Duties, Salary & Benefits

Duties of an Annapolis Police Officer

• Enforces the law and ordinances of the City and State
• Patrol an assigned area during a specific period and/or responds to a call in motorized police equipment or on foot
• Checks doors and windows and examines premises or unoccupied buildings or residences in order to detect any suspicious conditions
• Investigates suspicious conditions and complaints and makes arrests or persons who violate laws and ordinances
• Accompanies prisoners to headquarters, jail, or court and appears in court as arresting officer
• Directs traffic and wither arrests or gives violation tickets to those who break traffic laws
• Checks automobile parking in restricted areas and gives violation tickets when necessary
• Works at desk, answering telephone, dispatching patrol cars, operating radio transmitter, maintaining records, preparing reports, and performing other clerical and administrative duties
• Prepares and gives lectures to school, civic, and other groups
• Attends fires or accidents in assigned area as directed, gives all possible assistance and prepares necessary reports
• Maintains order in crowns and attends parades, funerals, or other public gatherings and quells rioters or other unruly disturbances
• Escorts funerals, parades, and other public processions
• Watches for stolen cars and wanted or missing persons
• Makes investigations and enforces City and State laws pertaining to juvenile offenders
• Answers criminal complaints and takes necessary corrective action
• Provides emergency first aid as required
• May be assigned to undercover or plainclothes investigative tasks
• Serves as crime laboratory officer, collecting and evaluating evidence, taking and processing photographs, etc
• Serves as drug custody coordinator
• Classifies police incident reports in accordance with uniform crime code
• Operates motorcycle, radio patrol car, or patrol wagon as required