Patrols assigned areas of the City and responds to calls for service; enforces all local, state and federal laws relating to public safety and welfare. The Public Safety Officer patrols the jurisdiction of the City of North August and assists the Aiken County Sheriff’s office as requested at times of high call volume for the agency, for potential criminal activities. These criminal activities include traffic violations, property crimes, crimes against persons, crimes against businesses, and crimes against the public. Officers are members of the SWAT team.

required to respond to calls for service in a law enforcement capacity, fire service capacity, and medical first responder capacity. The police office holds certifications as police officer, certified firefighter I and II and basic medical aid response. Some additional calls are for shopliftings, domestic violence, traffic stops, suspicious persons, burglaries, assaults, forgeries, frauds, narcotics violations, vandalism, sexual assaults, crimes against children, alarm calls, fires alarms, vehicle fires, house fires, woodland fires and various medical calls.

The Public Safety Officer requires proficiency in firearms, vehicle operations, vehicle operations, vehicle pursuit operations, medical knowledge, firefighting, vehicle extrication, legal knowledge of local, state, and federal laws, rights of citizens and suspects, emotional intelligence, defensive tactics, building clearing, team operations, and Constitutional rights and procedures pertaining to detention, searches, court, and seizures.