Police Officer - Lateral - Menomonee Falls Wisconsin

Company: Village of Menomonee Falls
Location: Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
Posted On: 01/25/2025

Job Summary
The Menomonee Falls Police Department is seeking experienced police officers for an expedited lateral entry hiring process. Candidates with at least one (1) year of full-time experience as a certified law enforcement officer or those who have successfully completed the Wisconsin Basic Law Enforcement Recruit Academy are eligible to participate. Lateral entry candidates will begin the hiring process immediately upon receipt of their application and will experience an expedited process with the intent of beginning employment within weeks rather than months in a traditional process. The lateral entry program may provide accelerated salary incentives for qualified candidates. Lateral entry candidates may be credited with their prior years of service for determining initial vacation day allowance and they are credited with thirty (30) days of paid sick leave immediately upon being hired. This position reports to the Patrol Bureau Supervisor. Responsible for performing a variety of tasks associated with police patrol, criminal and municipal law enforcement, the maintenance of order, public protection and safety, and other basic police services. Duties exist in the areas of traffic monitoring, control, and enforcement; motor vehicle crash investigation; patrol, observation, and inspection; responding to routine and emergency requests for police assistance; the investigation and reporting of law violations; other similar functions. General tasks associated with this position are based on results of the more specific Employee Job Task Analysis.Please refer to the document for complete details.
Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Use patrol driving and walking techniques.Observe violations of laws and take appropriate action through the use of citations and arrest.Make high risk field contacts.Detect and report hazards to public safety and other conditions or situations requiring attention by other government agencies.Inspect licensed premises for law violations.Conduct field interrogations of suspicious persons.Operate radar or other speed detection equipment.Direct traffic.Receive emergency and non-emergency assignments from dispatcher and supervisors.Comprehend and utilize the Incident Command System (ICS). Assume and verbalize incident command to both dispatch and responding officers. Direct responding personnel to needed areas and the appropriate tasks to be performed.Conduct preliminary and follow up investigations.Take persons into protective custody.Monitor detainees held in municipal lockup.Transport detainees to county jail.Conduct surveillance to develop intelligence.Load, unload, and clean department weapons.Follow booking procedures.Possess and maintain the ability to provide credible testimony before the Municipal Court, the Circuit Courts or any other criminal or civil court that requires testimony, including depositions and pre-trial conferences.Prepare for judicial proceedings and testify in court.Make effective use of sources of information, including manual and computerized files.Identify, collect, and preserve evidence.Conduct searches within legal guidelines.Interview adult and juvenile suspects, witnesses and victims.Secure search warrants.Operate department vehicles in emergency and non-emergency fashion. Use emergency vehicle driving techniques.Prepare reports and make field notes.Receive and transmit radio messages.Utilize communication equipment including radios, telephones and computers.Confer with supervisors discussing work processes, incidents, problems and plans and receiving advice, counseling and instruction.Make non-enforcement public contacts.Deliver emergency messages to citizens.Inform citizens of crime prevention techniques.Use reasonable force to affect lawful authority.Use firearms and other tools and weapons to lawfully control people.
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