Police Officer / Cadet

Job Summary

• Police Officer: To enforce the law, provide service, information, and aid to citizens as circumstances require, prevent crime, suppress disturbances, investigate criminal offenses, and arrest offenders.
• Cadet: To attend and satisfactorily complete a Basic Peace Officer Course, qualifying for commissioning as a peace officer of The University of Texas System Police.

Salary as commensurate

• $62,000 – Starting (cadet)
• $63,000 – After successful completion of TCOLE basic peace officer course
• Police Officer I – $65,000
• Police Officer II – $72,000
• Police Officer III – $75,000
• Police Officer IV – $79,000
• Lateral officers (prior experience) may be compensated based upon prior experience 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Police Officer: The officer is to perform law enforcement duties on the property under the control and jurisdiction of the University of Texas System.

• Preserve the peace by the use of all lawful means, interceding, when authorized by law, to prevent or suppress crime.
• Execute all lawful processes.
• An officer is to arrest offenders with or without a warrant when authorized by law.
• Investigate criminal offenses to detect and arrest criminals and recover stolen or lost property.
• Prepare various written reports narrating law enforcement and police activities.
• In addition, an officer must confer with local enforcement, criminal justice, and emergency response agencies on matters of mutual interest.

Cadet: Attends classes, maintains comprehensive notebooks, and completes homework assignments.

• Participates in the physical training program, firearms training, defensive tactics program, and practical problems to demonstrate the following required abilities:
  • Necessary strength and agility to subdue and restrain persons resisting arrest, including the proper use of handcuffs and other restraining devices.
  • Adequate hand, arm, and upper body strength and ability to safely operate a handgun and/or a weapon with either hand and qualify with the same on a prescribed course.
  • Necessary agility and endurance to pursue violators on foot; ability to scale a reasonable barrier or obstruction while in foot pursuit of violators, to include running up and down flights of stairs.
  • Ability to remove an injured or unconscious person of reasonable size from an area of danger.
  • Ability to safely operate an automobile on a public street or highway without the use of any specialized equipment peculiar only to the operator while utilizing the police radio and emergency equipment such as siren and emergency lights.
• Actively participates in classroom discussions and groups’ projects and demonstrates the ability to apply knowledge gained in the Basic Police Officer Course.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED

Preferred Qualifications

• Possess a current basic TCOLE License.
• Two (2) years of law enforcement experience.
• Thirty (30) hours of college or more from an accredited college or university.
• Experience working in a higher education or equivalent environment.

Other Requirements

• Must be able to pass the required UT System physical fitness test.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Criminal history must not contain any felonies or misdemeanors above a class C within the last ten years (Does not include traffic violations).

Salary/Compensation: $65,000 - $79,000 per year