School Resource Officer

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Enforces the State of Indiana criminal laws and City of Lawrenceburg ordinances; assists school officials with enforcement of school policy and regulations regarding student conduct.
• Protects persons and property on school premises; works through school administration to address concerns related to school safety, including building security, emergency response and evacuation plans.
• Investigates and assists in the prosecution of any violations occurring on school premises including, but not limited to, battery, sexual assault, drug use/sale, traffic infractions; gathers information concerning criminal activity involving students on or off school grounds; affects arrests as necessary and appropriate.
• Assists with traffic control during the arrival and dismissal of students.
• Complete accurate and complete reports of events that take place on school grounds including, but not limited to, criminal investigations, traffic related crashes and other significant events.
• Provides classroom instruction on law and law enforcement related matters, as approved by police and school administration.
• Speaks before parents and community groups on law enforcement and school safety related topics.
• Serves as a resource for students, enabling them to be associated with a law enforcement figure in the school environment. Provides guidance and consultation for students experiencing problems related to law enforcement; makes appropriate referrals.
• Meets with administrators, faculty, staff, parents, and students on an individual basis to deal with specific issues or problems related to preventing juvenile delinquency.
• Acts as a liaison between students, parents, school faculty and staff, child protective services, juvenile prosecutors, juvenile court, and probation officers; facilities communications between all parties.
• Maintains control of emergency incidents requiring law enforcement intervention, with assistance of the school principal, until relieved by police or fire department command personnel.
• Documents all action taken with students and parents in a formal setting and all relevant telephone conversations.
• Promote understanding and support for the School Resource Officer program.
• Coordinates and schedules security for football, basketball, prom, graduation, and other school events which require police presence, in conjunction with relevant school departments and staff members.
• Works with student assistance coordinator, school board and central office administration to develop, coordinate and evaluate new programs to meet school and department needs, such as K-9 search guidelines and policies, educational programs, and intervention programs.
• Serves on various committees dealing with the development or improvement of school guidelines.
• Assists other agencies with investigations involving assigned school; act as a liaison with other agencies and school systems in assisting with the development of similar programs at their agencies or schools.
• Assists with community-oriented policing programs while school is not in session. Including, but not limited to, summer camps, ordinance violations, park safety, and personal interactions with youth within the City of Lawrenceburg.
• Other duties may be performed as directed by the Assistant Police Chief.

Requirements/Qualifications

• Must have a Valid Driver’s License.
• High School Diploma or Equivalent required.
• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Must be able to successfully complete and meet the training requirements of the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy within one (1) year of placement.
• Must meet and maintain the training requirements prescribed by Indiana Law.
• Knowledge of law enforcement procedures and methods including traffic, officer safety, investigation, report writing, and data systems.
• Knowledge of criminal law procedures such as search and seizure arrests, interrogation, confession, evidence, crime scene protection, due process, and Court procedures.
• Knowledge of criminal and traffic law.
• Working knowledge of social service agencies in the community.
• Working knowledge of business, educational civic and social organization in the assigned area.
• Knowledge of Lawrenceburg School Corporation property including public access roads and entrances. Knowledge of school locations, classroom layouts, external facilities, and maintenance buildings.
• Knowledge of how to locate and use bus route mapping.
• Ability to operate vehicle safely even at high speeds under less-than-ideal conditions or weather.
• Ability to use weapons accurately and safely.
• Ability to use a two-way radio both for law enforcement and school functions.
• Ability to communicate with the public in situations which are highly emotional or hostile.
• Ability to observe and report observations accurately and in detail.
• Ability to establish rapport with individuals and groups of different ages, races, and values.
• Knowledge of departmental rules and regulations, and departmental general orders.
• Ability to appropriately respond to emergencies from off-duty status.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand or sit for long periods of time, sometimes in extreme weather conditions.
• Ability to pursue suspects by running, climbing stairs, forcing entry, scaling walls, and jumping fences, and ability to sustain physical effort in situations of personal danger or danger to others.
• Stoop, kneel, crouch, bend, reach.
• Applicants must successfully pass a physical agility test in accordance with the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy standard as outlined on the ILEA website, https://www.in.gov/ilea/physical-fitness-standards/