Job Description

As a Police Officer at Emerson College, you will be responsible for maintaining a safe and secure environment for students, faculty, staff, and visitors by enforcing laws, policies, and regulations on campus. Your duties include conducting regular patrols, responding to emergencies, investigating incidents, and fostering positive community relationships. You will provide professional police services to protect life and property, preserve peace, and prevent and detect crime. Essential job duties include responding to community calls for assistance, taking decisive action at crime or disturbance scenes to ensure public safety; identifying, pursuing, and apprehending suspects, conducting investigations, and making arrests as necessary; conducting motorized, foot, or bicycle patrols to deter crime and respond swiftly to incidents; providing aid to physically injured individuals and coordinating with medical personnel when necessary; investigating and addressing safety hazards, adhering to college policies to protect campus assets; performing follow-up investigations, gathering and managing evidence, taking legal-compliant statements, and maintaining records; building and sustaining positive relationships with campus stakeholders and community groups for a collaborative approach to safety; attending and representing the department at meetings, ensuring effective communication; participating in required and specialized training to maintain and enhance policing skills and knowledge; entering and retrieving data using various software programs to complete reports, forms, and paperwork. Qualifications include meeting POST Standards for police certification, graduation from a full-time police recruit training academy accredited by the Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council (MPTC) or the Massachusetts State Police (MSP) Academy for campus police officers, or other specified training and certification requirements. Additional requirements include the ability to obtain a valid Massachusetts motor vehicle operator’s license, be warranted as a Special State Police Officer by Massachusetts State Police, successful completion of background investigation, psychological evaluation, medical release, and annual fitness for duty assessments, and meeting specific state police requirements. The job requires ethical behavior, sound judgment, problem-solving skills, strong organizational and communication skills, and the ability to work in various physical and environmental conditions. The work environment includes different shifts, weekends, holidays, and overtime as required. This description may be subject to modification in accordance with applicable laws.

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