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Patrols University property (including buildings, parking lots, and open areas) and surrounding areas as assigned by vehicle, bicycle, or on foot to deter, locate, and apprehend persons committing crimes or unlawful activities.

• Responds to and investigates any call for service, belated or #in progress# including, but not limited to alarms, burglaries, larcenies, assaults, and alcohol/drug related crimes.
• Responds to medical calls, renders first aid, and arranges for emergency medical treatment.

• Conducts accident investigations. Conducts criminal civil investigations to gather, document, and preserve evidence; writes criminal and civil incident reports. Counsels, detains, cites, and/or arrests members of the public responsible for criminal activity and makes appropriate dispositions; transports to detoxification, mental health, or medical facilities, or books into jail or youth detention facilities.
• Prepares complete, concise and accurate case file documentation of investigations including referrals, citations, reports, and court documents. Provides documentation to appropriate state, federal and local agencies as required by law.

Answers questions from students, employees and the general public regarding laws, ordinances, incidents or services.

• Provides traffic and crowd control; responds to life threatening situations; provides non-police related support services as needed, such as locking and unlocking buildings and facilities, call-outs of maintenance, grounds, custodial, academic and administrative personnel for incidents occurring during evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events.
• Implements district emergency preparedness plan including emergency evacuation plans, secures perimeters, coordinates fire, medical, communication, utilities, and other emergency services.
• Attends mandatory department training to maintain required police standards to include (but not limited to) firearms range, defensive tactics, motor vehicle pursuit, and criminal law.
• Transports/delivers items to various locations as assigned
• Responds to subpoenas; and testifies in Municipal, Superior, and Federal court as required; operates law enforcement computer systems.
• Special assignments such as, but not limited to, emergency disaster planning, cadet program, evidence and property, crime prevention, gangs, detective, parking maintenance, or specific granted funded assignments.

• Work independently and make critical decisions with minimal supervision; enforce and apply all laws, rules and regulations; read, understand and interpret standard official legal documents; exercise judgment and discretion in analyzing and resolving problems; read, correct and prepare clear and concise reports; follow and understand written and oral instructions; demonstrate sensitivity to, and respect for a diverse population; operate computers to complete reports and enter data as needed for associated needs; learn standard procedures for the use of police radios and telephones; ability to listen, respond, speaking clearly and concisely on radios, speak in public and make presentations representing the department; utilize media equipment; operate alcohol/breath screening devices; face combative, disruptive persons and determine appropriate level of response force; use force and take person into custody without violating their civil and constitutional rights; maintain cooperative working relationships.
• Have a knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and ordinances; Douglas County law enforcement protocols; University of Nebraska of Omaha Policies and Procedures; U. S. and State of Nebraska constitution; Bill of Rights; Understand and be able to perform (with appropriate training) patrol techniques; crime prevention; crime scene documentation including evidence collection; law enforcement radio protocols and codes; interview and interrogation techniques; surveillance; drug use recognition; crowd control techniques, non-lethal and lethal response techniques, and traffic control and enforcement.
• Must be able to meet the physical demands required to adequately maintain safety for others and control scenes that may involve situations such as, but not limited to, needing to take a combative subject into custody.
• Must be able to assist injured or intoxicated persons short or long distances while performing duties.
• Must be able to communicate the English language through speech and in writing.

Ability of cope with situations firmly, courteously, tactfully, and with respect for the rights of others while analyzing the situations quickly and objectively, often without oversight or supervision, to determine the proper course of action to be taken.

Employee has a significant impact on the short-term performance of the Department of Public Safety. Errors reflect unfavorably on Law Enforcement and may have negative consequences regarding legal issues and safety concerns.

Regularly interacts with peers, superiors, students, staff, and other community members. Often asked to obtain information from others and/or give advice. Must maintain a level of professionalism to ensure cooperative interactions, especially when responding to incidents.

Supervision by procedures or by supervisor through periodic monitoring of progress and performance. Determines sequence of own work tasks to meet established objectives. [2A]

May provide incidental guidance to others. [1]

Office,Outdoors,Animal Facilities,Other/ Combined

Hospital environment