Posted: 06-Feb-26
Location: Columbus, Ohio
Type: Full-time
Salary: Up to 33.00
Preferred Education:
Internal Number: JR001945_1770224577
Job Summary
The Police Officer is a member of a community policing-focused organization who uses forward thinking and community-oriented policing skills that identify potential issues, build positive relationships, and encourage innovative solutions to create a safe campus that fosters learning and student success. The Police Officer actively patrols campus, providing a highly visible patrol presence to help safeguard against criminal activity; responds to law enforcement calls for service, and ensures safety and protection of life and property within the campus community, while assisting students, faculty, staff, and visitors; enforces state laws and campus policy, procedures, rules and regulations; responds to emergency calls and shares on-call responsibility 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An employee assigned to this classification works on one of three shifts and may be required to work holidays or evenings outside of scheduled workday.
Patrol
- Patrols campus property by foot, bicycle, or motor vehicle. Enforces state laws and campus policy, procedures, rules, and regulations.
- Responds to emergency calls as well as non-emergency police calls for service. Provides general police assistance including giving directions, jumpstarts, car unlocks, tire changes, and safety escorts.
- Assists persons with mobility or other disabilities.
- Provides customer service and maintains good public relations with student body, faculty, staff, and visitors.
- Assists other College personnel in the operation of safety monitoring systems, the emergency operations center, access control, alarms, fire suppression, equipment, and the emergency messaging system.
- Responds to fire, security, and mechanical system alarms and reports emergencies and equipment malfunctions in accordance with established procedures.
- Locks and unlocks buildings, rooms, and offices.
- Administers CPR, performs first aid, and operates an Automated Electronic Defibrillator (AED), if necessary .
Community Engagement
- Collaborates with other campus and non-campus partners to identify and develop solutions to safety and security issues.
- Provides safety and security training to students, faculty, and staff.
- Participates in various campus events and activities that promote campus safety.
- Engages in public contact via telephone, e-mail, or in person to take complaints, answer inquiries, and provide assistance.
Administrative
- Completes and maintains required documentation, such as incident and criminal offense reports.
- Interviews witnesses and crime victims.
- Collects and processes physical evidence.
- Testifies in court, as well as College administrative review teams.
- Receives and documents lost and found items.
Culture of Respect
- Fosters and maintains a safe environment of respect and inclusion for faculty, staff, students, and members of the community.
Additional Duties & Responsibilities:
Attends all required department meetings and training.
Assists other College department and personnel during peak times and special events that serve the College.
May assist persons with mobility or other impairments.
Subject to call-in (24) twenty-four hours a day (7) seven days a week. May also include working at either the Columbus or Delaware campuses as well as regional learning centers (RLC).
MINIMUM EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:
High School Diploma or GED. *An appropriate combination of education, training, coursework and experience may qualify a candidate.
LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS:
State Motor Vehicle Operator's License or demonstrable ability to gain access to work site(s).
**Additional Information**:
* Please note that candidates do not have to have a current Ohio Peace Officer certification. You will be sent to the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSP) Academy to complete your Basic Peace Officer training. To be accepted into the academy, candidates must meet the physical fitness standards outlined in the attached document. The program is approximately six months long. While attending the training, candidates are required to live at the academy Monday through Friday and must adhere to the academy's code of conduct.
Candidates attending the academy are classified as Police Recruits and are paid at the police officer's starting rate.
CSCC offers full testing services for the position of (Police Officer) through National Testing Network (NTN). Please when you apply make sure as a next step to register with NTN and schedule a test, go to www.nationaltestingnetwork.com, select 'Find Jobs', then select (Law Enforcement )Jobs and sign up for CSCC. When you visit the www.nationaltestingnetwork.com website: Complete the NTN registration process and schedule your test. Review all information related to Columbus State Community College (Police Officer), including minimum requirements, salary, and benefits. Review detailed information about the testing process. Review the Frequently Asked Questions and take an online practice test (if desired). Upon completion of your scheduled exam, scores are automatically forwarded to CSCC. Candidates who attain a passing score on the entry-level exam will be placed on CSCC's eligibility list. CSCC will contact candidates on the list and will invite them to participate in further stages of the selection process. National Testing Network is a service provides to conduct entry-level testing in a standardized, professional environment. National Testing Network does not replace CSCC's responsibility and decision-making in the testing process. All candidate results are provided to CSCC where the final decisions are made
CSCC has the right to revise this position description at any time. This position description does not represent in any way a contract of employment.