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Full-Time Police Officer Position in the Town of Halifax

Town of Halifax, Virginia

FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER

 

POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Halifax Police Department is taking applications for a full-time Police Officer to be under the direct supervision of the Police Chief. Candidate will perform law enforcement duties within the Town as required. Shift work may rotate with weekly hours.

QUALIFICATIONS: High school graduate or GED. Must possess current Virginia Law Enforcement Certification. Must possess a valid Virginia driver’s license. Must pass an extensive background check.

COMPENSATION RANGE: $30,000 - $32,500 with benefits based on experience.

HOW TO APPLY: Town of Halifax employment application is required along with submitting a resume and copy of certification. Application can be obtained at the Halifax Town Hall located at 70 South Main Street, Halifax, Virginia 24558. Applications can be submitted in person or mailed and addressed to Police Chief Stuart Comer, Town of Halifax Police Department, Post Office Box 627, Halifax, Virginia 24558.

Deadline: Open until position is filled.

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Snow Removal Within the Town of Halifax

 

l Public Service Announcement:

With the potentially significant winter weather event hitting the area over the weeked, the Town of Halifax would like to explain to residents, businesses, property owners and public agencies how the snow removal efforts are coordinated between the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), Halifax County and the Town of Halifax.

VDOT is responsible for plowing the public roads (primary, secondary, residential) throughout Halifax County including within the Town of Halifax corporate limits. VDOT snow removal crews/drivers & contractors working for VDOT each are assigned a specific territory and responsibility. When snowfall occurs, crews are dispatched simultaneously to their assigned territory and snow removal routes are prioritized accordingly with major highways and high volume primary & secondary roads cleared first. Once the most heavily traveled roads and emergency routes are adequately clear, crews/drivers move to less-traveled secondary roads and residential streets. Snow removal on privately maintained roads is the responsibility of the property owners along the road or the homeowner association.

Driveway entries along curb and gutter streets and pipestem driveways along ditches are privately owned and maintained by the property owners. Snow removal is the property owners' responsibility.

Residents should not clear their driveways back into the street until the street is cleared completely on a final route; this will only result in the snow being pushed back into the driveways. Please do not approach the drivers and request additional snow removal or removal on private property.

Once the most heavily traveled roads and emergency routes are adequately clear and during the secondary road and residential street operation, VDOT crews/drivers & contractors working for VDOT, Halifax County and the Town of Halifax will begin clearing on-street parking areas in front of businesses, residences and public agencies along Main Street where necessary.

►Business owners & patrons and affected residents & agencies should utilize off-street parking (where practical), during this stage of the operation. Crews/drivers are instructed that if they approach an on-street parking area with unattended vehicles that would restrict their width and ability to maneuver the snowplow, not to clear that area. 

VDOT is not responsible for clearing sidewalks. Sidewalks treated by County & Town personnel before, during & after a snow event are those fronting County owned buildings/property, Town owned buildings/property and nearby approaches to designated crosswalks downtown. County & Town personnel do not treat sidewalks in the residential neighborhoods. Business owners are responsible for the sidewalk in front of their respective establishments.

Residents & businesses are asked to keep sidewalks safe. As soon as feasible, please clear snow off the sidewalks in front of the property so that all pedestrians, especially those with disabilities and the elderly, may walk securely. Sand, not chemical de-icing compounds should be used to prevent sidewalk damage.

 

County/Town personnel and contractors perform snow removal for off-street parking lots related to general county/town properties. Clearing is conducted on a priority basis, with government centers, police, fire and other emergency facilities having highest priority.