Armed Security Officer
Description

 For consideration, please submit an application on our website:   Careers — Portland Patrol 


Applicants will be working for a federally contracted company and will be required to go through extensive background checks.

Responsibilities:

  • Guard shall perform duties including, but not limited to, presenting a positive image, professionalism, ethical standards, performance expectations, adherence to Post Orders and other industry standard security functions.
  • Officers self-initiate contact with persons who are disturbing or involved in criminal behavior or company code violations.
  • Officers to provide acces control to the facility.
  • Officers shall respond to bomb threats and unattended/suspicious items while on Client’s property in accordance with Threat Management training, SOPM, and Post Orders.
Requirements


  • Must be 25 yrs of age
  • Clean background history including credit score
  • Bachelor's Degree AND/OR Military Graduate OR Police Graduate
  • Ideally have 3yrs of law enforcement experience in a patrol capacity. Such as answering uniformed calls for service, responding to disturbances, traffic enforcement, investigating criminal violations and writing crime reports.
  • Officers must be skilled in responding to emergency management.
  • Officers must have advanced communication skills including de-escalation and other calming techniques.
  • Officers must have experience in problem solving, risk assessment, and appropriate use of force
  • Successful completion of state of WA armed officer licensing requirements
  • A willingness to work outdoors throughout the year
  • A stable work history
  • Ability to work unsupervised for long periods of time
  • Possess communication skills which include understanding, speaking, and writing the English language well.
  • Able to write a report of incidents and activities
  • Be a team-oriented person
  • Ability to work with diverse group
  • Report to work on time
  • Stay at assigned work locations
  • Perform assigned tasks and carry out duties throughout the entire work shift
  • Be reliable and truthful when reporting either verbally or written
Salary Description
$31/hr