Police Officer

Salary: $68,662.00 - $79,648.00 Annually
Location : Carmel, IN
Job Type: Full Time
Department: Police
Opening Date: 12/18/2023
Closing Date: 2/18/2024 11:59 PM Eastern
Position Summary
Purpose of Position:
The purpose of this position is to enforce traffic and criminal laws and ensure the safety of citizens by patrolling the City of Carmel and answering calls for service.
Essential Job Functions
The following duties are normal for this position. These are not to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Other duties may be required and assigned.

• Performs directed patrol assignments and responds to routine calls for service; assists stranded motorists and investigates abandoned vehicles; reports traffic, roadway, utility and engineering problems; directs vehicle and pedestrian traffic; responds to burglar and intrusion alarms; checks buildings for signs of unlawful entry; conducts vehicle lock-outs; performs crowd control; makes emergency notifications.
• Enforces motor vehicle laws, including speed limits, traffic laws, OWI laws and parking laws; administers standardized field sobriety tests and breath tests.
• Investigates vehicle accidents; sketches and photographs accident scenes; secures and processes evidence; interviews participants and witnesses; performs traffic direction and control; determines fault and contributing factors; completes reports and required paperwork.
• Enforces criminal laws and City ordinances.
• Conducts investigations for misdemeanors and felonies; interviews witnesses; interrogates suspects; collects information on offenders; conducts surveillance.
• Searches persons and crime scenes; packages, transports and submits evidence; protects integrity of crime scenes.
• Recovers and inventories stolen property.
• Prepares probable cause affidavits and search warrants; serves civil process papers, juvenile petitions, subpoenas and mental health commitment papers.
• Enforces court orders including writs and restraining orders.
• Apprehends and arrests violent and non-violent misdemeanor and felony suspects; advises persons of constitutional rights; conducts field searches of arrested persons; handcuffs, fingerprints, photographs and books prisoners; explains arrest or nature of complaint to offenders; guards prisoners to prevent escape or suicide attempts; informs prisoners of bail system; inventories prisoner's belongings; transports prisoners.
• Completes arrest report narratives, written narratives on incidents and offenses and citation forms; takes field notes and written statements from witnesses.
• Attempts to resolve domestic disturbances; mediates landlord/tenant disputes; investigates abuse and neglect complaints; recommends social service agencies in non-criminal matters.
• Explains civil process to citizens; seizes property in civil claims.
• Discusses cases with prosecutor; testifies and presents physical evidence in court.
• Investigates missing juvenile cases and investigates sex crimes involving juveniles.
• Confronts groups of agitated or hostile persons; calms volatile situations by negotiation or conversation; uses chemical agents including tear gas and mace; breaks up large parties.
• Responds to animal complaints; deals with vicious animals, locates rehabilitation services for wounded animals and transports stray animals to the animal control facility.
• Evaluates the nature of common medical emergencies; administers first aid and CPR; assists in initial responses to natural deaths.
• Provides security of incident scenes during emergency medical and fire responses.
• Assists in ensuring personal safety and welfare of persons suffering from mental and/or emotional illness or instability; provides access to appropriate care or evaluation.
• Evaluates potentially hazardous weather conditions; conducts inspections of areas for hazards caused by flooding/weather damage; ensures safety of motorists in affected areas.
• Coordinates evacuation from facilities/areas affected by natural disaster, major accidents or other incidents threatening life and property.
• Provides security escorts for movements of funds and other valuables and for at-risk persons.
• Assists citizens in crime prevention programs; conducts home and business security surveys.
• Speaks to children and community groups on safety and law enforcement topics; provides tours of the Police Department.
• Conducts motor vehicle inspections for BMV registration and titling purposes.
• Maintains condition of vehicle, equipment and Department-issued weapons.
• Attends and successfully completes all required training sessions.

Non-essential Job Functions:

• Performs other related duties as required

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to collect, classify, prioritize, analyze and record data.
• Ability to utilize a variety of reference, descriptive and advisory data and information.
• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks or activities simultaneously.
• Ability to exercise discretion in identifying and selecting from alternative courses of action.
• Ability to exercise discretion in the use of force and law enforcement powers.
• Ability to provide guidance, assistance and interpretation regarding the application of procedures and standards to specific situations.
• Ability to perform tasks in changing and stressful circumstances; includes ability to maintain control of emotions and actions and to make rapid decisions.
• Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and to calculate decimals and percentages; may include ability to perform mathematical operations involving basic algebraic and geometric principles and formulas.
• Ability to operate a personal computer, utilizing word processing, spreadsheet, database management, incident reporting, vehicle and criminal records and other software applications as may be necessary to perform essential job functions.
• Ability to operate police vehicle and specialized equipment, including radio and in-car computer; ability to operate vehicle at high speeds during emergency responses or pursuits.
• Ability to utilize a variety of tools, equipment and supplies associated with law enforcement activities, including any or all of the following: pistol, shotgun, taser, baton, pepper spray, radio, portable breath test and radar gun.
• Ability to effectively employ and maintain proficiency with a variety of Department-issued firearms and less lethal weapon systems.
• Ability to adjust schedules for court, call-outs, training and other required activities.
• Ability to exert heavy to extremely heavy, though not constant, physical effort, typically involving some combination of running, subduing and restraining individuals, defensive tactics, crouching and crawling, and the lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials up to and exceeding 100 pounds.
• Ability to make a forcible arrest in conditions, such as snow, rain, severe weather, temperature and noise extremes, traffic hazards, violence, toxic agents, disease or pathogenic substances. Performance of essential functions may require life-or-death decisions based on circumstances beyond incumbent's control; decisions may affect the general public and coworkers as well as incumbent.
• Performance of essential functions may require exposure to adverse environmental conditions.

Qualifications Required to Perform Essential Job Functions

• High school diploma or GED.
• Or any equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for this position.
• Must possess and maintain a valid Indiana driver's license.
• Must be able to obtain an Indiana Law Enforcement Academy Certificate.
• Completion of Carmel Police Department's probationary period and field training program.

The City of Carmel, Indiana, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
Benefits Overview Retirement/Salary

• Entry level starting salary, approximately $66,662.00
• Longevity pay at $250/year for years 1-10 and $310/year for years 11-25 ($7,150 Max)
• Deferred Compensation Plan - City match 50% at 5 years longevity to retirement (city will match up to $10,250 per year - Employee can contribute up to $20,500)
• 20-year retirement elegibility - 52% of First-Class Patrol salary (max of 76% at 32 years of service) plus up to $6,840 longevity pay
• 8 hours comp/overtime pay per month for patrol officers (approx. $2,200 a year extra if the overtime is taken)
• Take home car with statewide use for non-probationary officers (residency may be in Hamilton or contiguous county)
• Nightshift differential pay - $2,080 a year
• 12 vacation days (after probationary year) 13 holidays (plus holiday pay $15/hr. when working on a holiday)
• $1,400 annual clothing allowance
• Sick time payout - up to 24hrs pay/year
• Up to 25 hours of pay for successful completion of semi-annual fitness assessment
• Specialty pay/Positional pay ranging from $1000-$3000 annually.
• $3.00 /hr. - Instructor Pay (while instructing) $10.00/hr. - FTO Pay (while training)
• $10 weekdays and $25 weekends/holidays - on call pay for patrol officers
• Call out pay for specialties (min. of 2 hours)
• Court Pay (Minimum of 2-hrs of OT)

Wellness Programs

• Forte Sports Medicine and Orthopedics First Line Tactical Athlete Program- The First Line Tactical Athlete Program was first developed to provide the highest quality of care which includes screenings, patient education, individualized preventative programming, and offers the following services:
  • On-site Athletic Trainer, direct access to imaging, rehabilitation services and referrals to Forte Sports Medicine's network of highly skilled subspecialist physicians.
• Mental Health Care- CPD works in partnership to provide mental health care providers to provide the following services:
  • Individual counseling (sworn officers only, not family members)
  • Participate in ride-a longs with officers
  • Participate in Police Officer Support Team debriefings after critical incidents
  • Present trainings on PTSD, Officer Wellness, Emotional Survival of LEOs, Stress Management and any other topic needed

Primary Plus Employee Health Center:

• Open to all employees, retirees and dependents on the city's health insurance.
• No cost to the employee for office visits, labs or medications provided by the clinic.
• Employees are not required to use PTO for clinic visits made during regularly scheduled work hours

Virgin Pulse

• Virgin Pulse city wellness program participate to earn up to $500 in discounts on health insurance premiums.

Military Benefits

• IC 10-16-7-2 - 120 hours of separate paid military leave at full salary
• Supplemental pay for the difference between active duty pay and city salary whenever the employee is ordered to active duty (other than active duty for training).
• 100% of employer health benefits paid during active duty (other than active duty for training)
• Special recognition on Veterans day

01
Are you a citizen of the United States?

• Yes
• No

02
For minimum qualification screening purposes please list your full date of birth (mm/dd/yyyy).
03
For identification purposes please list your social security number (this information may be used in conducting a background investigation).
04
I am at least 21 years of age, and have not had my 40th birthday. Or I am a veteran who has at least 20 years of service in the armed forces and is not older than 40 years and six months. Or I am a certified law enforcement officer who has not been inactive in the 1977 Police Officers' and Firefighters Pension and Disability fund for more than 180 days.

• Yes
• No

05
Which best describes your highest level of education?

• Some High School, but did not graduate or achieve a G.E.D.
• General Equivalency Diploma (G.E.D.)
• High School Diploma
• Some College, but no degree
• Associates Degree
• Bachelors Degree
• Masters Degree or Higher

06
Veteran Status?

• Yes, I have served in military.
• No, I have not served in any branch of the Military

07
If you did NOT serve in the military, please check not applicable. If you did you serve, were you on active duty for at least one hundred eighty-one (181) days; and received an honorable discharge

• Yes
• No
• Not Applicable

08
In the last 12 months have you used, possessed, purchased, sold or distributed any illegal substance (please include ALL marijuana use).

• Yes
• No

09
Prior to the last 12 months have you used, possessed, purchased, sold, or distributed any illegal substance?

• Yes
• No

10
Please list all illegal substances that you have used, possessed, purchased, sold or distributed. Include dates.
11
Do you currently posses a valid driver's license with no more than 6 active points?

• Indiana State
• Out of State
• No

12
Has your driver's license ever been suspended or revoked?

• Yes
• No

13
If "yes" to having your drivers license suspended or revoked, please provide: date, length of suspension and the reason for the suspension or revocation. If no suspensions or revocations, please answer n/a.
14
List all traffic tickets you have received in the past 10 years. Include the date, issuing agency and charge.
15
As a juvenile or an adult, have you ever been convicted of a felony, misdemeanor or infraction? A guilty plea or conviction is not an aut...