emergency situations when required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following.  Other duties may be assigned.

1. Patrol an assigned area by foot, bicycle or vehicle to enforce city, state, and federal laws; investigate suspicious activities, individuals or conditions; and respond to calls for assistance or protection;
2. Pursue a fleeing subject on foot through unfamiliar and varied terrain or buildings during both day and night by running, jogging, climbing over and/or through obstacles;
3. Subdue a resisting or violent subject by physical contact or use of appropriate weapons and tools; 
4. Forcibly, and sometimes against strong resistance, apply handcuffs and other restraints while in various body positions;  
5. Safely operate a police vehicle in all types of traffic, weather, lighting conditions and, when necessary, above posted speed limits;
6. Arrest or control a subject after a lengthy pursuit and/or physical struggle;      
7. Approach a subject of illegal activity and if necessary, pursue, wrestle, or fight with a subject in order to apprehend, detain, or control subject for the purpose of making an arrest or maintaining law and order;      
8. Physically remove a subject from a vehicle or building and place in a patrol vehicle by securely grasping or holding subject, dragging, lifting, and/or carrying subject;      
9. Enter and exit vehicles quickly to perform rescue, arrest, or emergency operations;   
10. Determine type and amount of appropriate force to use to apprehend subject;      
11. Operate standard weapons (handgun, shotgun, baton, chemical agent or other departmental provided weapon) to enforce law, detain a subject, or protect the life of self or others in situations that justify the use of force or deadly force;      
12. Assist or