Police Officer

at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

1. Patrol:

Foot and vehicular patrol of buildings, grounds, parking lots, off campus facilities and city streets in the vicinity of the campus. To include:

A. General assistance to faculty, staff, students, visitors, and members of the neighboring community including:

• Frequenting offices, departments, and common areas addressing university constituents, various student organizations and other faculty and staff to promote the department's community relations programs.

• Endorsing and promoting the Problem Solving/Community Oriented Policing philosophy within our organization and community.

• Advising members of the community how they can assist in crime prevention strategies and techniques.

• Detecting hazardous conditions, natural or man-made, that would constitute a threat to the safety and well-being of the community.

B. Conduct initial and follow up investigations of crimes and events including:

•  Locating and interviewing victims, witnesses and suspects

• Generating and pursuing investigative leads

• Reviewing reports, documents, files and other data to evaluate criminal activity and identify perpetrators.

• Accurately and thoroughly documenting relevant evidentiary facts, occurrences and activities.

• Working with the State's Attorney's office to obtain necessary subpoenas, warrants, and other legal processes.

• Serving criminal process to include warrants and subpoenas.

• Exercises the lawful use of arrest, force, search, and seizure powers.

• Appearing in criminal and on some occasions, civil court for subpoenas are issued. testimony when

• Working with juvenile officers in the enforcement of laws, which are violated by those individuals younger than 17 years of age to include proper agency response and direction.

• Coordinating with state and local police agencies for investigations.

C. Protect Crime Scene and Collect Evidence and Information including:

• Conducting or coordinating investigative activities at crime scenes

•  Identifying and preserving the scene for integrity purposes.

• Conducting initial interviews of victims, witnesses, and/or suspects.

• Identifies, collects, and evaluates evidence.

• Recovering and inventorying stolen, confiscated and recovered property.

• Tagging evidence and confiscated property.

• Transports and records all physical evidence into safekeeping; safeguarding the chain of evidence.

D. Enforcing Traffic Laws and Conducting Traffic Investigations including:

• Investigating suspicious vehicles.

• Determining probable cause to execute a traffic stop.

• Stopping vehicles to cite, warn or arrest occupants for violations of the ILCS.

• Directing a moving vehicle out of a line of traffic to execute a vehicle stop.

• Executing felony motor stops.

• Checking registration for wants and warrants through L.E.A.D.S./NCIC.

• Completing citations, bond sheets.

• Investigating hit and run violations.

• Investigating traffic accident scene to identify point of impact.

• Collecting physical evidence from the accident scene.

• Completing Illinois Traffic Crash Reports.

• Protecting traffic accident physical evidence for collection.

• Protecting traffic accident scenes to prevent additional accidents at the scene.

2. Reporting and other Documentation:

Completes all necessary reports in a timely manner including:

• Completing initial offense/incident reports

• Completing arrest reports

• Completing criminal investigation reports of felonies and misdemeanors

• Record confessions, witness statements and other accounts in writing

• Completing arrest and complaint forms

3. Conduct Interviews and Interrogations/ Conduct Search and Seizure:

• Interrogate adult suspects

• Interview complainants, witnesses, etc.

• Interview informants

• Observe verbal and non-verbal communication

• Conduct field search of arrested persons

• Conduct frisk or pat down

• Search automobiles under independent probable cause

• Search premises/property incident to arrest

• Search premises or property in hot pursuit/emergency situations

• Search premises/property with consent

• Search premises/property with warrant

• Seize contraband

4. Arrest and Detain Persons, Physical Force to Control Persons and Transport Persons in Custody:

• Advise persons of constitutional rights (Miranda Warning)

• Arrest persons with a warrant

• Arrest persons without a warrant (non-traffic)

• Conduct temporary detention of suspicious persons (stop and frisk)

• Obtain arrest warrants

• Control hostile groups (e.g. demonstrators, rioters etc.)

• Use devices to control or take down suspects

• Subdue physically attacking person

• Use weaponless defense tactics

• Disann violent armed suspect

• Subdue person resisting arrest

• Operate vehicle to transport prisoners

• Search vehicle for weapons and/or contraband (e.g. before and after prisoner transport)

​5. Services to the University Community & Emergency Assistance

• Requests for service

• Lock and unlock doors

• Money escorts

• Personal escorts

• Fingerprinting

• Motorists Assists

• Medical Assists

• Emergency Notifications

• Securing accident and disaster scenes to include applying National Incident Management

• System concepts during emergency response situations.

• Assume role of Incident Commander during emergency response situations

• Assisting in the evacuation of occupants in emergencies and fire drills

• Administering first aid to injured persons

• Administering cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

• Assisting with disabled individuals

6. Administrative Duties

• Provide leadership and training to new/temporary officers on campus

• Provide specific training to fellow officers in specialized job related fields

• Act as officer in charge of patrol in the absence of a ranking supervisor

• Requests and maintains department issued equipment and gear

• Performs related duties as assigned.