Substitute School Security

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Patrols campus buildings, grounds, and roadways on foot to ensure safety and campus perimeter security and provides traffic management and cross guard duties

• Opens and closes the campus
• Ensures that the campus grounds and perimeter are safe, turns on lights and patrols all building spaces to ensure that campus is safe for opening
• Opens and closes car and pedestrian gates
• Closes campus by ensuring that building is properly secured, patrolling all spaces, turning lights off and ensuring that the campus perimeter is secure and closes car and pedestrian gates
• Works in tandem with the front office, greeting and directing visitors to the front office when checking-in and exiting during the school day
• Maintains active presence in public areas to enhance safety. May escort individuals to parked vehicles. Reports parking rules and regulations violations.
• Observes, investigates, and reports potentially dangerous conditions and the presence of unauthorized persons on grounds or in buildings
• Responds to, assesses, and deals with disturbances according to department policy
• Calls for assistance from community-based police services as required. Observes and documents details of occurrences.
• Reports detected leaks or malfunctions of electrical, plumbing, heating, or other equipment and notifies appropriate departments of impaired equipment
• Reports emergency medical situations, summoning the appropriate emergency medical services
• Conducts investigations of reported injuries and accidents
• Responds to incidents putting students, staff, and the general public at risk or harm
• Detects and reports fire hazards, extinguishing small blazes and reporting fires to the local Fire Department using established emergency communications protocols
• Responds to fire and burglar alarms, summoning police and fire department personnel as needed
• Assists with traffic at fire, special events and other congested situations
• Assists with security and facilitates movement of pedestrians and vehicles at campus functions
• Answers questions from students, staff and the public concerning local and State laws, procedures, and activities of the department. Provides information and responds to questions from students, staff, and the public.