TITLE: LEAD CERTIFIED COLLEGE SAFETY OFFICER
GRADE: 14
JOB CODE: 1004
FLSA: MANAGEMENT
Job Summary
Organizes and controls the administrative and operational activities of the College Safety Department, at a branch campus or center, under the direction of the Director College Safety. Enforce district rules and regulations to maintain order and ensure a safe environment for students, faculty, staff, and the general public.
Scope
This position works in the area of College Safety; work contacts include administrators, faculty, staff, students, and the public; regulatory personnel from a variety of local, state, and federal criminal justice agencies. Equipment includes an expandable police baton, OC (Oleoresin Capsicum) spray canister, handcuffs, two way system, beeper system, blood-borne pathogen and hazardous material cleaning equipment, motor vehicle access, tool and standard office equipment.
Supervision Received
This position reports to the Director College Safety, who is responsible for the area of College Safety at main, and branch campus or center locations; receives general direction regarding routine matters and specific instructions regarding non-routine matters; may also indirectly report to the administrator who is responsible for the area of College Safety at a branch campus or center.
Supervision Exercised
Supervises certified and non-certified College Safety
Officer, dispatcher, temporary staff, students and contract security personnel.
Representative Duties
Implements approved law enforcement methods; may be required
to arrest, detain, or subdue a resisting offender using necessary force when
appropriate; keep abreast and implement federal, state and local regulations;
complies with the Security-Related Procedures and Practices Manual and direct
subordinates in its enforcement; ensures compliance with the student
right-to-know and crime awareness act; supervises and evaluates the work of
assigned staff; develops and implements emergency crowd procedures for college;
maintains required records keeping system; organizes and maintains a lost and
found area; performs and supervises crime related and/or internal
investigations; presents testimony and evidence in court and for administrative
hearings; provides and presents information on college safety activities
verbally and in writing; publishes weekly reports of incident/crimes which have
occurred on the college campus; organizes and supervises surveillance
operations; facilitates response to medical emergencies; maintains liaison with
law enforcement and other public safety agencies; coordinates the enforcement
of traffic and parking regulations; issuance of citations and parking permits;
may be assigned to administer the maintenance and assignment of college
vehicles and the identification card issuance functions; may be required to
administer OSHA programs pertaining to blood-borne pathogens and hazardous
materials handling; assures control of administrative and operational
activities in the absence of the Director College Safety; performs related
duties as assigned.
Knowledge and Abilities
Knowledge of: Arizona Revised Statutes; federal, state and
local laws; law enforcement techniques consistent with training at an APOST
certified law enforcement training academy; parking and transit services;
management and supervisory techniques; decision making and human relation
skills.
Ability to: learn, interpret and communicate laws,
regulations and policies; train assigned staff; communicate effectively;
establish cooperative working relationships with persons contacted in the
course of performing assigned duties.
Training and Experience
Any combination of education, training, and experience that
provides the required knowledge and abilities.
An example of this would be a college degree in Criminal Justice or
related field and/or proven experience in a supervisory capacity in a law
enforcement position.
Special Conditions of Employment
APOST certification or current APOST inactive status (must be able to be reinstated) is required. State of Arizona Class D Driver’s License.
Positions in this class may
be subject to rotating shifts and unusual work hours; carry a beeper; “on call”
twenty-four hours a day; sitting, standing or walking for extended periods of
time; exposed to danger while enforcing laws and dealing with emergency
situations; exposure to disease in the administration of first aid.
This class specification is intended to indicate the basic
nature of positions allocated to the class and examples of typical duties that
may be assigned. It does not imply that
all positions within the class perform all of the duties listed, nor does it
necessarily list all possible duties that may be assigned.