Police Officer

Please note that this posting closes at 3 : 00 pm on the date listed above.

If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Lt. Jason DeHerrera, (801)-481-7122 or email

Salary Range : $33.59 to $48.09 Depending on Experience

GSDPD offers year-for-year lateral service credit Job Title Police Officer Department Police Department Supervisor Police Chief Salary Schedule Lane Placement PC Contract Length 12 months (243 days) FLSA Classification Non-exempt Last Review Date June 2025

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, training, education, responsibilities, abilities; the machines, tools and equipment used; background; and any licenses or certifications required. Physical, punctual, reliable, and predictable regular attendance is an essential job function to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

Job Summary

Duties include the prevention and / or detection of criminal activity and the general enforcement of city, county, state and federal laws and ordinances, along with Granite School District policies and procedures, involving any student, teacher, staff, administrator, patron or property of the school district. Police officers routinely patrol the properties of the school district and serve as School Resources Officers. They respond on silent burglar / fire alarms, dispatched crimes in-progress and calls for service of a police nature. Maintains a clean, safe, healthy, and secure educational environment for the Granite School District. Attendance, physical presence, and timeliness are required and are essential functions of this position.

Essential Functions

• Routinely inspects district facilities to prevent and / or detect acts of vandalism, burglary, arson, theft, assault, trespass, alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug consumption, weapons offenses, gang violence and various other unusual or unlawful activities.
• Responds to emergency calls for service, including crimes-in-progress, and various bodily injury situations.
• Responds to all dispatched, silent burglar alarms located on all district facilities in assigned patrol area.
• Inspects the facility for evidence of forced entry and assesses the need to call for additional officers and / or K-9 units, to assist in searching the building for suspects.
• Responds to all fire alarms, located on district facilities with-in assigned patrol area, along with the appropriate city and / or county fire departments.
• Apprehends and arrests suspects involved in all types of criminal activities and, where applicable, transports same to appropriate incarceration facilities for formal booking.
• Enforces all city, county, state and federal laws and ordinances, as well as district rules and policies, pertaining to school district properties and personnel.
• Responds to after-hour and weekend or holiday emergency calls for district maintenance services in assigned patrol area.
• Assesses the nature of the problem and has dispatch call out appropriate maintenance personnel and equipment.
• Actively patrols district facilities, school grounds and parking lots, as well as neighboring businesses and subdivisions, in search of truants, trespassers and lost or missing persons.
• Works with school staff to either return the truant to assigned school or class, or transports chronic truants to appropriate youth service facility.
• When appropriate takes custody of students and transports them to appropriate youth service or detention facilities.
• Counsels with disruptive / problem students.
• Performs routine warrant / juvenile pickup order checks on suspects in custody and persons stopped for traffic violations, trespassing etc.
• Books suspects into jail or youth detention if they have outstanding warrants or active pickup orders.
• Submits daily written or computer-generated reports on all activities occurring during each shift.
• Submits supplemental reports to various other law enforcement agencies upon request or when appropriate.
• Prepares own case file packet to be used by police department investigator when screening criminal cases with city / county prosecutors and makes appropriate court appearances.
• Packages, tags or photographs own evidence to be stored in department evidence room or submitted to crime lab, according to the requirements of state law, as well as department policy and procedure standards.
• Routinely works with highly confidential material such as criminal background information, confidential law enforcement reports and intelligence bulletins, personnel files, financial records, etc.
• Transports evidence to state crime lab for processing.
• Interviews suspects, locates and interviews witnesses and serves arrest warrants on suspects already booked in jail.
• Monitors and may participate in District School Board Meetings and other meetings at the request of the Chief or other administrators.

Non-Essential Functions

Required Education and Qualifications

Ongoing Training and Assessment Requirements :

Required Prior Experience

Required Knowledge and Skills

Assigned Decision Making

Non-supervisory Interaction

Note : Police officers shoulder an extraordinary responsibility to our students, employees, and visitors to our facilities; our actions are far reaching and our services critical. Public perception is a culmination of every employee’s daily behavior, appearance, speech, and demeanor. Every officer must be professional, sensitive, and above reproach. All officers must welcome the responsibility of fostering positive relationships, treating one another and our district patrons as we ourselves desire to be treated.

Supervisory Responsibility

Budget Responsibility

Working Environment

Physical Requirements – Not limited to the following :

Note : The list of essential and marginal functions and of physical requirements is not exhaustive and may be supplemented in accordance with the requirements of the job.