Police Officer

Starting Wage Range: $32.74/hr. - $42.16/hr.

Job Summary:

Performs professional law enforcement duties, which include but are not limited to, patrol, crime investigation work and responding to requests for services.

Essential Functions:

• Maintains public peace and safety.
• Patrols assigned areas.
• Responds to incoming calls to the Tribal Police Department.
• Investigates complaints and incidents of a suspicious nature.
• Works with citizens to enforce state, Tribal and local laws.
• Cites and/or arrests persons in violation of the law.
• Responds to security and/or alarm issues at all Tribal facilities and Tribal lands. Handles citizen complaints.
• Attends meetings and trainings to keep abreast of modern criminal justice practices and procedures.
• Prepares accurate and complete police reports on crimes and investigations.
• Ensures that laws and ordinances are enforced.
• Acts as a liaison for Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST) and the Tribal Police Department.
• Investigates major crime scenes, as necessary.
• Maintains composure under adverse conditions, including public harassment, critical injuries, natural disasters and death.
• Attends public meeting and represents the Tribal Police department as assigned.
• Performs a variety of other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Education, Experience, and Licenses:

• Requires a High School or GED and two (2) years of work experience OR an equivalent combination of training and experience. Associate’s degree in Criminal Justice preferred.
• Requires DPSST certification and for it to be in good current standing.
• Requires one (1) year of experience as a police officer.
• Requires maintaining Basic Law Enforcement Training Certification by completing required number of hours of training per DPSST in Oregon.
• Must maintain a valid Oregon driver’s license or obtain one upon hire, qualify for the Tribe’s vehicle insurance, and provide proof of personal vehicle insurance.

Qualifications, Registrations, and Certifications:

• Must be 21 years of age and a US citizen.
• Requires successfully completing a physical fitness (agility) test, as well as maintaining the physical ability to perform the job, including the ability to handle persons resisting arrest.
• Requires experience and skills using firearms and other police equipment.
• Requires extensive experience interacting with citizens from a variety of racial, ethnic, cultural and economic backgrounds.
• No felony convictions or convictions of any domestic assault misdemeanors.
• Must have ability to understand and execute oral and written instructions.

• Must have ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective relationships with other governmental officials, employees and the public.
• Must have ability to develop a thorough knowledge of applicable Federal, State and local laws and Tribal ordinances.
• Must have ability and experience preparing comprehensive reports in a clear and concise manner.
• Must have ability and experience to act quickly and calmly under emergency situations.
• Must be able to effectively analyze situations quickly and objectively and be able to recognize actual and potential dangerous situations, and take appropriate action.
• Must be able to present evidence and testimony in court effectively.

• Must be able to work a modified schedule as needed, including rotating shifts and working for extended periods of time, sometimes past the end of a normal shift (12 or more hours).  Overtime is occasionally required, contingent upon scheduling needs.

• Must be able to pass a psychological evaluation.
• Knowledge of Native American culture required. 

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements:

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.
• Constantly requires verbally expressing or exchanging ideas or important instructions accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• Continually requires the ability to express or receive detailed information or important instructions through oral communication.
• Continually requires working with fingers rather than the whole hand or arm. Requires repetitive movement of wrists, hands and/or fingers. Often requires walking or moving about to accomplish tasks.
• Requires standing and/or sitting for sustained periods of time, raising objects from a lower to a higher position and/or moving objects horizontally.
• Occasionally requires lifting of up to 50 pounds.
• Due to the nature of the interactions with other employees and the public we serve, employees may be required to provide documentation of, or receive, certain health vaccinations.
• This position is frequently subject to inside environmental conditions which provide protection from weather conditions, but not necessarily from temperature changes, and is occasionally subject to outside environmental conditions.
• May be called upon to serve as a Disaster Reservist during Emergencies, or when the Tribal Emergency Operations Center is opened.
• Local travel is occasionally required. Travel outside of the state is infrequently required.

Background Check:

Candidates for this position will be subject to criminal and character background checks and will be subject to fingerprinting.