Law Enforcement Officer

The City of Birmingham is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Law Enforcement Officer to join our team. As a key member of our public safety department, you will be responsible for maintaining law and order, protecting life and property, and responding to emergency calls and patrolling the city.

• Conduct administrative and preparatory activities such as inspecting personal equipment and uniform, inspecting video and audio equipment, maintaining firearm and vehicle, and attending roll call.
• Conduct routine patrol activities such as patrolling high-problem areas to provide a police presence, observing persons and vehicles for unusual or suspicious behavior, monitoring businesses and public places for criminal activity, enforcing state laws and local ordinances, and assisting the public as needed.
• Respond to calls for service by listening to radio transmissions for emergency or non-emergency information, determining the appropriate actions to take to respond to an incident, evaluating the scene en route and upon arrival, and notifying appropriate parties.
• Manage crime, incident, and accident scenes by ensuring safety of self, others, and property, maintaining the integrity of the scene, relaying information to dispatch, searching the scene for evidence, and determining what additional resources are needed.
• Investigate incidents and occurrences by interviewing appropriate parties and compiling facts of incidents using available information and resources.
• Apprehend and arrest suspects by determining probable cause for arrest, providing verbal commands to person(s) engaged in criminal activity, searching suspects, providing suspects with required information, identifying suspects, gaining physical control of suspects, transporting suspects to jail, and completing the booking process.
• Handle hazardous situations by alerting the appropriate emergency response agency, evacuating persons, identifying hazardous materials, notifying dispatcher, and establishing and maintaining a perimeter until the situation has been resolved.
• Enforce and regulate traffic and motor vehicle rules by monitoring for traffic law infractions, pulling over vehicles in violation of laws, verifying driver and vehicle identification, observing driver and passenger behavior, administering field sobriety tests, and issuing warnings and citations to drivers.
• Rend medical assistance by evaluating the scene, assessing the condition of an individual, providing first aid, requesting medical emergency personnel, and transporting individual to hospital or jail if needed.
• Deal with juveniles by placing juvenile under investigating detention or custody, notifying guardians, dispersing congregated juveniles and providing police presence, and transporting juveniles to appropriate locations as needed.
• Handle disputes and conflicts by observing the parties present, separating parties, restraining parties when necessary, interviewing parties, taking written statements and photographs of injuries, and providing parties with information to resolve the conflict.
• Control crowds by establishing police lines, observing the behavior of participants, ensuring groups have valid permits, maintaining control using verbal commands and physical force as needed, ensuring state laws and local ordinances are adhered to, and requesting backup resources as necessary.
• Complete reports and written documentation and forward to chain of command and appropriate parties.
• Perform court-related activities such as keeping track of court dates, reviewing documentation and revisiting incident scene to refresh memory, explaining details of case to attorneys, presenting testimony, and answering questions under oath.
• Cooperate with and make referrals to other agencies by submitting information to appropriate authorities, determining the circumstances of incidents, initiating notifications to other units and/or jurisdictions, and participating in joint actions with other law enforcement agencies.
• Interact with the public and perform community relation activities such as contacting friends and/or families of victims, responding to citizen requests for assistance, communicating with business owners in patrol area, interacting with local parties to discuss police services and/or criminal activity, and conducting presentations to local groups to promote public safety.
• Work as a team with other officers by informing responding officers of scene information, coordinating actions on scene, ensuring self and other officer safety, and reporting incident information so other officers are informed.
• Participate in training activities by completing basic and advanced technical skills trainings, staying abreast on laws, policies, and procedures, maintaining APOST certification, and participating in physical fitness activities.
• Maintain jails and inmates in custody by ensuring inmate safety and well-being, transporting inmates, and searching inmates and jail for weapons and unauthorized objects.

• Must meet all of the following AND Option A, B or C below.
• Must have NO felony convictions.
• Must have no convictions in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding 1 year.
• Must NOT be subject to a court order that restrains the person from harassing, stalking, or threatening an intimate partner or child of such intimate partner.
• Must NOT be prohibited by state or federal law from owning, possessing, or carrying a firearm.
• Must NOT be required to register as a convicted sex offender.
• Must have an honorable discharge if served in the US Armed Forces.
• Must be a citizen of the United States.
• Must be at least 19 years of age.
• Must have Driver's License.
• Must be in good health and physically fit for the performance of the duties of a law enforcement officer.

• None.

• Adaptability & Flexibility.
• Computer & Technology Operations.
• Heavy Equipment & Vehicle Use.
• Leadership & Management.
• Learning & Memory.
• Mathematical & Statistical Skills.
• Oral Communication & Comprehension.
• Physical Abilities.
• Planning & Organizing.
• Problem Solving & Decision Making.
• Professionalism & Integrity.
• Psychomotor Abilities.
• Researching & Referencing.
• Reviewing, Inspecting & Auditing.
• Self-Management & Initiative.
• Sensory Abilities.
• Small Tool & Equipment Use.
• Teamwork & Interpersonal.
• Technical & Job-Specific Knowledge.
• Technical Skills.
• Written Communication & Comprehension.

• Knowledge of public safety terminology used by public safety agencies.
• Knowledge of basic law enforcement procedures (e.g., issuing warrants, arrests, etc.).
• Knowledge of Criminal Code of Alabama.

• Work is conducted both indoors in office setting as well as periodic field visits to external locations such as roadways, businesses, residences, and government buildings.
• Work involves use of standard office equipment, such as computer, phone, copier, etc.
• Work may involve the use of specialized equipment such as firearms, hand-held weapons, speed detection devices, vehicle/on-person cameras, first aid equipment and materials, investigative equipment/tools, and analytical tools such as breathalyzers and drug testing kits.

• Job is primarily sedentary involving sitting for long periods, but occasionally involves moderate to heavy physical exertion required for occasional prolonged periods of lifting, climbing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, or running.
• May involve occasional lifting of items or objects weighing up to 75 lbs.
• Work involves physical ability necessary to occasionally subdue or restrain a combative individual and exercise necessary self-defense.