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 Profile:

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 Level: 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