The purpose of this position is to provide the Village of Bosque
Farms with investigative service in the area of law enforcement for
the protection of people and property. This position reports to the
Chief of Police through the chain of command.
The Field Investigator:
A.
Patrols the Village in uniform to enforce laws, investigate crimes
and arrest violators. Patrol shall be the primary duty, but time allowed
for investigations shall be at the discretion of the investigator.
B.
Drives a vehicle through the Village, observing traffic violations
and issuing traffic citations.
C.
Assumes control at traffic accidents to maintain traffic flow, assist
accident victims, and investigate the cause of accidents.
D.
Investigates illegal or suspicious activities of persons, quells
disturbances, and arrests law violators.
E.
Locates and takes persons into custody on arrest warrants.
F.
Transports prisoners as necessary.
G.
Familiarizes himself/herself with the patrol area and with persons
living in the area.
H.
Notes suspicious persons and establishments and reports to supervisory
officer.
I.
Warns or arrests persons violating animal ordinances.
J.
Writes and files daily activity reports with superior officer.
K.
May notify the Public Works Department of problems with water, sewer
or roads.
L.
Carries out felony investigations when they are assigned to him.
M.
Reviews and maintains case files of assigned felony cases until they
are resolved.
N.
Investigates known or suspected felonious criminals or facts of particular
cases to detect planned criminal activity or clues.
O.
Frequents known haunts of felonious criminals and becomes familiar
with criminals to determine criminals' habits, associates, characteristics,
aliases, and other information.
P.
Prepares assigned felony cases for court or grand jury according
to formalized procedures.
Q.
Testifies before court and grand jury as required.
R.
Performs other duties as assigned by the Chief.
A.
The Field Investigator must be able to respond actively to any situation
in which the public and/or he/she may be in danger. The employee must
be able to walk, climb, crawl, stand, sit, crouch, lay, kneel, bend,
twist/rotate, carry, reach, work with arms extended, arms bent, push/pull
up to 50 pounds, lift. The position requires hand movement of gross
dexterity, grasp, speed, bilateral coordination, and eye/hand coordination.
B.
This position may be required to work in extreme cold, extreme heat,
and extreme wet and humid conditions.
The minimum requirements for the Field Investigator are:
There will be a twelve-month probationary period for new hires
or a six-month probationary period for currently employed officers
transferring to this position. At the end of the probationary period,
an evaluation of job performance will be conducted and discussed with
the employee. Following the evaluation, the employee will either be
made a regular employee, be allowed to continue on probationary period
(not to exceed six additional months), or be terminated or transferred
to a patrol officer's status, based on evaluation results, as
appropriate.