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PELHAM, City of 3162 PELHAM PARKWAY PELHAM, ALABAMA 35124 205-620-6542
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Updated: June 18, 2025
A police officer is tasked with protecting life and property and preserving public peace and order: enforcing Federal, State, and local laws; and controlling and directing vehicular traffic. Performs police work in accordance with departmental policies, rules, regulations, and standard operating procedures and receive assignments and instructions from police officers of higher rank. Work may involve an element of personal danger and employees must be able to act without direct supervision and exercise independent judgment in meeting emergencies.
The list is not intended to be all-inclusive nor exclusive but is intended to provide examples of typical duties performed.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.Education/Experience:
Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has no supervisory responsibilities.Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outdoor weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to work near moving mechanical parts; work in high, precarious places; fumes or airborne particles; toxic or caustic chemicals; risk of electrical shock and work with explosives. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100+ pounds. Employee must be able to affect an arrest, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints. Perform tasks which require lifting, carrying, or dragging people or heavy objects while performing arrest, rescue, or general patrol functions. Use body force to gain entrance through barriers to search, seize, investigate and/or rescue.Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Operate an emergency vehicle during both the day and night in emergency and pursuit situations involving speeds in excess of posted limits while exercising due care and caution and in exception to traffic control devices and in congested traffic and in unsafe road conditions and environmental conditions such as fog, smoke, rain, ice, and snow. Conduct visual and audio surveillance for extended periods of time. Pursue fleeing suspects on foot, both day and night, in unfamiliar terrain.Load, unload, aim and fire handguns, shotguns, and other Department firearms from a variety of body positions in situations that justify the use of deadly force while maintaining emotional control under extreme stress. Subdue resisting subjects using hands and feet while employing defensive tactics maneuvers or approved non-lethal weapons.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. Perform searches of persons which involve touching and feeling to detect potential weapons and contraband.The employee is frequently required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined areas to pursue, search, investigate and/or rescue. Enter and exit vehicles quickly to perform rescue operations, pursue a suspect or answer an emergency call. Climbs over obstacles, climb through openings, jump down from elevated surfaces, jump over obstacles, ditches and streams; and crawl in confined areas to pursue, search, investigate and/or rescue. Conduct searches of buildings and large outdoor areas which may involve walking and/or standing for long periods of time and which requires the ability to distinguish color and perceive shapes.Pre-Employment Physical Screening: All applicants must meet the State of Alabama Minimum Standards requirements, City of Pelham, and the Pelham Police Department requirements for Police Officers.
The City of Pelham, Alabama, does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy), color, age, national origin, disability, or any other protected status. We base our hiring decisions on a variety of factors, including skills and ability to perform the job, prior employment experience, employment references as to character and willingness to work, willingness to accept the offered salary and personal interviews. The City of Pelham, Alabama, is an equal-opportunity employer.
