Police Sergeant FLSA
Status: Non-Exempt
General Definition of Work
Performs
difficult protective service work supervising a squad, enforcing laws,
investigating crimes, collecting evidence, maintaining records and files,
preparing reports, and related work as apparent or assigned. Work is performed under the limited
supervision of the Police Lieutenant and Deputy Police Chief. Continuous supervision is exercised over
assigned team personnel.
Qualification Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must
be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are
representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required and are not
necessarily actual functions of this position.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Essential Functions
Performs
duties in accordance with the City's keys to excellent customer service;
encourages and promotes a culture of excellent customer service.
Serves
as team supervisor and operates patrol vehicle or specialized police equipment
or walks on an assigned shift, to observe for violations of traffic laws,
suspicious activities or persons and disturbances of law and order; assists with
directing and supervising activities of a shift; reviews officer’s reports and
paperwork for correctness; processes evidence.
Responds
to radio dispatches and answers calls and complaints; backs up officers in
emergency situations; monitors calls for police service to provide necessary
supervision and responds to scenes as required.
Ensures
policies and procedures are adhered to by assigned personnel.
Prepares
and executes search and arrest warrants; manages informants; testifies in
court.
Prepares
and reviews subordinate officer paperwork, reports and court documents to
ensure complete and accurate records.
Orders,
issues and maintains inventory of department issued equipment.
Receives
and responds to internal and external inquiries and complaints.
Plans,
assists with and coordinates multi-jurisdictional projects and assignments;
prepares and makes presentations to the public on various topics.
Serves
as an investigations sergeant; assigns cases to division staff; assists with
and participates in investigations; conducts surveillance; serves court orders
on department personnel to ensure attendance at court.
Serves
as a training sergeant; maintains department training standards through the
development and implementation of training sessions; schedules officers for
training classes; makes travel arrangements; supervises the field training
officer program; maintains departmental training and qualification records.
Serves
as a recruiting sergeant; processes applications; administers promotional
program; administers and manages pre-screening and interview process;
coordinates background investigations, medical and polygraph testing; prepares
and presents conditional offers to applicants; coordinates orientation of new
personnel; maintains accreditation files.
Assists
with recruiting and selecting department personnel; assigns, directs, trains,
inspects and evaluates the work of assigned staff; recommends rewards,
transfers, promotions, demotions, suspensions and terminations; coaches,
counsels and disciplines staff; develops staff schedules.
May
be required to work outside normal work hours in on-call and emergency
situations.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Thorough
knowledge of the laws and regulations relating to law enforcement
administration; thorough knowledge of departmental rules and regulations;
thorough knowledge of city laws and ordinances; thorough knowledge of the
geography of the City and the location of important buildings; skill in using
firearms and operating a motor vehicle; ability to communicate ideas
effectively in both oral and written formats; ability to assign, direct and
supervise the work of subordinate staff; ability to deal with the public firmly
and tactfully; ability to analyze complex police problems and to adopt quick
and effective reasonable courses of action; ability to operate personal
computer including some knowledge of applicable software packages; ability to
establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates,
governmental agency representatives and the general public.
Education and Experience
Associates/Technical
degree with coursework in political science, criminal justice, or related field
and considerable experience in law enforcement services including minimal
supervisory experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Physical Requirements
This work
requires the regular exertion of up to 10 pounds of force and occasional
exertion of up to 100 pounds of force; work regularly requires speaking or
hearing, using hands to finger, handle or feel and reaching with hands and
arms, frequently requires sitting and occasionally requires standing, walking,
climbing or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching or crawling, tasting or
smelling, pushing or pulling and lifting; work requires close vision, distance
vision, ability to adjust focus, depth perception, color perception, night
vision and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or
exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or
important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is
required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive
detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine
distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or
computer data, visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts,
using measuring devices, operating motor vehicles or equipment and observing
general surroundings and activities; work regularly requires exposure to
outdoor weather conditions, frequently requires working near moving mechanical
parts and working in high, precarious places and occasionally requires exposure
to fumes or airborne particles, exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals,
exposure to the risk of electrical shock, working with explosives, exposure to
vibration and exposure to bloodborne pathogens and may be required to wear
specialized personal protective equipment; work is generally in a moderately
noisy location (e.g. business office, light traffic).
Special Requirements
Possession of
Basic Law Enforcement certification.
Must meet and
maintain all department and State training and education requirements for
position.
Valid driver's
license in the State of