Armed Security Officer (220 Days): 2024-2025 School Year -(24000042)
Description
Dallas ISD is currently offering a $2,000 hiring incentive to new Armed Security Officers for the 2024-2025 school year!**
- The Armed Security Officer will strive to provide a safe and secure campus environment for students, staff, and visitors. This uniformed position will serve as a deterrent to unsafe behaviors.
- Provide prevention and detection of criminal activity and safety hazards
- Provide overall assistance to the school campus community
- Assist in restraining, apprehending, and escorting disruptive or arrested individuals
- Patrol all exterior and interior areas of the campus while ensuring direct interaction with students and district personnel within the assigned jurisdiction
- Resolve conflict or confrontation between students, district personnel, visitors, or other persons on the assigned campus
- Report all incidents or criminal activity immediately to the supervisor
- Adhere to the policies and procedures of the Board of Trustees, the district, and the Police and Security Department.
- Adhere to existing district and department grooming standards and dress policies at all times for uniformed personnel
- Attend all scheduled meetings as required by the supervisor
**Pending Board Approval
Qualifications
- Required accredited High School Diploma or equivalent (U.S.A. equivalency)
- Required Valid Texas Peace Officer License issued by Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (TCOLE)
- Preferred honorably retired as a Texas peace officer within the preceding two (2) years
- Willing to undergo a criminal background check, psychological exam, medical exam, and drug screening
- Demonstrate firearm proficiency by passing the Dallas ISD pistol qualification course
- Ability to perform responsibilities with minimum supervision
- Composure to de-escalate conflict situations
- Knowledge of relevant security equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective school security operations for the protection of people, data and property
- Competency to deal sensitively and fairly with people from diverse cultural backgrounds
- Ability to effectively interface with students, parents, and all levels of District personnel in writing and verbally
- Able to maintain the confidentiality of information
- Training and ability to subdue offenders, including the use of firearms and handcuffs
- Organizational, prioritization, communication, and interpersonal skills are required to achieve the goals of the position
- Must be able to maintain emotional control under stress
- Bilingual (English and Spanish) is a preferred
Work Locations: Police Department 2500 S ERVAY BOX 99 Dallas 75215
Job: Central-Police Officer
Full-time
Minimum Salary: 60,949.00
Median Salary: 71,702
Job Posting: Feb 29, 2024