Socpf Patrol Sergeant

State of New Hampshire
, Department of Safety, Division State Police, SOCPF PATROL SERGEANT (Campus Patrol Sergeant), Position #16389. Salary: $31.03 - $41.77 per hour. Full time, 40 hour week non-exempt.

Provides supervisory police coverage to the Governor Hugh J. Gallen State Office Park South with an emphasis on New Hampshire Hospital, coordinating unit activities and monitoring criminal detection and investigation operations, and assists the supervising officer in commanding the State Office Complex Police Force.

Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience and/or each additional year of approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal education.

• Education:
  
  Associate’s degree and 3 years of experience OR equivalent combination of 5 years of education and experience after high school. At least 3 years must be as a certified police officer (full‑time certified).
• License/Certification:
  Valid driver's license; full‑time police officer certification.

• Eyesight and hearing:
  Must have at least 20/100 in each eye uncorrected and corrected to 20/40 (near) and 20/30 (distant). Must possess normal hearing sufficient to enable performance of essential job functions.
• Examinations:
  Must pass a physical agility test, comprehensive background investigation (fingerprint, motor vehicle record, polygraph, psychological exam), comprehensive medical examination, and unannounced drug testing.

• Service record must be free of any major infraction of divisional discipline for the past three years.
• Must pass a fingerprint‑based criminal background check and motor vehicle record check to ensure suitability for exposure to confidential information.

Not applicable.

None.

• NH full‑time police officer certification within the time frame established by the NH Police Standards and Training Council, and within 6 months of hire. Must maintain certification throughout tenure.
• Completion of the Department of Health and Human Services Mental Health Worker Training Program within the framework established by NH Hospital, no later than 12 months after hire.

• Plans, assigns, and supervises unit activities as directed by the SOCPF Lieutenant to ensure security and protection of multiple local, state, and federal agencies located on the campus, emphasizing New Hampshire Hospital and mental health issues; allocates and adjusts staffing resources.
• Supervises the operations of the State Office Complex Police Force on assigned shift, evaluating the work performance, appearance and efficiency of subordinate personnel; documents and provides corrective guidance.
• Oversees and trains subordinate officers to enforce criminal, motor vehicle and all other appropriate federal and state laws, rules and regulations as they relate to public safety.
• Supervises the inspection of facilities, personnel and equipment.
• Appears in court as a witness in traffic violations, criminal cases or other administrative hearings; prepares, presents, evaluates and reviews cases for prosecution up to the level of a class B misdemeanor.
• Serves warrants, domestic violence orders (DVOs) and juvenile petitions as applicable.
• Monitors and enforces the policies and procedures governing the security and protection of campus property, including buildings, grounds, parking lots, roadways and citizens.
• Monitors movements and behavior of potentially dangerous patients/residents, responds to high‑risk situations involving psychiatric emergencies.
• Assists with admission of patients, searches for, locates and returns AWOL patients, and coordinates potential transfer of patients to and from other institutions and courts.
• Performs all characteristic duties and responsibilities for Campus Patrol Officer II as mandated by necessity or as assigned.
• Enforces parking and traffic regulations, initiates traffic stops, issues warnings and tickets, makes in‑custody arrests, and…