Security Officer SRT - Full-Time (Caesars Palace LV)

Caesars Entertainment is the world's most geographically diversified casino-entertainment company. Since its beginning in Reno, Nevada, more than 75 years ago, Caesars has grown into a family of affiliated resort casinos on four continents. Caesars-affiliated casino resorts operate primarily under the Harrah's®, Caesars® and Horseshoe® brand names. Affiliates of Caesars also own the World Series of Poker® and the London Clubs International family of casinos. The Caesars Entertainment family’s success is a result of an unblinking focus of building loyalty and value with guests through a unique combination of great service, excellent products, unsurpassed distribution, operational excellence and technology leadership. Caesars and its affiliates are committed to environmental sustainability and energy conservation and recognize the importance of being a responsible steward of the environment.

Team members of the Caesars family of resort casinos are driven by our Mission, Vision, and Values. We take great pride in living our values Integrity, Service with Passion, Celebrating Success, Diversity, Caring Culture, and Ownership every day. Our mission “We inspire grown-ups to play" fuels our passion for an exciting guest experience and a rewarding career. If you have the desire to create memorable experiences, personalize rewards and delight every guest, every team member every time, we invite you to explore our dynamic yet unique career opportunities.   

A Special Response Team (SRT) Officer is responsible for providing highly visible professional security to any of the Caesars properties to complement existing security programs.  An SRT Officer must act as a visual deterrent, intervene and respond to all levels of security and potential emergency needs including acts or threats of violence, emergencies, and safety threats. They mitigate incidents through early detection and/or disruption of criminal conduct or other undesirable activity. All SRT duties are to be performed in accordance with Enterprise and property policies, practices and procedures. This position requires specialized training in addition to day-to-day security operations, to include regular firearms and tactics training, and rigorous physical conditioning standards.

The SRT Officer will assist and liaise effectively with Caesars Entertainment Security personnel, law enforcement agencies and local partners as requested and will perform all duties in accordance with Caesars Entertainment policies and procedures, and within the realm of the Caesars Entertainment mission statement.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:  

At the direction of the Corporate Director of Security Training and Operations or his/her designee, Special Response Team Officers will maintain high visibility uniformed or, as operational needs may require, covert presence and be responsible for the following:

• Proactively identify and respond to emergency situations including in-progress acts of violence, crisis, weapons incidents, explosive incidents, natural disasters and a wide range of issues posing a hazard to lives and/or property using the appropriate escalation of force by following established protocols.
• Assist in emergency situations by securing the scene to prevent further loss or damage, advise personnel of threats and potential threats, summon emergency responders to the incident, and initiate and conduct evacuation procedures.
• Render appropriate first aid to injured persons and follow established protocol for reporting injuries.
• Safeguard and maintain highly sensitive and confidential information.
• Maintain proficiency in the use of all assigned protective equipment, restraint devices, and weapons.
• Ability to respond to directions and/or orders from supervisory personnel, especially in the context of an active shooter, assaulter other similar situation.

QUALIFICATIONS:  

• Creditable experience; as a law enforcement officer or through service as a military police officer. A military special operations team as an operator specializing in counterterrorism or dignitary protection or in other work such as a Special/Security/ Police Officer (SPO) that provided the required knowledge and skills of law enforcement operations, practices, techniques, and judicious use of force, to include active assailant response and firearms tactics.
• Preference will be given to candidates who have graduated from an accredited law enforcement academy or comparable course of instruction.
• Experience in making decisions based on the application of experience, training, directions, rules, regulations, and laws and involved in maintaining order and protecting life and property.
• Documented experience in use of force decision making in a public facing capacity.
• A working knowledge in the area of investigation possesses i