Security Guard Job at Bowie State University in Queen Anne

Security Guard (Open)

It is the policy of the Bowie State University Police Force through the approval of the Director of Campus Police and the President of the University to establish a Security Guard program. It will be the SECURITY GUARDS responsibility to support the Bowie State University Police Department by enhancing the safety and quality of campus life by providing a high quality security service to the Bowie State University Community. The duties and responsibilities listed below will enable you to perform your job in a professional, effective and efficient way.

Under direct supervision, performs routine security activities to protect buildings and property and safeguard occupants and visitors during normal operations and special events.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• It shall be the duty of the SECURITY GUARDS to report promptly to the shift supervisor all crimes, fires, vandalism, accidents, breaches of peace, and any other incidents that come to their attention during their tour of duty.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall be properly uniformed and equipped giving careful attention to dispatches, orders, and instructions read or issued by the supervisor.
• Safety issues and maintenance problems shall be recorded and logged.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall be accountable for the activities on the post to which they are assigned.
• SECURITY GUARDS, after conferring with their supervisors, shall report to the given assignment immediately upon coming on duty. They shall cover their assigned area until completion of their tour of duty. When required to leave their assigned area of patrol to answer a complaint, call for assistance, or other security matter, they shall resume patrol or return to their assignment as soon as possible.
• When involved with a fire, disaster, accident, or any similar event, SECURITY GUARDS shall be alert and energetic in their efforts to assist police and emergency response personnel as directed.
• SECURITY GUARDS reporting for duty shall sign in the PSA Daily Log book with time in and time out; read the orders, notices, and directives posted in the Department and acquaint themselves with events that have taken place since their last tour of duty, as well as those events that are scheduled during the present tour of duty.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall become thoroughly familiar with all radio procedures, codes, and signals that are used by the BSUPD.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall be thoroughly familiar with the Bowie State University campus, including streets, buildings, and other information of importance in the performance of their duties.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall not falsify their location by radio, telephone, or other means, nor shall they enter in the log sheet a false location or other incorrect information regarding their daily duties.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall call police for assistance regarding the protection of persons and property on the campus and in all cases requiring their attention, even when off their assigned patrol area in matters that require immediate attention.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall carefully and diligently patrol every part of their assigned area as often as possible.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall exercise vigilance at all times during the hours of darkness or when buildings are closed for business, frequently examining and trying accessible doors and windows on their posts. All windows and doors found open or broken shall be secured and reported.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall note the conduct of any suspicious persons, and report all such information to the PCO, shift supervisor or the OIC.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall enforce parking regulations and issue parking citations to illegally parked vehicles.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall familiarize themselves with the location of all telephone and emergency equipment on their posts, including fire extinguishers, hydrants, standpipes and first aide equipment.
• SECURITY GUARDS will not congregate in Robinson Hall, on or off duty.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall seek and receive from the shift supervisor any advice, counsel, and guidance necessary for the proper performance of their duties.
• SECURITY GUARDS will provide escort services when needed.
• SECURITY GUARDS will not act in the capacity of a police officer at any time, nor shall they represent themselves as police officers at any time.
• SECURITY GUARDS will work special events.
• SECURITY GUARDS shall report to all identified training sessions.
• SECURITY GUARDS will perform all other duties necessary that are consistent with the responsibilities of a Public Safety Aide or as directed by the Director of Bowie State University Police Department or their immediate supervisor.

Minimum Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

Conditions of Employment:

• Not Currently Available

Additional Job Information:

Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts.

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.

Equal opportunity of access to academic and related programs shall be extended to all persons. Bowie State University shall have as its firm objective equal opportunity in recruitment and hiring, rate of pay, all other promotions, training, retention and dismissals, for all employees and applicants for employment. The University will stress equal access for employees and applicants for employment to all programs and services provided by the University both on and off campus. The University will also provide equal opportunity and an atmosphere of nondiscrimination with respect to women and members of minority groups in all its operations. In addition, the University shall promote equal opportunity and equal treatment through a positive and continuing Affirmative Action Program.

The University makes, and will continue to make, reasonable accommodations to promote the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans, unless such accommodations would impose an undue hardship on the University's business.

In addition, employees and applicants will not be subjected to harassment, intimidation, threats, coercion, or discrimination because they have engaged in, or may have engaged in, activities such as filing a complaint, assisting or participating in an investigation, compliance review or hearing, or opposing any act or practice made unlawful, or exercising any other right protected by Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended or the Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as amended.