Police Sergeant

Don’t just join a department. Help build one.

We’re looking for experienced, service-driven professionals who want to be part of something from the beginning.

This is more than an opportunity to take the next step in your career. It’s an opportunity to help establish a department’s culture, traditions, standards, and future.

• Be a Founding Team Member — Join during a defining moment and help shape the department for years to come.
• Shape the Culture — Help create an environment centered on professionalism, integrity, accountability, teamwork, and service.
• Develop the Team — Coach, mentor, and support officers while helping establish expectations for performance and professional growth.
• Make an Immediate Impact — Your leadership and decisions will directly influence department operations and the community we serve.
• Help Establish the Standard — Bring your experience and perspective to the development of practices, expectations, and traditions future members will inherit.
• Grow With the Department — Join an organization at the beginning of its story and play an important role in its continued development.

As a Police Sergeant, you’ll serve as a front-line supervisor responsible for leading personnel, supporting daily operations, and ensuring officers have the direction and resources they need to provide exceptional service.
In a new department, your role goes even further. You’ll have the opportunity to help establish how we lead, communicate, solve problems, develop our people, and serve our community.

• Work directly with residents, businesses, and City departments
• Manage projects and responsibilities that have a direct community impact
• Solve problems and recommend practical solutions
• Collaborate with a diverse team of professionals
• Use your expertise while continuing to develop professionally

We’re looking for experienced law enforcement professionals who understand that effective supervision is about more than managing a shift. It’s about developing people, setting clear expectations, making sound decisions, holding yourself and others accountable, and creating an environment where employees can succeed.

The ideal candidate brings strong leadership skills, sound judgment, integrity, initiative, and the ability to communicate effectively with employees, leadership, and the community. We’re looking for supervisors who can coach and develop others, address challenges professionally, and build trust within their teams.

Joining a new department also requires adaptability and a willingness to help create—not simply inherit—the systems, expectations, and traditions that guide the organization.

Candidates receive further communication via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

The salary range listed for this position reflects the full range of the applicable salary step schedule. The starting salary and step placement for the selected candidate will be determined based on verification of the candidate’s current salary step, relevant experience, education, certifications, qualifications, and other applicable factors. Placement within the salary range is not guaranteed and may vary based on the selected candidate’s verified qualifications.

This is a first-line sworn supervisory law enforcement classification. A Police Sergeant directs and evaluates the work of Police Corporals, Police Officers, and other assigned personnel while ensuring effective, lawful, professional, and accountable delivery of police services. The Sergeant is responsible for field supervision, personnel leadership, incident management, report and activity review, training,…