The City of Saratoga Springs currently has an opening for a Reserve Officer. This is a part-time position with the Saratoga Springs Police Department working approximately ten hours per week. Successful applicants must be Utah P.O.S.T. L.E.O. certified.

The position performs a variety of technical law enforcement duties related to enforcing the laws, maintaining the peace, supporting police department operations and protecting the citizens of Saratoga Springs.

This is a great opportunity for a retired officer or a recent POST academy graduate who desires to maintain POST certification and work part time in law enforcement. More information about the community and the Police Department can be found on the City website or by contacting the police department.

Reserve Officer

• Performs a variety of on call law enforcement duties as needed to assist full time officers in the performance of their duties
• May support search and rescue operations
• Responds to calls to duty in the event of an emergency or natural disaster
• May write call or crime case reports, arrest reports, complaint reports, witness statements, etc.
• Appears and testifies in court
• Performs traffic enforcement and routine patrol
• Operates the breathalyzer and radar equipment
• Conducts security checks of business and residential establishments
• Issues citations to traffic violators
• Performs other duties as assigned

If/When Assigned as a Bailiff:

• Provides full performance security in the court to maintain courtroom order
• Provides protection of court personnel and facilities
• Transporting prisoners to and from the court and jail
• Obtains commitment orders and reviews for completeness
• Assures proper case numbers
• Processes commitments according to established procedures
• Assures proper processing of prisoners when booked
• May open court by announcing entrance of the judge
• Seats witnesses and jurors in specified areas of courtroom
• Observes courtroom to insure that proper conduct and order are maintained
• Ejects or arrests individuals disturbing proceedings
• Observes courtroom congregation for violations of regulations such as unacceptable or inappropriate use of microphones, cameras, movie cameras, or any other device that would prove disruptive or threaten the security of court proceedings
• Carries out instructions of the judge
• Ensures public contact and conversation with the jury is limited in order to avoid exposure to prejudice parties
• Ascertains and informs the judge that counsel and parties are present and ready to proceed
• Summons witnesses who have been requested
• Escorts jury to lunch, deliberation, or scene of the crime when ordered to view premises of the same
• Delivers all formal correspondence from the jury
• Generally directs the affairs of jury to assure jurors perform assignments and abide by rules and regulations
• Acts as official custodian of courtroom by overseeing heating, ventilation, lighting, furniture, and availability of visual aids
• Selects suitable accommodations for use of sequestered juries
• Maintains record of jury expenses for court clerk
• Assists witnesses, litigants, and public by answering questions about court procedures, but does not give legal advice or discuss merits of case on trial
• May serve warrants of arrest and take persons into custody
• Conducts pat-down search to remove personal items of persons taken into custody or as directed by the court
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education & Experience:

• Applicants must be 21 years of age or older at the time of employment

  Certifications Required:

• Applicants must possess Utah P.O.S.T Law Enforcement Officer (LEO) certification or Special Function Officer (SFO) certification in good standing
• Applicants must possess a valid Utah state driver's license or have the ability to obtain one prior to employment

• Knowledge of court security procedures
• Knowledge of community-oriented policing
• Knowledge of patrol operations
• Knowledge of criminal investigations
• Knowledge of report writing
• Knowledge of safety standards related to the use of vehicles, firearms, and other police equipment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met or will be encountered by a bailiff or police officer while successfully performing the essential functions of this job.

• While performing the duties of this job, police officers are frequently required to sit and talk or hear
• Police officers are required to stand, walk, run, use hands to feel objects, tools or controls, reach with hands and arms, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and taste or smell
• Police officers must occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
• While performing the duties of this job, police officers work in outside weather conditions
• Police officers occasionally work near moving mechanical parts, in precarious places, with firearms ammunition and explosives and are occasionally exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, extreme heat, extreme cold, and vibration
• Police officers work rotating shifts, on weekends and on holidays.

The duties and abilities listed are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The job description is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.