Special Patrol Officer (Law Enforcement Retirees)

• Provides security by standing in and patrolling public buildings and facilities, including interior spaces as well as immediate outside areas.
• Maintains order and decorum in public spaces such as courtrooms, waiting rooms, etc..
• Protects and guards employees, students, visitors, and the general public in and around public buildings, facilities and properties.
• Screens visitors and checks identification and other necessary documents, as needed.
• Provides general information to visitors and the general public on premises.
• Subdues and/or physically restrains unruly individuals, as needed.
• Safeguards public property.
• Provides first aid and/or other assistance in emergency situations.
• Maintains and updates records as required; Prepares activity and incident reports.
• Distributes and posts appropriate documents and materials.
• May be assigned to secure and guard prisoners and/or detainees in a courtroom or related situation.
• May provide escort to and from public buildings and facilities, or to and from courtrooms, as needed.
• Performs a variety of related activities as required.

• Applicants must be retired no longer than four (4) years. Please list the date of your retirement in your application.
• Applicants must be residents of Putnam County or a contiguous county in New York State (Dutchess, Westchester, Rockland, or Orange counties).
• Special Patrol Officers may not carry or possess firearms while on duty unless authorized to do so by the appointing authority. If so authorized, possession of a license issued pursuant to §400.00 of Penal Law (Criminal Procedure Law §2.10.37) is required. Where possession of license is required, eligibility for and possession of the license is required at the time of, and throughout, appointment.

It is the mission of the Putnam County Personnel Department to administer, in a fair and equitable manner, the provisions of New York State Civil Service Law and Putnam County Civil Service Rules with respect to the offices and employments in the classified service of Putnam County and the civil divisions therein.