Help Kids & Drivers Stay Safe
The NYPD currently has school crossing guard vacancies to fill, it was announced.
Duties and responsibilities include directing pedestrian and vehicular traffic at an assigned school crossing and performing related work under the NYPD’s general supervision.
Typical tasks involve regulating traffic, in accordance with traffic lights, at an assigned school crossing to permit safe crossing of elementary school children and other pedestrians during specified morning, noon and afternoon periods.
Crossing guards also stop vehicular traffic to permit safe crossing if there are no traffic lights, or if the traffic lights are defective, at the assigned school crossing.
The guards are also responsible for notifying their supervisor of defective traffic lights or signs and reporting incidents of traffic violations at their assigned location.
There are no formal requirements of education or experience, but all candidates must be able to understand and be understood in English. Prospective candidates must pass a qualifying medical examination and a character investigation.
School crossing guards work five hours per day for a maximum of 25 hours per week. Schedules may vary by the school but generally are from 7 to 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 4 p.m. The starting rate of pay is $9.88 per hour; after three years, the rate climbs to $12.90 per hour.
Every effort is made to assign guards to a school crossing within the confines of the resident precinct or a neighboring precinct.
School crossing guards are eligible to enroll in a city-sponsored health insurance program if they work 20 hours a week on a steady basis.
To download a job application, visit www.nyc.gov/nypd and click the Careers section. All applications must be submitted to a police precinct.
