Police Chief

General Purpose:

Performs a variety of complex administrative, supervisory, and professional work in planning, coordinating, and directing the activities of the Police Department

Essential Duties/Principal Activities:

• Plans, implements, supervises and evaluates Department policies and operations to ensure that laws and ordinances are enforced and that the public peace and safety are maintained.
• Reviews Department performance for effectiveness and formulates programs or policies to alleviate deficiencies.
• Plans and implements procedures for the Department in order to carry out the goals of City Management and Council.
• Maintains Departmental discipline, conduct, and behavior of assigned personnel as provided for in the Personnel Policy & Procedures Manual and investigates grievances against the Department.
• Directs the development and maintenance of system operations, records management, and software that is necessary to provide for the proper evaluation, control, and documentation of Department operations.
• Prepares and submits a variety of reports as required by law or as appropriate in addition to periodic reports to the City Administrator regarding the Department's activities and statistics.
• Prepares and presents an annual budget for the Department; directs the implementation of the Department's budget; plans for and reviews necessary changes in staff numbers, equipment, and facilities.
• Evaluates evidence, witnesses, and suspects in criminal cases to correlate all aspects to assess for trends, similarities, or for associations with other cases.
• Directs the investigation of crime scenes under the Department’s jurisdiction.
• Cooperates with County, State, and Federal law enforcement officers as appropriate where activities of the Department are involved.
• Ensures that personnel is assigned to shifts or working units that provide optimum effectiveness in terms of current situations and circumstances governing deployment.
• Assigns officers to special investigations in accordance with their specific skills.
• Ensures access to ongoing training and development of Department personnel as budgeted.
• Performs the duties of subordinate personnel as needed.
• Attends training and meetings to keep abreast of current trends in the field.
• Meets with elected or appointed officials, other law enforcement officials, community and business representatives, and the public on all aspects of the Department's activities.
• Must be actively involved in the Community as well as represent the Department in a variety of local, county, state, and other functions.
• Any other duties as assigned by the City Administrator.

Licensing and Other Special Requirements:

Education and Experience:

• Graduation from a college or university with a bachelor's degree in law enforcement, criminal justice, public administration, or a closely related field is preferred.
• Seven (7) years of experience in police work, three (3) years of which must have been

equivalent to a police sergeant or higher.

• Possess at minimum, an Advanced Peace Officer Certification from TCOLE.

Necessary Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Thorough knowledge of applicable laws, modern law enforcement principles, procedures, techniques, and equipment.
• Thorough knowledge of the enforcement of Ordinances in a Type A General Law city.
• Ability to achieve a thorough knowledge of the City’s Ordinances.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in evaluating situations and in making decisions.
• Ability to train and supervise subordinate personnel.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with subordinates, supervisors, and other City Departments.
• Skill in the use of the professional tools and equipment to include, but not be limited to: patrol car, police radio, radar gun, body and dash cameras, handgun and other weapons as required, ticket writers, patrol unit laptops, and software, office computers and word processing/spreadsheet software.
• Must possess a valid State Driver’s License without a record of suspension or revocation in any state.
• Ability to meet Department's physical standards and perform work requiring good physical condition as detailed below.

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to: walk, run, stand, sit, use hands and fingers to handle, operate objects, controls, or tools, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, speak and hear. The employee may occasionally be required to smell.
• The employee must be able to lift and/or move more than 100 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Environmental Requirements:

• The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee will encounter while performing the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee works: in an office setting; in outside weather conditions and is exposed to all weather extremes; near moving or mechanical parts and vibration; in high or precarious places, underground or in water; with explosives, fumes, airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Please submit resumes, along with applications, to Amy Galloway, Human Resources Manager, at agalloway@cityofllano.com

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