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Job Description
Job Summary
The Greenville Police Department is currently seeking qualified sworn law enforcement personnel to serve as a School Resource Officer!
The School Resource Officer unit and Special Operations Bureau “Youth Community Outreach” of the Greenville Police Department emphasize education and rehabilitation over punishment when dealing with juvenile and young offender complaints. As a School Resource Officer, your law enforcement duties are to enhance the safety and security of the school by providing a safe learning environment for all including students, staff, parents, and the community.
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Starting annual salary: $52,436.80- $57,678.40, depending on experience.
Salary after successful completion of a 6-month probationary period: $55,057.60 - $60,569.60, depending on starting salary.
This is a continuous recruitment and may close without notice.
Qualified law enforcement officers are strongly encouraged to apply.
Examples of Duties- Contributes positively to the execution of the mission of the unit and the Greenville Police Department;
- Assumes responsibility for the security and safety of assigned school;
- Serves as a liaison between assigned school and the Greenville Police Department;
- Patrols the school during school hours while acting as a visual deterrent, especially during class changes, lunch times or times and areas of large gatherings;
- Performs security checks throughout the day by checking interior and exterior doors, windows, and any other security measures necessary to ensure school safety;
- Completes incident reports, arrest reports, and juvenile petitions when necessary;
- Acts as a role model and seeks to establish a strong rapport with school administrators, faculty, staff, students, parents, and others;
- Maintains flexibility in scheduling, as an SRO may need to adjust to various events, including but not limited to, sporting events, meetings, after-school activities, threats, or other incidents;
- Attends and participates in community meetings and efforts;
- Performs other job-related duties as assigned.
Special Requirements- Must be a Certified North Carolina Law Enforcement Officer in good standing with the N.C. Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission OR must have successfully completed an approved North Carolina Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) program.
- Must have at least two years of full-time sworn law enforcement experience.
- Must be a United States citizen.
- Must be a high school graduate or have passed the General Educational Development (GED) test.
- Must have a valid driver's license and acceptable driving record.
- Must be at least 20 years of age at the time of application.
- Must be of good moral character with no disqualifying criminal conviction(s).
- Must undergo an extensive background investigation including, but not limited to, polygraph exam, psychological evaluation, medical exam, and drug screen.
- Must successfully complete a physical agility test and oral interviews.
- Must be available to work days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays on a rotating schedule.
- Must meet any other minimum employment requirements established by the City of Greenville.
Note: Applicants selected for this position will be assigned as a School Resource Officer after successfully completing a field training program with the patrol division, which lasts up to three months. Applicants must be willing to work special events and assist with other patrol functions as needed. Applicants may be reassigned to a patrol shift if needed to support the agency's staffing requirements or as part of changes within the unit.
The City of Greenville offers a comprehensive benefits package to all regular full-time employees including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and short-term disability insurance. Employees in designated part-time positions may participate in some of the benefit programs offered to regular full-time employees.
Visit the City of Greenville Human Resources Website for a more in depth summary of our benefits. -
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Some places have what it takes to help write the story of your life, to help you create and live your life to the fullest: opportunities, people and experiences that open minds and doors; activities that enrich and entertain. Places so welcoming that you feel you’re in the presence of family and friends, and that everywhere you turn, you find yourself in good company.
As the hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is that place.
Here, life’s a graceful balance of front-porch friendly and business-world sharp, a balance lit up and alive with all the amenities of a metropolitan university town. Where we enjoy the company of our neighbors on summer nights, talking on the porch about the day’s news and sports scores from the latest Pirate’s game, until someone flips a coin to see who’ll run out for barbeque.
Walking through the streets of Greenville, you see it has its share of art galleries, museums and festivals that delight; or, close by, the campus of East Carolina University calls to art and culture lovers with its worldly offering of musical concerts, theatrical and dance productions, travel films and lectures. For students with the fire of the future shining in their eyes, ready to turn their dreams loose, the campus calls to them in another voice.
Yes, you’ll find what you’re looking for here. But in many cases (and maybe this is just as important) what you didn’t even know you were looking for. That’s the way it is in Greenville. What makes it tick is how it makes people tick. As the cultural, educational and economic hub of the region, it’s expansive; it rewards the curious imagination, the entrepreneurial mind.
If you’re a person with big ideas and big ambitions, Greenville is good company. The smart thinking, hard work and optimism that once made Greenville a leading marketer of tobacco are still prevalent, though now guiding the area’s technology focus with its many bioscience and robotics breakthroughs. No surprise, these victories are trumpeted with as much enthusiasm as the local sports team’s trophy season.
Located just inland off the North Carolina coast, East of I-95, over 20 parks grace the landscape of Greenville and Pitt County. So if you’re an outdoor enthusiast, you’ll find enough adventure and scenic beauty here to fill up the canvas of your days, and plenty of like-minded people who share your respect for the grandeur of nature, the intoxicating fragrance of our Magnolia trees, picnicking under the shade of oaks, fishing at sundown, or hiking down a path that leads you not to the trail’s end, but to the conclusion that this is where you belong.
True, in some parts of the world, when you say the word “hub” people think “crowded”, “faceless”, “too noisy to hear myself think”. But we’re different.
There are crowds … parades down Evans Street. An annual Halloween street party. Students streaming to classes. Participants at major meeting or conferences. Or onlookers gathered down at the Extreme Park or Five Points Plaza to watch BMX bike pros practicing for an event.
But they’re not faceless crowds.
There is noise … live music rising from the campus nightlife scene, the hub-bub around the Convention Center, or when the Pirates rally to make the winning score, nothing short of pandemonium.
But our noise makes your spirits soar.
In fact, you could say that the hustle and bustle of life in Greenville is conducive to a higher level of thinking and inspiration. One thing’s for sure, the first thought on your mind will be how glad you are to be in Greenville, North Carolina, smack dab in the middle of such good company.
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