Patrol Lieutenant

The third highest-ranking member of the Police Department and assists in the administration, operation, and supervision of the Police Department.

The Lieutenant of Police supervises the Patrol Division and will assist in the planning, directing, and coordinating of activities in the Police Department.

• Supervises sworn officers assigned to the patrol division; ensures the scheduling of duty assignments to ensure minimum staffing and appropriate coverage; monitors officers at work to ensure operations are conducted in accordance with departmental policies; ensures officers have properly trained; reviews and evaluates officer performance; approves all leave requests of their assigned officers.
• Supervises all patrol supervisors as well as the administrative sergeant. Advise and coach these supervisors to ensure all goals of the division and department are met.
• Supervises the Field Training Officer program and completes the evaluation of all PPOs at the conclusion of their training.
• Works with and ensures a relationship with the Criminal Investigation Division so that all departmental goals and needs are met.
• Assists the Chief of Police in developing long-range goals and objectives; ensures goals and objectives are met; maintains a comprehensive knowledge of department rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to ensure assigned personnel comply; interprets same for subordinates when necessary.
• Ensures subordinate personnel are fit for duty; instructs and advises personnel in their work and in practices and procedures to be followed; implements disciplinary action as needed by the Chief of Police.
• Performs public relations duties; represents the department at meetings and other functions; speaks on a variety of law enforcement topics to civic and neighborhood groups, places of worship, and schools and at professional meetings and conferences.
• Assists the Chief of Police in preparing and implementing policy and procedure changes when necessary to improve the efficiency and operation of the department.
• Evaluates employee performance; reviews daily incident reports to evaluate officers’ performance and determine crime trends; and develops strategies for dealing with specific crime problems.
• Receives and responds to complaints from the public regarding services, operations, and policies of the department.
• Maintains effective communication within the department, outside departments, and agencies as required to ensure an effective working relationship to better serve the community.
• Supervises the preparation and ensures the accuracy and completeness of daily, special, and periodic reports.
• Maintains oversight of the Uniform Patrol Division’s Fleet to include routine preventive maintenance and ensures a state of readiness on all assigned vehicles.
• Maintains Supplies for Uniform Patrol Division to ensure staff has proper supplies for a state of readiness.
• Serves the role of Quartermaster for the Uniform Patrol Division. Receives requests, ensures officers have proper uniforms and duty gear.
• Performs other related duties as required or may be assigned.
• Establishes training protocols to include roll call, in-service, and annual qualifications on equipment.

Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed. Knowledge, skill, and ability to make safety a number one priority.

• Knowledge of departmental policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of principles and best practices in law enforcement, community policing, and
  crime prevention.
• Knowledge of modern…