Company Description
Brevard is a vibrant city celebrated for its safe, welcoming, and family-friendly environment. Known for its small-town charm and rich cultural offerings, Brevard boasts a unique blend of outdoor recreation, arts, and environmental consciousness. The community is driven by a commitment to fostering diverse economic opportunities. Residents and visitors alike enjoy a high quality of life in the beautiful setting of Greater Asheville.
If you’re a proven operational leader who thrives on mentoring others and building the next generation of officers, the Deputy Chief of Police (DCOP) role in Brevard, NC, offers a rare opportunity to make a lasting impact.
This is an excellent opportunity to serve in the #2 role of a police department, earning boots on the ground leadership experience that develops your career. You’ll have the chance to:
- Shape strategy and operations across all divisions
- Mentor and develop officers for career advancement
- Champion innovative, best-practice policing models
- Lead from the front—working alongside your team to meet community goals
This role is ideal for a forward-thinking leader who values accountability, transparency, and authentic community engagement—and who believes community-oriented policing is not just a philosophy, but a daily practice.
Candidates are encouraged to apply by March 13th.
The selection process for this position will include a variety of assessment exercises and interviews.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university (criminal justice, public administration, or related field preferred)
- 10 years of progressive law enforcement experience
- At least 7 years in management or command-level roles
- Or an equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the required executive-level competencies
Preferred:
- Master’s degree
- Advanced law enforcement training
- Demonstrated supervisory and administrative leadership experience
The successful candidate:
- effectively and creatively advocates for staff resources such as training, equipment, and compensation, in order to positively impact recruitment and retention, while managing within a resource constrained environment;
- develops and supports staff to achieve excellence through increased training, responsibility, productivity, morale, and retention;
- is accessible and visible to staff and community by participating in City and community events,
- embracing community organizations and collaborating across City departments to reach strategic goals;
- is an outstanding communicator both verbally and in writing and possesses well-developed interpersonal skills to speak assertively and transparently with internal and external stakeholders;
- demonstrates personal responsibility and leadership initiative that has led to crime reduction and strong community relationships in current or past positions;
- is experienced across functional areas such as patrol, support, investigations, SET, K-9, or other specialized units;
- is up-to-date on current trends and best practices (e.g. protests, De-Escalation training, mental health training, etc.) and has a track record of evaluating and making appropriate evidence-based recommendations to ensure optimal departmental response;
- understands and utilizes crime data statistics and other performance metrics to evaluate operations, identify trends, develop benchmarks and measure performance and achievement of established policing goals;
- is tech-savvy, understands and embraces how technology and how social media can enhance effective law enforcement; and,
- is skilled in budget development and management, policy development, and application and progressive policing strategies despite budget constraints.