Specialized Police Officer

Job Title:

Specialized Police Officer

Location:

Atlanta, Georgia

Regular/Temporary:
Regular

Full/Part Time:
Full-Time

Job

Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. The values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship.

Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech’s faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security.

Georgia Tech ranks among the nation’s top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech’s mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:

• Students are our top priority.
• We strive for excellence.
• We thrive on diversity.
• We celebrate collaboration.
• We champion innovation.
• We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
• We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
• We act ethically.
• We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Specialized police officers supervise the performance of police personnel under their command as assigned by the division commander, lieutenant, or sergeant, and/or have significant responsibilities beyond the scope of the police officer position requiring them to remain on‑call 24 hours a day.

This position will interact on a regular basis with supervisor and co‑workers, GT employees, students, and campus visitors.

This position typically will advise and counsel GT employees, students, and campus visitors.

This position will supervise Police Officers in Training assigned to the Field Training and Evaluation (FTEP) program.

• Job Duty 1 - Oversee, organize, and direct the activities of assigned law enforcement personnel in the Field Training and Evaluation Program (FTEP).
• Job Duty 2 - Assist in evaluating performance of assigned personnel.
• Job Duty 3 - Participate in training and complete related records as required or directed.
• Job Duty 4 - Review reports of subordinates for accuracy and completeness as directed.
• Job Duty 5 - Provide advice and instruction on situations requiring expertise of an experienced officer as directed by supervision.
• Job Duty 6 - Serve as Officer in Charge (OIC) at the discretion of supervision.
• Job Duty 7 - Perform other related duties as required.

Educational Requirements

High School Diploma/GED or Vocational School Diploma

Other Required Qualifications

• Georgia Peace Officer Standards Training Council
  - Field Training Officer Certification; or
• Canine Handler Certification; or
• Georgia Peace Officer Standards Training Council
  - Criminal Investigator Certification

Required Experience

One to two…