Town of Mooresville is hiring: POLICE OFFICER - $2,000.00 HIRING BONUS in Carowo

PLEASE NOTE: Personal History Statement and Authorization Release Waiver forms must be completed, notarized, and attached to your application to be considered. Incomplete and/or not notarized forms will not be accepted.

An employee in this class contributes to the social and economic well being of our community by working in partnership with citizens to keep Mooresville a safe place to live and work while performing a full range of general law enforcement duties.

Work includes monitoring the environment and the behavior of individuals; preventing crime, detecting and investigating unusual circumstances, and responding to the needs of our community while patrolling the Town. An employee in this class must quickly and accurately perceive each situation, including the dangers and liabilities, apply related training, education, experience and principles, and exercise sound judgment in taking appropriate action.

Responsibilities:

• Patrolling the streets, observing, assessing, monitoring, analyzing and retaining information, in order to determine the need for police intervention while reducing crime and the fear of crime.
• Responds and takes appropriate action on a wide range of calls for police service, including calls for emergency assistance, crimes in progress, complaints of suspicious or criminal activity, domestic and neighborhood disputes, loud and disruptive behavior; concerns involving persons of diminished capacity, traffic accidents and congestion, and civil disputes.
• Conducts investigations of traffic violations, traffic accidents and criminal activity through personal observations and interviews of victims, witnesses, and suspects.
• Protects, photographs, diagrams, documents and collects physical evidence for presentation in court.
• Issues citations, serves warrants, summons and subpoenas, and makes warrant less arrests.
• Operates the Automated Fingerprint Identification System and the Digital Image Capturing System, completes arrest reports, and documents the information, and testifies in suppression hearings, grand juries and trial courts.

Requirements:

• High School Diploma or GED and successful completion of basic law enforcement training (possession of a Basic Law Enforcement Certificate); or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Must possess a valid North Carolina driver’s license, be a United States Citizen and have completed General Law Enforcement Certification requirements established by the North Carolina Justice Training and Standards Commission for certified law enforcement officers.
• Must pass a written test, a written narrative, oral interview, job related physical abilities test, a psychological examination, medical evaluation and drug screening.

Special Requirements:

Before assignment to sworn duties, employees must be of good moral character as determined by an extensive background investigation. For a K9 Officer: Must have been a Canine handler of a Certified Police K-9 within the past 10 years.