SCOTs Sergeant

Under limited supervision and at the direction of the chief of police or designee, the SCOTs division sergeant plans, coordinates, supervises, and evaluates specialized police functions involving criminal investigations, intelligence, threat assessment and management, strategic investigations, organizational planning, data-informed public-safety initiatives, executive support, and assigned strategic programs.

The SCOTs sergeant provides direct supervision and leadership to sworn and civilian personnel assigned to the SCOTS division and coordinates the work of employees, task forces, committees, and subject‑matter specialists whose responsibilities support the division mission.

The position has primary supervisory responsibility for the departmental behavioral threat assessment and management function and as the designee of the Chief of Police, coordination and management of the university multidisciplinary Threat Assessment Management Team (TAMT). Prior professional experience in behavioral threat assessment and management, especially experience supervising or leading threat‑management work, is preferred but is not required for eligibility.

The SCOTs sergeant works collaboratively with the Thistle and Highland divisions. SCOTs generally owns follow‑up and complex criminal investigations, intelligence, threat assessment and management, strategic investigations, analytics, and assigned strategic initiatives;
Thistle maintains primary responsibility for patrol and field response; and Highland maintains primary responsibility for planned major‑event coordination, community engagement, institutional partnerships, compliance, accreditation, and assigned programs.

Division Leadership and Administration

• Supervises, develops, and evaluates sworn and civilian SCOTS personnel; establishes priorities, expectations, assignments, and accountability; develops employees and organizational capability rather than concentrating specialized knowledge or responsibility in individual employees; coordinates division workload and resources; represents SCOTS within the department and with university and outside partners; and maintains appropriate continuity and succession within specialized functions.

Threat Assessment and Management

• Provides supervisory leadership for the department behavioral threat assessment and management program. Coordinates law‑enforcement participation in TAMT and supports multidisciplinary identification, assessment, management, documentation, and monitoring of concerning behavior at Utah State University. Ensures threat‑management activities are based on behavior and reasonably available information rather than protected characteristics, viewpoints, or unsupported assumptions. Coordinates appropriate information sharing, case management, intervention planning, reassessment, documentation, and transition or closure of cases.
  
  Develops and maintains relationships with university, mental‑health, student‑support, legal, human‑resources, and public‑safety partners necessary for effective multidisciplinary threat management.

Criminal Investigations

• Supervises follow‑up, complex, sensitive, and specialized criminal investigations assigned to SCOTs as well as all criminal investigations at USUPD after Thistle Division has finished preliminary investigation. Reviews investigative priorities, case assignments, investigative plans, legal process, reports, case progress, and case disposition. Ensures investigations are lawful, objective, timely, appropriately documented, and coordinated with prosecutors and partner agencies when necessary. Develops investigative capability in assigned personnel while avoiding unnecessary dependence on the sergeant personally conducting…