School Police Officer

SCHOOL POLICE OFFICER Job Summary: To provide law enforcement to district schools and protect students, employees and property in order to create a safe and secure learning environment.

Essential Functions

• Provides diligent patrol to district schools and property in order to deter crimes against students, staff or property.
• Enforces Pennsylvania Crime Codes by making arrests or issuing citations for violations on school property.
• Responds to emergencies at district buildings or on school busses.
• Acts as liaison between the district, local communities and local law enforcement agencies.
• Enforces school district residency attendance, rules and policies.
• Conducts investigations of residency and truancy cases.
• Prepares related truancy citations, as required.
• Conducts investigations of crimes and cases of employee misconduct, ensuring that evidence is collected and preserved.
• Provides supervision of students' behavior, including arrival and dismissal.
• Contributes information, as necessary, to disciplinary referrals, reports and logs.
• Monitors traffic and parking on and around district property.
• Performs in accordance with school policy, administrative regulations, state and federal laws.
• Provides for the safety and security of students, staff, visitors and property in accordance with policies.
• Reports concerns and incidents, which may require corrective action to the Principal.
• Assists school administrators with investigations as assigned.
• Separates students involved in altercations and maintains crowd control as needed in accordance with established guidelines regarding the use of force. Additional Duties: Performs related duties as required. Note: The above description is illustrative of tasks and responsibilities. It is not meant to be inclusive of every task or responsibility. Physical and Mental Demands, Work Hazards:
• Works in standard school building environment.
• Ability to separate students or others involved in altercations.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education

High School Education Details: Act 120 or Act 2 Basic SRO authorized by PDE Experience: 2-3 Years Experience Details: Police or Security Experience Experience with technology that is compatible with district-wide systems and a data management system Work Schedule: The School Police Officer position is understood to be a full-time, school-year position, which requires a minimum of eight hours work each day, five days per week, or 195 work days per calendar.

FLSA Status: Non-exempt Highlands is EOE