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CANDIDATE MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE ATLANTA RETIRED POLICE RESERVE
Municipal Court of Atlanta
Security Officer I [SWORN]
Posting Expires: May 17, 2026
Salary: $72,800 annually
General Duties and Responsibilities:
- Enforces procedural rules and regulations. Ensures the personal safety of staff, visitors, and property. Maintains security and safety for assigned areas. Maintains a working knowledge of the locations of various departments, buildings, access routes, and admitting requirements.
- Operate and monitor security control panels, alarms, and related security equipment to provide area and visitor surveillance.
- Patrols assigned areas. Checks for suspicious occurrences, and enforces City of Atlanta rules and regulations.
- Responds to and investigates situations reported to Control Rooms. Call APD or AFFD authorities to investigate suspicious activities or security violations that require intervention.
- Checks Identification of persons entering City of Atlanta facilities as needed. Provide information and directions. Explains rules and regulations.
- Maintain a guest registry as directed ensuring that users have left the premises. Reports security and general maintenance problems to the proper authorities.
- Maintains logs and records of occurrences, completes necessary paperwork, and may use computer terminal to input and retrieve data.
Position Knowledge:
Limited knowledge of the City of Atlanta organizational policies and procedures.
Knowledge, Abilities and Skills:
- Verbal and written communication skills.
- Regular use of machines that require little training to use.
- Advises, screens and refers callers and visitors.
- Understand non-routine notes, written instructions, and general policy statements.
Supervisory Guidelines:
- Supervisor and staff member plan, assign and schedule work jointly.
- Supervisor provides instruction only in new situations, methods and procedures that are not clearly related to already existing tasks and duties.
Independent Judgment:
- Established procedures/policies govern many work situations.
- Regular exercise of independent judgment or initiative.
- Recognize problems and choose solutions from among several alternatives that are not necessarily governed by established procedures.
- Work occasionally requires giving others a general orientation to routine procedures and policies.
Working Conditions:
- Ongoing possibility of safety risks.
- Workday occasionally includes conflicting demands, time pressures, deadlines or emergencies.
- Work regularly requires sustained concentration.
- Work requires some physical effort and some dexterity.
- Must sit, stand and or walk for extended period of time.
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