Police Officer / Cadet

Posting Number S06769P Position Title Police Officer / Cadet Department Police Department Location Arlington Position Status Full-time Work Schedule

• Police Officer:
  • May be required to workday or night hours on one (1) of three (3) shifts with varying days off and on holidays. Work involves a degree of danger.

• Cadet, Academic setting:
  • Occasional exposure to outside weather conditions.

Salary Salary is commensurate based on qualifications and relevant experience Pay Basis Monthly Job Summary

• Police Officer: To enforce the law, provide service, information, and aid to citizens as circumstances require, prevent crime, suppress disturbances, investigate criminal offenses, and arrest offenders.
• Cadet: To attend and satisfactorily complete a Basic Peace Officer Course, qualifying for commissioning as a peace officer of The University of Texas System Police.

• Cadet – $62,000
• After successful completion of TCOLE basic peace officer course – $63,000
• Police Officer I – $65,000

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Preserve the peace by the use of all lawful means, interceding, when authorized by law, to prevent or suppress crime.
• Execute all lawful process.
• An officer is to arrest offenders with or without warrant when authorized by law.
• Investigate criminal offenses to detect and arrest criminals and recover stolen or lost property.
• Prepare various written reports narrating law enforcement and police activities.
• In addition, an officer must confer with local enforcement, criminal justice, and emergency response agencies on matters of mutual interest.

• Participates in the physical training program, firearms training, defensive tactics program and practical problems to demonstrate the following required abilities:
  • Necessary strength and agility to subdue and restrain persons resisting arrest including the proper use of handcuffs and other restraining devices.
  • Adequate hand, arm and upper body strength and ability to safely operate a handgun and/or should weapon with either hand and qualify with same on a prescribed course.
  • Necessary agility and endurance to pursue violators on foot; ability to scale a reasonable barrier or obstruction while in foot pursuit of violators, to include running up and down flights of stairs.
  • Ability to remove an injured or unconscious person of reasonable size from an area of danger.
  • Ability to safely operate an automobile on a public street or highway without the use of any specialized equipment peculiar only to the operator while utilizing the police radio and emergency equipment such as siren and emergency lights.
• Actively participates in classroom discussions and groups’ projects and demonstrates the ability to apply knowledge gained in the Basic Police Officer Course.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED.

Preferred Qualifications

• Possess a current basic TCOLE License.
• Thirty (30) hours of college or more from an accredited college or university.
• Experience working in a higher education or equivalent environment.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Other Requirements

• Must be able to pass the required UT System physical fitness test.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Criminal history must not contain any felonies or misdemeanors above a class C within the last ten years (Does not include traffic violations).

Workplace and Eligibility Conditions

• Work involves a degree of danger.
• Occasional exposure to outside weather conditions.

Benefits Eligible Yes Benefits at UTA