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Essential Functions
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Leadership, Supervision, and Department Management
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- Provides leadership and direction for all Police Department operations and personnel.2. 3. 4. 5.
- Develops departmental goals, objectives, policies, and strategic initiatives.
- Conducts regular staff meetings with command staff and supervisors.
- Maintains accountability and professionalism throughout the Department.
- Ensures all personnel comply with departmental rules, City policies, and applicable laws. 6. 7.
- Oversees departmental staffing, scheduling, and operational assignments.
- Reviews and approves disciplinary actions, corrective actions, and personnel recommendations.
- Ensures counseling, disciplinary actions, complaints, and corrective measures are properly documented.
- Monitors employee morale, professionalism, productivity, and training compliance.
- Conducts performance evaluations and oversees departmental evaluation processes.
- Ensures all personnel maintain required certifications and qualifications.
- Maintains direct communication with the Mayor regarding departmental operations, personnel matters, emergencies, and liability concerns.
- Responds appropriately to critical incidents, major crime scenes, emergencies, and officer-involved incidents.
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Fiscal Accountability and Administrative Oversight
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- Develops and manages the Police Department budget.
- Monitors expenditures to ensure compliance with approved appropriations and City financial policies.
- Monitors and manages overtime utilization and staffing allocations.
- Implements staffing and scheduling practices designed to minimize excessive overtime while maintaining adequate public safety coverage.
- Ensures all overtime is properly documented and justified.
- Reviews and approves departmental purchase requests, procurement documents, and expenditures.
- Maintains accountability for departmental assets, weapons, vehicles, equipment, and inventory.
- Provides monthly operational and financial reports to the Mayor regarding:
- Crime trends
- Staffing levels
- Overtime usage
- Major incidentse. Fleet and equipment needs
- Training compliance
- Operational challenges
- Coordinates grant applications, grant compliance, and reporting requirements.
- Conducts long-range operational and capital planning for the Department.
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Crime Reduction and Public Safety Strategy
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- Develops and implements data-driven crime reduction strategies.
- Coordinates proactive enforcement initiatives targeting:
- Violent crime
- Illegal firearms
- Drug activity
- Repeat offenders
- Traffic safety
- Quality-of-life issues
- Develops operational plans for:
- Major public events
- Severe weather events
- Civil disturbances
- Emergency incidents
- Disaster response
- Coordinates enforcement and intelligence-sharing efforts with federal, state, county, and regional law enforcement agencies.
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