Bowie State University is hiring: Security Guard in Bowie

Overview

Job Posting: JR101153 Security Guard (Open)

Department: Police Department, PM • Position Type: Regular • Open Date: 07-01-2025 • Close Date: Pending

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 GUARD'S 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.

Responsibilities

• Under direct supervision, performs routine security activities to protect buildings and property and safeguard occupants and visitors during normal operations and special events.
• 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.
• 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.
• Be accountable for the activities on the post to which they are assigned.
• After conferring with their supervisors, report to the given assignment immediately upon coming on duty and patrol until completion of their tour of duty. When needed to leave their patrol area to answer a complaint, call for assistance, or other security matter, resume patrol or return to the assignment as soon as possible.
• Be alert and energetic in assisting police and emergency response personnel during a fire, disaster, accident, or similar event as directed.
• Sign in the PSA Daily Log book with time in and time out; read orders, notices, and directives posted in the Department and acquaint themselves with events since the last tour and upcoming events.
• Become familiar with radio procedures, codes, and signals used by the BSUPD.
• Familiarize themselves with the Bowie State University campus including streets, buildings, and other information relevant to duties.
• Do not falsify location information in radio or logs; do not enter false locations or incorrect information regarding daily duties.
• Call police for assistance regarding protection of persons and property on campus and in all cases requiring attention, even when off their assigned patrol area for urgent matters.
• Carefully and diligently patrol every part of the assigned area as often as possible.
• Exercise vigilance during hours of darkness or when buildings are closed; examine and secure open or broken doors and windows and report them.
• Note the conduct of suspicious persons and report information to the PCO, shift supervisor, or OIC.
• Enforce parking regulations and issue parking citations to illegally parked vehicles.
• Familiarize themselves with the location of all telephone and emergency equipment on posts, including fire extinguishers, hydrants, standpipes and first aid equipment.
• Will not congregate in Robinson Hall, on or off duty.
• Seek and receive advice, counsel, and guidance from the shift supervisor as needed for proper performance of duties.
• Provide escort services when needed.
• Will not act in the capacity of a police officer at any time, nor shall they represent themselves as police officers at any time.
• Will work special events.
• To report to all identified training sessions.
• 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.