Attorney II - Public Safety Legal Advisor

Job Description

Self-initiating attorney works with little direct supervision to provide a wide range of high level professional legal services to the city departments of: police, airport police, fire, fire marshal, and animal management and welfare. This Attorney-II position offices in the police headquarters and has no formal oversight over any employee, but is expected to mentor inexperienced Attorney-I as the need arises.

• Be the primary point of contact in the Legal Department for services to assigned departments.
• Advise and consult with city officials and employees on legal matters pertinent to their duties, internal investigations, and interpretation of city policies, ordinances, and other laws.
• Maintain 24-hour communications availability with the Police Department by phone.
• Conduct legal research and, as needed prepare or review legal documents of various kinds.
• Plan and conduct training & updates for personnel on pertinent legal matters (civil rights, tort liability, due process, etc.), including new legislation and recent court & A.G. opinions.
• Recommend to the city attorney and draft ordinances or amendments.
• Review and monitor policies and procedures of each department for legal compliance.
• Respond to critical incidents on SWAT call out, police involved shooting and city fleet or industrial accidents involving serious bodily injury, death, or uncommon property damage.
• Assist departments with unusual or complicated open records requests, including requesting AG opinions as needed.
• Represent the City before all federal, state, municipal courts, regulatory agencies, and in other forums as necessary. This includes but is not limited to nuisance abatement, third party discovery & subpoena issues, and expungement proceedings.
• Provide prosecution services in municipal court in absence or unavailability of prosecutors.
• Seek positive liaison relationship with Potter and Randall county prosecutors.
• Serve as an alternate Legal representative in the city’s emergency operations center, as needed.
• Participates in continuing legal education programs and seminars to maintain skills and licensure.
• Other duties as assigned by the City Attorney or Deputy City Attorney.

Noise level is usually a normal office environment, but does require some field work in a highly variable environment. Employee may occasionally be exposed to hazards associated with law enforcement, violent persons, and inclement weather. Specifically, Employee is: constantly required to hear human conversation, see, read, write. Frequently required to sit, stand, talk, walk, drive a motor vehicle. Occasionally to reach, lift up to 25 pounds.

Rarely to smell, run.