Highway Patrol Pilots

Pilot aircraft to patrol highway and enforce traffic laws.

Job Task

• Pilots airplane to maintain order, respond to emergencies, to enforce traffic and criminal laws, and apprehend criminals.
• Investigates traffic accidents and other accidents to determine causes and to determine if crime were committed.
• Arrests perpetrator of criminal act or submits citation or warning to violator of motor vehicle ordinance.
• Informs ground personnel where to re-route traffic in case of emergencies.
• Informs ground personnel of traffic congestion or unsafe driving conditions to ensure traffic flow and reduce incidence of accidents.
• Reviews facts to determine if criminal act or statute violation involved.
• Expedites processing of prisoners, prepares and maintains records of prisoner bookings, and maintains record of prisoner status during booking and pre-trial process.
• Prepares reports to document activities.
• Relays complaint and emergency request information to appropriate agency dispatcher.
• Evaluates complaint and emergency request information to determine response requirements.
• Renders aid to accident victims and other persons requiring first aid for physical injuries.
• Testifies in court to present evidence or act as witness in traffic and criminal cases.
• Records facts, photographs and diagrams crime or accident scene, and interviews witnesses to gather information for possible use in legal action or safety programs.

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