150-11 Certified Patrol Officer in Chester

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Job Details:

• Category: Public Safety
• Status: Open
• Salary: $46,905.30 - $56,508.66 annually (Pay Grade PD-4)
• Posted: October 22, 2025 8:00 AM – Closing: Open Until Filled

General Statement of Job:

The Patrolman is an advanced level position responsible for performing law enforcement work to protect life and property, prevent the commission of crimes, and preserve peace by functioning as a certified peace officer in the department. Enforce traffic laws and attempt to deter crimes.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities:

• Maintains law and order and protects lives and property.
• Patrols assigned zone, conducts security checks, responds to calls, investigates the nature of complaints, and serves as mediator between parties.
• Detects and apprehends law violators, issues citations and warnings, generates reports, completes forms, locates defendants, and serves warrants.
• Conducts and prepares investigations of vehicle accidents, renders aid to injured persons, requests other assistance, directs traffic, investigates serious injury and fatality crashes, draws diagrams, determines causes, and writes citations and reports.
• Conducts preliminary investigations of crimes against people and property and investigates illegal drug activities.
• Responds to citizens’ complaints of illegal activity, opens cases, gathers information, recruits and maintains informants, obtains and serves arrest and search warrants, traces and recovers stolen property, assists other divisions and agencies, conducts interviews, arrests offenders, fingerprints and photographs offenders, completes various reports and forms, and performs surveillance operations.
• Responds to crime scenes; identifies, collects, marks, and preserves physical evidence; photographs crime scenes; lifts fingerprints; and makes composites.
• Prepares for and testifies in judicial proceedings.
• Provides crime prevention and safety programs (DARE, etc.) to schools and other organizations.
• Assists other officers or agencies by responding to calls and providing backup.
• May respond to fires and serve as firefighter, as needed.
• Provides traffic direction and escort for events; transports prisoners and witnesses.
• Provides assistance to motorists.
• May serve on special squads and teams.
• Performs maintenance and minor repairs on assigned vehicles and equipment; inspects and tests equipment to assure safety.
• Reports administrative and operational problems to supervisors.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• High School diploma or GED and any combination of education, training, and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Ability to use firearms, police vehicles, bicycles, fire extinguishers, a/v equipment, OC spray, speed detection devices, barricades, handcuffs, computers, flares, fingerprint kits, measuring tape, radios, flashlights, and breathalyzers.
• Requires a valid driver’s license, POST Certification, firearms certification, and First Aid/CPR certification.
• Knowledge of internal departmental policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of applicable state, federal, and local ordinances, laws, rules, and regulations.
• Knowledge of constitutional rights.
• Knowledge of preliminary investigative and intelligence procedures and techniques.
• Knowledge of city street system, hospital location, and physical layout of the City.
• Knowledge of first aid and emergency medical care.
• Knowledge and mechanics of arrest and restraint tactics.
• Knowledge of traffic investigation procedures and techniques.
• Knowledge of illegal drugs, recognition, and psychological and physical effects.
• Knowledge of court system and procedures.
• Knowledge of juvenile court system and procedures.
• Knowledge of record keeping, report preparation, filing methods, and records management techniques.
• Knowledge of safe practices and procedures for performing essential functions of the job.
• Knowledge of standard business arithmetic, including percentages and decimals.
• Ability to respond quickly to changing situations.
• Ability to operate and maintain all assigned equipment required to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Ability to conduct in-depth interviews of suspects, witnesses, and victims.
• Ability to analyse crime scenes.
• Ability to use specialized equipment including firearms and surveillance equipment.
• Ability to develop and make presentations and teach classes.
• Ability to communicate orally with internal staff, citizens, and other departmental staff in order to give and receive information in a courteous manner.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operation and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and so forth.
• Ability to deal with problems and stressful situations involving several variables in changing situations.
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to pass physical fitness/efficiency examinations.

Work Environment:

The work environment is occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions and outside weather conditions. The noise level is usually quiet. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.