Duties: Maintain peace and order on a college or university campus; enforce governmental laws and regulations as well as institutional policies and rules; perform police, traffic, crime prevention, and other duties
Alternate Title: Campus Public Safety Officer
Salary Range: $27,000 to $68,000
Education or Training – High school diploma; police academy training
Experience – Previous law enforcement or security experience in an educational setting preferred
Special Skills and Personality Traits – Self management, communication, writing, interpersonal, teamwork, and decision making skills; be calm, composed, friendly, cooperative, tactful, honest, ethical, …

What’s planned
Department officials said they need:
Five police officers to attend the police academy and join the city’s force of 127 officers.
Four dispatchers to work in the communications unit, receiving and processing calls for assistance.
One non-sworn community service officer to work the department’s front desk, taking reports, directing traffic and fielding questions from the public.
What’s happening
Sgt. Michael Stewart, who oversees recruitment and training, said hiring officials stopped taking applications for the dispatcher jobs and are conducting background checks on a pool of candidates. He said the department received about 350 applications.
The …

The POST was created in by the state legislature in 1959, for the sole purpose of creating a set selection and training standards for law enforcement in the state of California.
Over 600 separate entities ranging from state colleges, private policing agencies to public safety centers utilize the POST’s services.
Since its creation in the 1960′s, the Rio Hondo Basic Police Academy has prided itself on being, “one of the premier training academies in the nation,” according to their website. The program usually runs about …

There are people who have already decided to become a police officer when they were younger, while there are some who decided to become one later on at some point in their life. However, whatever your decision may be, becoming a police officer is a difficult task and one needs to get ready to tackle several steps first. Having a career in public service is indeed very challenging, diverse, and fulfilling at the same time. Law enforcement opportunities greatly vary from state to state. If you want to become a …