POLICE OFFICER - Full-time

h2About the Department/h2pstrong id="isPasted" style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"It's an exciting time to join the Cary Police Department as we are now hiring:nbsp;/strongbrul style="list-style-type: disc;padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 40.0px;color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;"li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"strongPolice Officer I (must have completed Basic Law Enforcement training or currently enrolled)/strong/lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"strongPolice Officer II/strong/lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"strongMaster Police Officer/strong/lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"strongSenior Police Officer/strongstrongnbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp; nbsp;/strong/li/ulspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"strongstrongstrongOur salaries and benefits are the best in the region and we consider previous sworn law enforcement experience, military experience, educational background and applicable certifications/qualifications to determine rank and starting salary.nbsp;/strong/strong/strong/spanbrbr style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Contact the Cary PD Recruitment Office to learn more about why you'd be a great fit for our team and have all your questions answered. Visitnbsp;/spana href="http://www.joincarypd.org/" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="http://www.joincarypd.org/" data-uw-rm-ext-link=""http://www.joincarypd.org//aspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"./spanbrbr style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"img class="fr-fic fr-dii" src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/1813/jobpostings/image/PD HIRING.JPG" style="width: 841.0px;" data-uw-rm-alt-original="" alt="Are you dedicated and eager to make a positive impact in the lives of others? Are you passionate about protecting and serving your community? Have you dreamed of being on a team all working towards these same goals? Then now is the time to join Cary Police!" data-uw-rm-alt="CT"br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"brspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Are you dedicated and eager to make a positive impact in the lives of others? Are you passionate about protecting and serving your community? Have you dreamed of being on a team all working towards these same goals? Then now is the time to join Cary Police!/spandiv style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"br/divdiv style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Our officers come from all walks of life just like the community we serve. We hire amazingly talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it enhances our organizational culture, making us stronger as we innovate and improve the ways we serve Cary citizens./divbra href="https://www.townofcary.org/" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://www.townofcary.org/" data-uw-rm-ext-link=""Cary/aspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"nbsp;is a progressive community of over 180,000 people on a continuous journey of challenging the standard of how local governments operate. We exist to build community and take care of people by embracing the individual differences, strengths and talents across the organization to pursue excellence, drive innovation, challenge ourselves and continuously improve. The OneCary approach empowers each employee to have a voice in a collaborative, adaptive work environment between departments, thinking creatively and strategically together as a team./spanbr style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;text-align: left;"Partnering with the community, the Town of Cary Police Department provides exemplary policing to ensure Cary remains one of the nation's safest cities. As part of our geo-policing philosophy, patrol officers are assigned to a district team on a 12-hour day or night shift (night shift teams receive a shift differential bonus to be paid quarterly). We offer an excellent salary and benefits package that includes a Career Ladder program with several levels of advancement possibilities, enhanced by a candidate's educational background. If you are committed to excellence, high quality service delivery, leadership development and looking for a great place to work, this is the opportunity for you./spanbr style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Visit the Cary Police Department Recruitment website,nbsp;/spana href="http://www.joincarypd.org/" style="color: inherit;text-decoration: underline;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="http://www.joincarypd.org/" data-uw-rm-ext-link=""www.joincarypd.org/aspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;", for more information on how Cary Police leads the way./spanbr style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"strong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Additional Benefits/strongul style="list-style-type: disc;padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 40.0px;color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;" type="disc"li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"Comprehensive leave and reimbursement program/lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"Night Shift Pay Differential/lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"Take Home Vehicle Program/lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"Career Ladder, enhanced by educational background/lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"Robust Leadership Development and Training options/li/ulspan class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvi fr-draggable fr-active"iframe allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/8BBzlAvwAmw??wmode=opaquerel=0wmode=opaquerel=0" style="width: 854.0px;height: 389.0px;" title="youtube" data-uw-rm-iframe="gn"span class="fr-mk" style="display: none;"nbsp;/spanspan class="fr-mk" style="display: none;" /spanspan class="fr-mk" style="display: none;" /span/iframe/span/ph2Position Duties/h2pp id="isPasted" style="margin: 0.0px;"strongProactive Patrolling:/strong Engage in regular patrols of assigned areas to deter criminal activity, ensuring a visible and active law enforcement presence in the community./pp style="margin: 0.0px;"strongCrime Prevention Initiatives:/strong Actively participate in and lead community outreach programs, workshops, and crime prevention initiatives to build positive relationships and enhance public safety awareness./pp style="margin: 0.0px;"strongEmergency Response:/strong Respond promptly to emergency calls, demonstrating quick decision-making and crisis management skills to handle a variety of situations effectively./pp style="margin: 0.0px;"strongInvestigative Excellence:/strong Conduct thorough investigations of criminal activities, accidents, and incidents, utilizing advanced investigative techniques and technology to gather evidence and ensure case resolution./pp style="margin: 0.0px;"strongTraffic Enforcement:/strong Enforce traffic laws through observation, radar use, and proactive measures, ensuring road safety and reducing traffic-related incidents./pp style="margin: 0.0px;"strongCommunity Engagement:/strong Establish and maintain positive relationships with community members, local businesses, and organizations through regular interactions, community meetings, and outreach events./pp style="margin: 0.0px;"strongTeam Collaboration:/strong Work collaboratively with fellow officers and law enforcement agencies to address complex issues, share information, and enhance overall public safety efforts./pp style="margin: 0.0px;"strongProfessional Development:/strong Actively participate in ongoing training programs, workshops, and skill-building activities to stay updated on the latest law enforcement practices, technology, and legal changes, fostering a culture of continuous improvement./p/ph2Minimum Qualifications/h2pstrong id="isPasted" style="margin-top: 1.25em;margin-bottom: 1.25em;"Empathy:/strong Understanding and empathizing with diverse community members.brstrong style="margin-top: 1.25em;margin-bottom: 1.25em;"Courage:/strong Willingness to face danger and take smart risks to ensure public safety.brstrong style="margin-top: 1.25em;margin-bottom: 1.25em;"Teamwork:/strong Ability to collaborate with fellow officers and work effectively in a team.brstrong style="margin-top: 1.25em;margin-bottom: 1.25em;"Conflict Resolution:/strong Skill in de-escalating conflicts and resolving disputes peacefully and respectfully.brstrong style="margin-top: 1.25em;margin-bottom: 1.25em;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"Problem Solving:/strongspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"nbsp;Ability to assess situations quickly, make informed decisions, and resolve problems effectively./spanbrstrong style="margin-top: 1.25em;margin-bottom: 1.25em;"Criminal Justice:/strong Familiarity with local, state, and federal laws and knowledge of investigative procedures and protocols.brstrongEffective Communication:/strong Clear verbal and written communication that fosters trust and collaboration.brstrong style="margin-top: 1.25em;margin-bottom: 1.25em;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"Interpersonal Skills:/strongspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"nbsp;Building positive relationships within the community, colleagues, and other local agencies./spanbrstrong style="margin-top: 1.25em;margin-bottom: 1.25em;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"strongCommunity Awareness:nbsp;/strong/strongspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"Understandingnbsp;/spanof local dynamics, cultural diversity, and other social factors impacting the area.brstrong style="margin-top: 1.25em;margin-bottom: 1.25em;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"strongAdaptability:nbsp;/strong/strongspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"Flexibility to adapt to changing situations, policies, and procedures./spanbrbrspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"strongPhysical Requirements/strong/spanbrspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-align: left;text-indent: 0.0px;"span style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;" id="isPasted"Work in the class requires considerable physical ability in order to maintain law enforcement certification.nbsp;/spanspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"Work in this class is medium to heavy and requires exposure to the elements such as heat, cold and rain while wearing issued uniform, body armor and equipment.nbsp;/spanspan style="color: inherit; font-style: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px;"An employee in this class must not have a significant limitation of any major life activity in that work may include the physical ability to apprehend suspects. This includes the physical ability to walk, run, stand for long periods, reach, climb, etc. Visual acuity is also necessary to read and write handwritten and typewritten reports and information. The employee must also be able to hear and speak normally in order to communicate with the public./span/span/ph2Other Qualifications/h2pspan id="isPasted" style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Any combination of education and experience (minimum of high school graduation) supplemented by additional training and experience in the law enforcement field. Rank will be determined based on the minimum qualifications at each level considering these factors. Requires possession of a valid driver's license.nbsp;/spanbrbrstrongPersonal History Statement: Form F-3nbsp;/strongbrspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"As part of the application process for Police Officer, you are ustrongstrongstrongstrongspan style="color: rgb(223,53,12);"required/span/strong/strong/strong/strong/uspan style="color: rgb(223,53,12);"strongstrongstrongstrongnbsp;/strong/strong/strong/strong/spanto fill out the North Carolina Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission (FORM F-3). strongThis form can be found by clicking the "Personal History Statement F-3" link on the NC DOJ website at/strong: a href="https://ncdoj.gov/download/114/law-enforcement/367080/f-3-le-personal-history-statement-04-2024-2.pdf" target="_blank" aria-label="https://ncdoj.gov/download/114/law-enforcement/367080/f-3-le-personal-history-statement-04-2024-2.pdf - open in a new tab" data-uw-rm-ext-link="" uw-rm-external-link-id="https://ncdoj.gov/download/114/law-enforcement/367080/f-3-le-personal-history-statement-04-2024-2.pdf$https://ncdoj.gov/download/114/law-enforcement/367080/f-3-le-personal-history-statement-04-2024-2.pdf" data-uw-pdf-br="2" data-uw-pdf-doc=""https://ncdoj.gov/download/114/law-enforcement/367080/f-3-le-personal-history-statement-04-2024-2.pdf/a/spanstrong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Forms that supplement the F-3 also are available atnbsp;/strongbr style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"a href="https://ncdoj.gov/law-enforcement-training/criminal-justice/forms-and-publications/#91-114-wpfd-law-enforcement-p1" target="_blank" data-uw-rm-brl="PR" data-uw-original-href="https://ncdoj.gov/law-enforcement-training/criminal-justice/forms-and-publications/#91-114-wpfd-law-enforcement-p1" aria-label="https://ncdoj.gov/law-enforcement-training/criminal-justice/forms-and-publications/#91-114-wpfd-law-enforcement-p1 - open in a new tab" data-uw-rm-ext-link="" uw-rm-external-link-id="https://ncdoj.gov/law-enforcement-training/criminal-justice/forms-and-publications/#91-114-wpfd-law-enforcement-p1$https://ncdoj.gov/law-enforcement-training/criminal-justice/forms-and-publications/#91-114-wpfd-law-enforcement-p1"https://ncdoj.gov/law-enforcement-training/criminal-justice/forms-and-publications/#91-114-wpfd-law-enforcement-p1/abr style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"br style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"span style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Please complete this form prior to completing your Cary Application. It is recommended that you follow these steps for completing the F-3:/spanul style="list-style-type: disc;padding: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 40.0px;color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;margin-bottom: 3.0pt;"li style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"Save the F-3 PDF form on your device first, then complete it. The 'form-fill' PDF will not retain your data if you fail to save the form first on your device./lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"You do not need to notarize the document at this time. Simply fill out and attach./lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"Once completed, and as you are working on your town application, please attach the F-3 form to the Town's application./lili style="list-style-type: inherit;padding: 0.0px;margin: 0.0px;"strongstrongstrongstrongspan style="color: rgb(223,53,12);"Prior to submitting your application, please ensure that you check and confirm that your fully completed F-3 is attached to your application. nbsp;/span/strong/strong/strong/strong/li/ulbrstrong style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Conditions of Employmentbr style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"/strongspan style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"Requires successful completion of a physical and psychological exam, drug testing and background check (which may include criminal history check, motor vehicle records check, education verification and credit history review), Computer Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA) and satisfactory reference checks prior to employment./spanbrbr style="color: inherit;font-style: normal;text-indent: 0.0px;"img class="fr-fic fr-dii" src="https://secure.neogov.com/images/AgencyImages/jobposting/1813/jobpostings/image/Police Collage.png" style="width: 841.0px;" data-uw-rm-alt-original="" alt="Requires successful completion of a physical and psychological exam, drug testing and background check (which may include criminal history check, motor vehicle records check, education verification and credit history review), Computer Voice Stress Analysis (CVSA) and satisfactory reference checks prior to employment." data-uw-rm-alt="CT"br/p