Description
The City of San Mateo Police Department is looking for applicants for Community Service Officer I/II
The Department
The San Mateo Police Department is seeking a candidate to join our diverse and outstanding group of men and women who are dedicated to providing exceptional public service. The Police Department is committed to improving the quality of life and solving problems while safeguarding our community through professionalism, integrity, and proactive policing. We strive to be the model police agency that others will emulate and a leader in the County and in our profession, adopting creative and innovative strategies to prevent crime and support those most in need. We will continue to do this through cutting-edge technology, creative solutions to problems, by respecting individual rights, and conducting fair and non-biased policing.
The Position
The primary duties of this position may include, but are not limited to the following:
- Serve as a Field Officer processing telephone, in-person or on-scene reports of criminal incidents; and processing requests for police reports and public information, processing and serving subpoenas.
- Assume responsibility for collecting, receiving, cataloging, and the storing of physical and photographic evidence, including contraband and narcotics.
- Serve as Court Liaison by reviewing all reports for submission to the District Attorney; processing complaints for arrests, warrants, notices to appear and report reviews; procure supporting documentation, including body worn camera video.
- Provide assistance to the Traffic Safety unit.
- Serve as the Police Liaison to the San Mateo Police Activities League, manage community engagement and social media for the department and/or PAL, and facilitate special events.
- Assume responsibility for the security, operation, maintenance, and contracts of the police facility, manage volunteers and student interns, facilitates background investigations.
- Hours vary with assignments; shift, weekend and holiday work are required. Every reasonable effort shall be made to ensure that the schedule of working hours for Community Service Officers assigned to Field Operations (Patrol) will remain in the current "4/10" Four (4) (Day/Ten (10) hour format.