Police Captain, Administrative Services

The Department of Public and Safety exists to support the goals of the university-teaching, research, and patient care-by fostering a safe and secure environment in which members of the Tufts community can learn, work and live. Whereas safety and security is a responsibility shared by the whole community, the mission is achieved by applying leadership and our unique expertise to partnerships designed to prevent loss,reduce harm and solve problems.

The Police Captain oversees Administrative Services and is responsible for the Department's administrative and investigative support functions, including records management, training and accreditation, regulatory compliance, professional standards, investigative services, and community engagement. As a member of the Department's Command Staff, the Police Captain overseeing Administrative Services provides direct staff assistance to the Director of Public Safety/Deputy Chief of Police and works collaboratively with the Captain overseeing Operations to ensure that administrative and field functions operate as a single, coordinated command rather than in silos.

The Captain overseeing Administrative Services will interact with all police supervisors and staff at all levels as a facilitator, influencer, and leader of change and will provide critical management, leadership, and a sustained focus on the Department's professional standards and compliance goals. In absence of a superior officer, the Captain of Administrative Services assumes complete charge of the Department until either the Captain overseeing Operations or a superior officer resumes command or otherwise designates.

The Police Captain will provide guidance to police and security personnel and assist in the development and implementation of differential response policies to ensure the safety of the Tufts Community. Provide leadership to make crime prevention and community building the focus of department operations, accompanied by an institutionalization of the philosophy and operational model of team-based community policing. The Captain overseeing Administrative Services will provide critical management and leadership and a sustained focus on the department's diversity goals.

In partnership with the Captain overseeing Operations, the Captain of Administrative Services will ensure that department personnel and operations meet all state standards for police training and certification as established by the POST Commission (POST-C), the Massachusetts Police Training Committee (MPTC), and the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission (MPAC). The Police Captain overseeing Administrative Services will serve as the Department's designated Civil Rights Officer.

The Department's Captains jointly provide recommendations for budget expenses and submission to senior leadership within the department for review and approval. The Captain overseeing Administrative Services will be responsible for the management of police records, fingerprints, and criminal investigations, as well as, managing the department's Training and Accreditation Lieutenant in ensuring compliance and assessing departmental training needs and employee development programs for all personnel.

The Police Captain will be responsible for the management of police records, fingerprints, and criminal investigations, as well as, managing the department's Training and Accreditation Lieutenant in ensuring compliance and assessing departmental training needs and employee development programs for all personnel.

• The Police Captain overseeing Administrative Services performs complex administrative and technical functions and directs, trains and supervises subordinate personnel under their command, including the Training and Accreditation Lieutenant, Investigative Services, and Community Engagement Unit. The nature of work involves considerable decision-making, initiative, and independent judgment in conformity with agency objectives, standards, rules, policies, procedures, and law. Manages the maintenance of complete police records, including general correspondence, statistics, criminal investigations, and other typical department records.
  
  Serves as the Department’s Civil Rights Officer and liaison between the department and our community on all aspects of civil rights including, but not limited to, the awareness, detection, prosecution, and proper reporting of hate crimes and all constitutional deprivations. Develops policy. Focuses on developing…