Deputy City Marshal

Job Title

Law Enforcement Officer

Salary

$69,404.38 - $83,574.92 Annually

Location

Human Resources, 401 E Virginia St. McKinney, TX 75069, TX

Job Description

Working for the City of McKinney is more than a job. It is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of others. It is also an opportunity to have a hand in the development of one of the fastest growing communities in the nation. In 2023, McKinney was named one of the top workplaces in DFW by the Dallas Morning News. Although proud of that honor, everyone on our team is committed to making McKinney an even better place to live, work and raise a family. That's why we exist. Our core values are Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence (RISE). We are also supported by servant-based leaders who foster and support a healthy, family-oriented culture. All new employees are expected to embrace and live by our core values and commit to helping us sustain our exceptional work environment as a high performance organization (HPO).

Under general supervision, the purpose of this position is to perform a wide variety of law enforcement activities. Employees in this classification perform skilled level work. This position is responsible for tasks that are service oriented, and include collecting and dispensing information, arbitrating disputes, apprehending people with warrants, transporting prisoners, parking enforcement, and court security. Duties include an element of personal danger, i.e. exposure to life-threatening circumstances. Incumbents perform duties in accordance with State Statutes and established department policies, procedures, and guidelines. The incumbent must be able to act without close supervision and must be able to exercise independent judgement. Performs related work as required.

Essential Functions/Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

General expectations for all employees include learning and demonstrating an understanding of how team, department, and City goals are interconnected, contributing to a positive work culture, maintaining regular and reliable attendance, ability to assess work performance or the work performance of the team, contributing to the development of others and/or the working unit or overall organization, ability and willingness to work as part of a team, to demonstrate team skills, and to perform a fair share of team responsibilities, ability to continuously learn and develop through a mix of internal and external training opportunities, and if applicable, encourage subordinates to do the same.

Other Job Functions:

Perform other duties as assigned or directed.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Behaviors

Ability to embrace and embody the City's core values of Respect, Integrity, Service, and Excellence (R.I.S.E.). Ability to communicate effectively with peers, supervisors, subordinates, and people to whom service is provided. Ability to produce desired work outcomes, including quality, quantity, and timeliness. Ability to plan and organize work, time, and resources, and if applicable, that of subordinates. Must have knowledge of City, State, and Federal laws, ordinances, policies, and standard operating procedures. Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data and/or information. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification, and in referencing such analysis to established standards for the purpose of recognizing actual or probable interactive effects and relationships. Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance, and/or interpretation to others on how to apply procedures and standards to specific situations. Requires public speaking ability in order to inform court attendees of municipal court protocol. Requires the ability to operate and control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools and/or materials requiring complex and rapid adjustments. Requires the ability to utilize a variety of advisory data and information, such as the Penal Code, traffic and criminal law guidelines, computer documentation, and the city code and ordinances. Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; ability to utilize principles of fractions; ability to interpret graphs. Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives. Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving a variety of generally pre-defined duties which are often characterized by frequent change. Requires the ability to perform skilled coordinated movements, such as utilizing a firearm and handcuffs, operating a police vehicle, and operating office machinery and a computer. Ability to meet the City's driving standards and possess/maintain a valid Texas Class "C" driver's license. Ability to work weekends on a rotating on-call basis for prisoner transport. Ability to comply with all applicable qualifications as stipulated by TCOLE and the City of McKinney.

Required Qualifications

High school diploma or GED required (some college preferred) and at least two (2) years previous experience as a peace officer (police officer, warrant officer, marshal, etc.) required. Possession of a Basic Peace Officer Certificate from the Texas Commission of Law Enforcement (TCOLE). Conditions of employment include passing a drug screen and background check, having a valid Texas Class C driver's license, passing a psychological exam, completing a polygraph examination, being a U.S. citizen at the time of application, being 21 years old at the time of application, having vision correctable to 20/20 with normal color vision and passing a hearing test, completing a McKinney Marshals Office In-house Field Training program within six (6) months of employment, and successful completion of the City of McKinney Marshals Office hiring process.

Physical Demands/Supplemental

Physical demands include talking and hearing over two-thirds of the time, sitting, standing, walking, using hands to touch, handle or feel objects, reaching with hands and arms, lifting and/or exerting force up to twenty-five (25) pounds, and less than one-third of the time climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, tasting/smelling, lifting and/or exerting force up to one-hundred plus (100+) pounds. Special vision requirements include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Work environment may include exposure to outdoor weather conditions between one and two-thirds of on the job time, less than one-third of on-the-job time exposure to fumes or airborne particles, wet or humid conditions (non-weather), working near moving mechanical parts, working in high, precarious places. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee, and all requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. The City of McKinney is an equal opportunity employer (EOE) committed to an alcohol / drug free workplace and to providing equal opportunities regardless of age, race, color, gender, religion, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

Benefits

The City offers a full complement of benefits including Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance), Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Medical and Childcare Account (FSA), Mental Health Care and Employee Assistance Program (EAP), City-paid and Voluntary Life Insurance, City-paid and Voluntary Long Term Disability Insurance, Supplemental Insurance through Aflac, Legal Services through Legal Shield, Tuition Reimbursement (up to $10,000 per year), Wellness Program (earn up to $600 per year), Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS) (mandatory 7% employee contribution, City match 2:1, 5 year vesting, retire after 20 years of service, or age 60 with 5 years of service), 457(b) Deferred Compensation Plans, Paid Time Off (PTO) (Paid Vacation (80 hours per year for new hires; tiered increases after 2 yrs), Sick Leave (135 hours per year for yourself and immediate family), Paid Parental Leave (80 hours for birth, adoption, or placement of a child in foster care), Ten Paid Holidays, Personal Day, Optional compensatory time for hourly employees, Compensatory time for salaried employees).

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