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Job Description
Patrol assigned area to enforce laws and ordinances, regulate traffic, control crowds, prevent crime, and arrest violators.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 33-3051.01
Also Known As…
- Uniform Patrol Police Officer
- State Trooper
- Public Safety Officer
- Police Patrol Officer
- Police Officer
- Peace Officer
- Patrol Officer
- Officer
- Law Enforcement Officer
- Alcohol Law Enforcement Agent (ALE Agent)
- Trooper
- Town Marshal
- SWAT Team Member (Special Weapons and Tactics Team Member)
- State Patrol Officer
- State Highway Police Officer
- Security Police
- Safety Patrol Officer
- Safety Instruction Police Officer
- Public Safety Police
- Protective Service Specialist
- Protective Officer
- Policewoman
- Policeman
- Police Worker
- Police or Patrol Park Officer
- Police Inspector
- Police Cadet
- Police Booking Officer
- Patrol Driver
- Mounted Police
- Motorcycle Police
- Marshal
- K-9 Police Officer
- Immigration Guard
- Highway Patrol Pilot
- Harbor Patrol Police
- Drug Enforcement Agent
- Desk Officer
- Customs Patrol Officer
- Crime Prevention Police Officer
- Cop
- Constable
- Complaint Evaluation Officer
- Community Service Patrol Officer
- City Marshal
- City Constable
- Campus Police Officer
- Cadet
- Border Police
- Border Patrol Officer
- Border Patrol Agent
- Border Guard
- Animal Cop
- Accident Prevention Squad Police Officer
Tasks for “Police Patrol Officers”
- Evaluate complaint and emergency-request information to determine response requirements.
- Monitor traffic to ensure motorists observe traffic regulations and exhibit safe driving procedures.
- Review facts of incidents to determine if criminal act or statute violations were involved.
- Act as official escorts, such as when leading funeral processions or firefighters.
- Provide road information to assist motorists.
- Issue citations or warnings to violators of motor vehicle ordinances.
- Render aid to accident victims and other persons requiring first aid for physical injuries.
- Testify in court to present evidence or act as witness in traffic and criminal cases.
- Inspect public establishments to ensure compliance with rules and regulations.
- Investigate traffic accidents and other accidents to determine causes and to determine if a crime has been committed.
- Photograph or draw diagrams of crime or accident scenes and interview principals and eyewitnesses.
- Provide for public safety by maintaining order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property, enforcing motor vehicle and criminal laws, and promoting good community relations.
- Monitor, note, report, and investigate suspicious persons and situations, safety hazards, and unusual or illegal activity in patrol area.
- Identify, pursue, and arrest suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts.
- Inform citizens of community services and recommend options to facilitate longer-term problem resolution.
- Record facts to prepare reports that document incidents and activities.
- Direct traffic flow and reroute traffic in case of emergencies.
- Relay complaint and emergency-request information to appropriate agency dispatchers.
- Patrol specific area on foot, horseback, or motorized conveyance, responding promptly to calls for assistance.
- Process prisoners, and prepare and maintain records of prisoner bookings and prisoner status during booking and pre-trial process.
Related Technology & Tools
- Police boats
- Biohazard suits
- Police bicycles
- Safety glasses
- Drug testing kits
- Blood collection kits
- Personal motorized watercraft
- Police shotguns
- Protective gloves
- Ultraviolet UV lights
- Crime scene tape measures
- Deoxyribonucleic acid DNA collection kits
- Plastic handcuffs
- Metal detectors
- Handguns
- Surveillance binoculars
- Service revolvers
- Crime scene rulers
- Noise meters
- Side-handle batons
- Digital cameras
- Police patrol cars
- First aid kits
- Electroshock weapons
- Hearing protectors
- Radar speed readers
- Fingerprint scanners
- Metal handcuffs
- Police car radios
- Bulletproof vests
- Police rifles
- Global positioning system GPS receivers
- Nightsticks
- Laptop computers
- Police motorcycles
- Pepper spray
- Equipment transport trailers
- Scuba diving equipment
- Riot shields
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Digital video cameras
- Teletype terminals
- Personal computers
- Riot helmets
- Laser trajectory pointers
- Distance measuring wheels
- Fingerprint evidence kits
- Breathalyzers
- Police snowmobiles
- Tire deflation devices
- Suspect fingerprinting equipment
- Road flares
- Two way radios
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation CPR face shields
- Desktop computers
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Mobile data computers
- Remote traffic signal controllers
- Explosive detectors
- Semiautomatic pistols
- Filter masks
- Base station radios
- Audio recording equipment
- Multipurpose fire extinguishers
- Body armor
- Spillman Technologies Records Management
- Microsoft Visio
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Computer aided composite drawing software
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Access
- The CAD Zone The Crime Zone
- Law enforcement information databases
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Microsoft Office
- Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System IAFIS
- National Integrated Ballistics Information Network NIBIN
- ESRI ArcView
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Word
- DesignWare 3D EyeWitness
- Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
- SmartDraw.com SmartDraw Legal
- Crime mapping software
- National Crime Information Center NCIC database
- Email software