Location: Thibodaux,LA, USA
Position Information
Position Title Police Officer 1 Position Number 364283 Salary Range $38,646.40 - $53,664.00 Special Entrance Rate Position Type Classified Staff
Department Information
Ending Effective Date of Temporary Employment Department University Police
Job Duties
Responsibility / Duty
Function of Work:
To protect lives and property by conducting foot and mobile security patrols; enforcing parking and traffic regulations; rendering emergency services; investigating minor crimes and making arrest when necessary. Provides a limited range of police services.
Provides foot and mobile patrols enforcing parking and traffic regulations; or serve as the primary communications officer for the shift collecting/documentinginformation and dispatching officers as required.
Percentage Of Time 60 Responsibility / Duty
Provide a wide range of police services and other tasks as directed by the supervisor.
Percentage Of Time 10 Responsibility / Duty
Provides crowd and traffic control at special events; may be required to intervene in situations utilizing force if necessary to make an arrest, to restore order,prevent interference with normal operations or to protect persons or property.
Percentage Of Time 10 Responsibility / Duty
Responds to emergencies and renders assistance as required.
Percentage Of Time 10 Responsibility / Duty
Investigating crimes, making arrest when necessary, providing reports, preparing documentation for court, and testifying in court.
Percentage Of Time 10
Posting Detail Information
Minimum Experience Required
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
No experience or training is required.
Minimum Education Required
High School diploma or equivalent.
Minimum Licenses Required
Louisiana Driver's License
Other Minimum Requirements
Applicants must complete the application in its entirety with an electronic signature and date.
Resumes will not be accepted as a substitute for the application.
If education or employment history is not completed, the application will be disqualified. When listing Job Duties, please include if you are Commissioned with the Power of Arrest.
Please include any current and previous employment at Nicholls State University. Personnel files are not pulled for application purposes.
Applicants claiming education as a substitution for work experience must have their Official College Transcripts delivered to the Human Resources Department at ...@nicholls.edu or emailed directly to ...@nicholls.edu prior to the job closing date. Unofficial transcripts are NOT accepted.
NECESSARY SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
Must have attained eighteenth birthday at time of appointment.
An applicant who has been convicted of a felony or who is under indictment on a felony charge will be disqualified until relief from the disabilities imposed by state and federal laws is granted.
May be required to possess a valid Louisiana driver's license at time of appointment.
May be required to complete a Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) course.
May be required to qualify annually with a firearm.
For some positions, applicant must be eligible for bond.
Test(s) Required
Applicants must have an active 2100-PSE (Protective Services Exam) score by the time the posting closes in order to be considered for the position unless exempted by Civil Service rule or policy or meets one of the following testing exemptions:
1)An applicant who meets the Minimum Qualifications and has a Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification from a Louisiana accredited training academy may be appointed by probational appointment or job appointment to a job which requires the Protective Services Exam without a test score. The applicant's POST certification shall not be under suspension or pending a revocation hearing
OR
2)A veteran of the armed forces who served at least 90 days of active duty for purposes other than training and who has been honorably discharged from active duty within the previous twelve months. (DD214 must be attached to application or submitted to Human Resources by fax or mail by the closing date of the announcement).
Applicants claiming testing exemption must have the appropriate documentation listed above attached to the application or contact Jennifer Prejean in Human Resources by the closing date via phone 985-###-#### or email ...@nicholls.edu
For more information on Civil Service testing, please follow the link below:
Preferred Education Preferred Experience Preferred Licenses Other Preferred Requirements Physical Demands
In this position you may be required to:
* stand or be on your feet for long periods of time;
* work in/be outside during inclement weather;
* carry heavy objects (50-100lbs)
* subjected to loud noises
* may be required to use and qualify with firearms;
* must be able to run, crawl, stoop, squat, kneel as necesary
Employment Year Fiscal Year If Grant Period or Specified Period selected, please specify begin date If Grant Period or Specified Period selected, please specify end date Employment Basis Full-time Proposed Ending Date (for faculty and grant funded positions) Posting Date 10/03/2024 Closing Date 10/14/2024 Special Instructions to Applicants Quick Link for Postings