Police Aide (Surveillance Unit)

<pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Under close supervision of a Police Officer, performs non-law enforcement duties; assists a Police Officer in performing clerical and routine field duties; does related work as required.</pre><p><strong>NOTE:</strong> The examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties</p><p>&nbsp; listed in this job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on &nbsp;the job may not be listed.</p><br><ul><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Gathers and records data at accidents and other investigations. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Assists radio dispatchers by logging messages, relaying calls, and monitoring teletype machine. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Responds to general information requests. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Performs police clerical tasks as required. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Takes fingerprints and photographs. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Assists officer in charge of property room in duties relative to security of physical evidence and lost and found items. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Maintains a wide variety of required police records as directed. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Assists in surveys, research projects, and public service functions. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Assists in preventative maintenance of department vehicles and other equipment. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Performs police community relations functions as assigned by superior officer. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Checks the condition of parking meters and refers repairmen to parking meters needing service. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Notifies police personnel of conditions that may warrant their attention. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Gives testimony in court, prepares clear reports of significant activities and conditions, writes out summonses, checks parking meters that are vandalized, damaged or stolen, and reports such items. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Issues summons to vehicle that is parked unlawfully when patrolling assigned area. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Checks for vehicles that are listed stolen by police and report them for recovery. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0"> Issues summons to vehicles that are parked overtime on any meter in assigned area. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Regulates the movements of school children at a street intersection. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Working alone or as a member of a group, informs, educates, and confers with community residents concerning the reduction and elimination of crime targets. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Distributes material on crime prevention and reporting. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Makes presentations before community organizations on crime prevention. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Conducts surveys on crime. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Prepares reports as required in the performance of assigned duties. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Assists and works with Police Officers assigned to Juvenile Unit; gives talks to juveniles and adults on problems of juvenile delinquency. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0"> Interviews juveniles to determine cause of offense. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Visits homes and advises parents/guardians on behavior problem of juvenile offenders and how to cope with the problem. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Prepares written and oral report of investigations. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Interviews witnesses to obtain relevant facts. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Recommends referrals of juveniles to social agencies. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Surveys the community looking for unsafe and unsanitary conditions and makes reports of same. Receives complaints from local community residents and refers them to appropriate municipal agencies. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Serves in a liaison capacity between various community groups and the police department in order to establish and promote better understanding and communication. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.</pre></li></ul><ul><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Knowledge of the problems involved in parking violations. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Knowledge of the procedures used in dealing with such problems. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Knowledge of the keeping of records and of the making of reports of conditions noted and actions taken. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Knowledge of the sources and methods for obtaining information. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Knowledge of the methods used in explaining procedures to varied types of persons and obtaining their cooperation in following such procedures. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to understand, remember, and carry out oral and written directions. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to analyze routine problems, organize assigned work, and develop work methods. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to learn quickly from oral and written explanations and from demonstrations. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to note significant conditions and take the proper action in accordance with the prescribed procedures. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to report significant conditions noted and actions taken to relate to the residents and the community's needs and deal effectively with problems related thereto. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to perform the work involved in the dispensing of information of crime prevention to residents. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to participate in community affairs. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to prepare clear, sound, accurate, and informative reports when so directed and to maintain records and files. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; text-indent: 0">Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication. </pre></li><li><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0">Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as<br> long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after<br> reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. <br> If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause <br> the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.</pre></li></ul><pre style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 1); font-style: normal; text-indent: 0"><strong>REQUIREMENTS:</strong><br><br> <strong>LICENSE:</strong><br><br> Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid <br> in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than<br> employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties <br> of the position.</pre>