Police Officer
Police Officer
About This Opportunity:
Performs protective service work enforcing laws, investigating criminal activity, ensuring safety of public, maintaining records and files, testifying in court, preparing reports, and related work as apparent or assigned.
Essential Functions:
- On an assigned shift, operates patrol vehicle or specialized police equipment or walks to observe for violations of traffic laws, suspicious activities or persons, and disturbances of law and order.
- Interviews victims and witnesses to obtain additional information regarding crime, accident, violation, etc.
- Investigates crimes; collects evidence; conducts searches.
- Responds to radio dispatches and answers calls and complaints; serves warrants, summons, etc.; completes arrest records.
- Makes arrests and testifies in court; prepares incident and various special reports.
- Enforces traffic laws; investigates accidents; issues traffic citations.
- Participates in a variety of in-service and special training programs.
- Provides police escorts, directs traffic; performs residential and commercial security checks.
- Responds to and investigates domestic disputes; assists other law enforcement agencies when assigned.
- May be assigned to investigations, school resource policing, traffic, 5th Judicial Drug Task Force, community policing or other technical or special support operation.
What we offer: An excellent benefit package including health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, retirement pension with Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, Section 457 plan, Roth IRA, and 24- hour access to onsite fully equipped fitness center. Accrual of vacation and sick leave upon hire.
Exam Date: Thursday, June 5, 2025. Qualified applicants who have not completed a Basic Police Officer Academy must be available to participate in a qualifying exam.
Deadline to Apply For Consideration to take exam: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Review the full job description and then complete the City of Maryville Job Application available on our website at https://www.maryvillegov.com/jobs.htm and email to humanresources@maryville-tn.org.