Police Officer

DUTIES: 1. Diligently patrol the assigned areas. 2. Aid in the prevention of crimes, or breach of peace and order, or any other offense. 3. Must be alert for any suspicious activity and make documented observations as to the activity, persons, place or things in a neat, accurate and chronological series. 4. Enforce all laws and ordinances of the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Shawano County and the State of Wisconsin and any contracted villages, currently Gresham. 5. Maintain radio and/or telephone contact with Sheriff Department dispatch staff, other officers of the SMPD and the Chief of Police. 6. Familiarization of all local roads, highways, streets, towns, villages, in the immediate area of operation. 7. Properly document all evidence as required by the rules of evidence and to properly protect any crime scene or chain of evidence that may be used for prosecution of a crime at a later time. 8. Accurately report in writing all required administrative data as required by the Chief of Police, and Shawano County Sheriff Department (SCSD) if deputized. 9. Must maintain an acceptable departmental attendance record. 10. Must be reliable and prompt when reporting to work. 11. Required to attend job related, in-service, meetings, and training to maintain professional and technical knowledge. 12. Must adhere to tribal law and other applicable laws as well as tribal personnel policies and procedures. 13. May be required to satisfactorily complete an exam or other testing requirement(s) to determine skill proficiency. 14. Work with Bowler and Gresham schools to establish an opportunity for the students and faculty to get acquainted with law enforcement officers in an informal, nonauthoritarian-type setting. 15. Work with the schools to provide educational assistance in the area of chemical abuse. 16. To provide the school with a readily available deputy sheriff to give them a better understanding of the law. Not to be used as an arm of school discipline. 17. To encourage student, faculty, and administrative input in establishing guidelines relative to handling of student law enforcement issues that may come up in their respective schools. 18. To provide preventive patrol in the school areas in order to reduce loitering on school premises; drug and alcohol traffic; assaults; and other anti-social behavior. 19. To assist people or businesses, living or operating next to schools, that are having problems with students attending that particular school. 20. To be available to the community as a public speaker, who is a professional deputy sheriff, with a personal understanding of the youths and the problems they encounter in the community. 21. Work with Crime Prevention Officer in anticipating, recognizing and appraisal of crime risks. To initiate action to remove or reduce such risks. 22. To assist Crime Prevention Officer with public educational programs in the areas of child safety; check fraud; elderly crime prevention; auto theft protection; etc. 23. The above duties and responsibilities are not an all-inclusive list but rather a general representation of the duties and responsibilities associated with this position. The duties and responsibilities will be subject to change based on organizational needs and/or deemed necessary by the supervisor.