Description
The City of San Mateo Police Department is looking for a Vehicle Abatement Officer
The Department
The San Mateo Police Department is seeking a candidate to join our diverse and outstanding group of people dedicated to providing exceptional public service. The Police Department is committed to improving the quality of life and solving problems while protecting our community through professionalism, integrity, and excellence. 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 using cutting-edge technology, finding creative solutions to problems, respecting individual rights, and conducting fair and non-biased policing.
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The Position
The Vehicle Abatement Officer, general supervision, investigates, monitors, and enforces vehicle abatement code and ordinance violations, issues citations for parking violations, arranges for towing, and responds to public questions and concerns. Depending upon assignment, duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Respond to and investigate complaints, either from the public or self-initiated, of abandoned vehicles in violation of the San Mateo Municipal Code and the California Vehicle Code.
- Process and abate abandoned vehicles as outlined in the California Vehicle Code, San Mateo Municipal Code, and Police Department Policy, including issue parking citations, conduct private property vehicle abatements, establish, and maintain protocols for large vehicle (RV, bus) abatement, ensure vehicle owners and/or lien holders are provided with up-to-date information.
- Annually review all applicable abandoned vehicle fees to ensure financial integrity.
- Coordinate with other City departments for abandoned vehicle issues.
- May assist with administrative or citation reviews to include tow hearings.
- Respond to questions and concerns from business representatives, the public, departmental staff, and other agencies.
- Provide information as appropriate and resolve service issues and complaints.
- Establish and maintain working relationships with towing agencies, vehicle dismantling agencies and other vehicle recyclers and provide all necessary documentation.
- Create and maintain guidelines and information for private property owners for reporting and legally abating vehicles.
- Assist dispatchers with data entry, and prepare and maintain reports, records, statistics or other documents regarding citation and towing activities as necessary.
- Transport patrol vehicles, radios, and other equipment for maintenance to appropriate destination.
- Respond to requests for assistance involving traffic control, direct traffic and perform other traffic control related duties at accident scenes and community events.
The Vehicle Abatement Officer receives general direction from the Traffic Sergeant or higher-level department personnel.
For a complete list of duties, reference our job specifications at www.cityofsanmateo.org