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Category Law Enforcement

The historic City of Mount Rainier, Maryland is a residential community sitting on the border of Washington, DC and Prince George’s County, MD. Serving 8,500 residents, the community is a small urban oasis of historic homes and unique shops. The city employs a staff of forty people to serve the community.

This is a sworn position directly responsible for the law enforcement activities within the City of Mount Rainier. The incumbent performs difficult protective work serving as Shift supervisor in Patrol; does related work as required. Much of the work is performed under emergency conditions and frequently involves considerable personal hazard. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Assistant Chief of Police.

Supervision is exercised over subordinate Corporals and Police Officers.

$72,945,00 - $82,098.00, Commensurate with experience

• Supervises patrol officers on an assigned shift; enforcing laws; investigating criminal activity; ensuring safety of the public; maintaining records and files, preparing reports.
• Supervises and participates in patrol, traffic or investigation assignments;
• Oversees work of Police Officers; checks quality and quantity of work performed and submits a daily activity report.
• Evaluates, mentors and counsels subordinate personnel in reference to their duty performance
• Collects evidence, interviews witnesses, suspects and victims; secure and supervises crime scenes;
• Ensures subordinates follow directives, rules and regulations;
• Conducts criminal investigations and stakeouts;
  Interviews suspects, gathers evidence, conducts surveillance, apprehends violators; makes arrests;
• May deal with restricted and confidential information and material;
• May be assigned to special duty such as D.A.R.E., or similar crime prevention or public relations activity;
• Evaluates work performance of subordinates;
• Supervises and participates in the preparation of daily, special and periodic plans and reports;
• Serves warrants, summons and citations; testifies in court;
• May act as a Bike Patrol Officer and/or may act as a field training officer;
• Performs all duties of a Police Officer; and,
• Performs related tasks as required.
• Shall ensure that all members of the Department are fully briefed on any problems and all issues of importance at the time they start their tour of duty or within a reasonable time thereafter.
• Notifies the command staff of any serious incident or misconduct.
• Any other duties assigned

This is medium work requiring the exertion of 50 pounds of force occasionally, up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; work requires climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, and feeling; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word;

hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels; visual acuity is required for preparing and analyzing written or computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts, use of measuring devices, operation of machines, operation of motor vehicles or equipment, determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work and observing general surroundings and activities; the worker is subject to inside and outside environmental conditions, extreme cold,…