Police Sergeant

The Police Sergeant is a working supervisor who performs the full range of law‑enforcement duties while providing first‑line supervision, guidance, and coordination of police officers during assigned shifts. The Sergeant regularly responds to calls for service, conducts investigations, performs patrol functions, trains officers, and provides operational leadership while ensuring compliance with department policies and applicable laws. Candidates for the position must not have been disciplined for a policy violation (received a letter of warning or understanding) for at least six months prior to applying for the promotion.

Supervises, trains, mentors, evaluates, and assists police officers while actively participating in patrol operations, investigations, emergency response, and other law‑enforcement activities.

Responds to emergency and non‑emergency calls for service, takes enforcement action when appropriate, conducts investigations, prepares reports, and performs all duties required of a commissioned police officer.

Conducts preliminary investigations of incidents as necessary; collects and preserves physical evidence, protects crime scene, and reports and records all facts of incidents.

Conducts investigations of criminal activity, accidents, policy violations, and other incidents; collects evidence; interviews witnesses; prepares reports; and may serve as the lead investigator when appropriate.

Observes public or student gatherings and analyzes developments to determine need for action.

May interview and recommend hiring of police officers.

Provides general assistance and information to students, staff or members of the public.

Reports infractions of rules to superiors.

Notifies superiors of major crimes or disturbances within area and takes necessary action until arrival of superior.

Regularly performs all essential duties of a Police Officer, including patrol, responding to calls for service, criminal investigations, traffic enforcement, arrests, special events, training, and emergency response.

Functional supervision is exercised over an assigned shift of police officers. Provides first‑line supervision of assigned personnel while actively working alongside officers during routine patrols, investigations, and emergency incidents.

Assists with scheduling and shift coverage.

May be required to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events.

May be required to work overtime and emergency call‑backs.

Other duties may be assigned.

Must be at least 21 years of age.

High school diploma or general education degree (GED) required.

A bachelor’s degree is preferred.

Successful completion of the Missouri 600‑hour police academy required.

Missouri POST certification required. The employee must maintain all continuing education requirements to remain POST certified as a condition of continued employment.

Commissioned active officer status required.

Must have a minimum of three years police experience and a minimum of one continuous year of full‑time Police Officer experience at MSSU.

Two years of college or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Valid driver’s license and the ability to meet university insurance requirements for driving university‑owned or leased vehicles.

A safe driving record is required while a driving record without violations / summonses / arrests is preferred.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common business and technical journals, financial reports and legal documents.
• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints.
• Ability to communicate verbally and in writing at a high level.
• Ability to make ethical decisions in doing what is best for students and the university.
• Ability to present information to administrators, faculty, staff, regulators, students, public groups, and/or Board of Governors.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, proportions, and percentages.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram…