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Hernando County Sheriff's Office lists this Sheriff's Traffic Aide (Volunteer) opportunity in brooksville, Florida. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Sheriff's Traffic Aide (Volunteer)Title: Sheriff's Traffic Aide (Volunteer)Department: Law Enforcement OperationsSalary Range: N/ADescriptionHERNANDO COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE AL NIENHUIS, SHERIFFTITLE: SHERIFF'S TRAFFIC AIDE (VOLUNTEER)CHARACTERISTICS OF THE CLASS:The Sheriff's Traffic Aide (STA) is a volunteer position intended to augment the sworn force of the Sheriff's Office. The STA Unit is supervised by the Traffic sergeant. The STA Unit performs service and police functions that do not require law enforcement or regulatory authority, including traffic direction and control. While in the field, the STA is directly accountable to, and will follow the direction provided by the squad supervisor or the incident commander on a scene.DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:In support of Law Enforcement and Fire Rescue, the STA unit may perform one or more of the following duties:Traffic Control: Manage and control vehicle flow at a fire or traffic accident scene. Task may be accomplished using various techniques for traffic control/patterns.Scene Safety: STAs will be utilized to ensure that the scene of an incident is safe for those working in the vicinity; this includes both emergency service personnel and the public.Crowd Control and Liaison: Many individuals may approach the scene of an incident, including residents, owners, occupants, relatives, transients, and spectators. STAs should position themselves so as to prevent them from coming into harm, and from interfering with the work of emergency services personnel. STAs will often be the first point of contact and as such, must have excellent public relations skills.Scene Monitoring: STAs may be asked to monitor unattended equipment. An STA, however, should always ensure their safety first.Law Enforcement Assistance: Many of the above tasks also fall within the area of responsibility of Law Enforcement. STAs may be deployed to provide supplemental assistance in order to allow Law Enforcement to concentrate on other more specific functions of law enforcement.Logistics: STAs may be requested to act as a logistics resource – handling vehicle movements, communications or similar duties.COMPLIANCE:While acting as a representative of the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, volunteers will be subject to all applicable policies and regulations of the Hernando County Sheriff's Office. The Hernando County Sheriff's Office reserves the right to discontinue the service of any STA volunteer due to violations of General Order "Code of Conduct" or any other agency policy. All external activities undertaken by the group that are directly related to their volunteer capacity with the Hernando County Sheriff's Office, must be pre-approved by the Community Relations Unit designee. This includes use of official equipment for other volunteer engagements and fund-raising activities.Equal Opportunity Employer
Worksite address
brooksville, FL, 34601, US
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