"Chief of Campus Police"

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Department
MNC

Job Description

Title: Chief of Campus Police

Department: Campus Police and Security

Category: Exempt

Summary/Objective

Coordinate and manage the departments police and public safety program at all Southside Virginia Community College locations

• Develop and provide appropriate personnel training to ensure the college is proactive and compliant with public safety requirements
• Make independent decisions to ensure continuity of police services
• Manage operations and provide supervision of personnel
• Establish departmental goals and objectives

Performs a wide variety of law enforcement functions, including but not limited to campus patrol and security, crime prevention, criminal investigations, community service and assistance, and other law enforcement-related duties.

Essential Functions

• Utilizes relationship based, community building, proactive policing techniques to Chief of Campus Police is responsible for, and has commensurate authority to, command, direct, and organize the campus Police Department.
• Establishing objectives for the department, developing policies and procedures on the campus, and selecting, appointing, training, disciplining, and promoting officers and employees in the department.
• The Chief of Campus Police is responsible for providing and maintaining human safety and the security of campus property in the surrounding areas.
• The Chief of Campus Police plans, manages, and directs the law enforcement of the campus investigations. In addition, the Chief of Campus Police represents the Police Department on campus, within the community, with outside law enforcement agencies.
• The Chief of Campus Police must be committed to providing excellent customer service and community policing.
• Patrol campus property on foot and by vehicle to identify hazardous conditions, take corrective measures to reduce or eliminate hazards to persons or college property.
• Respond to calls for service in a timely manner. Monitor police and fire department radio channels and emergency phone lines.
• Respond to emergency situations providing basic first aid, and alerting additional police or emergency personnel, as appropriate.
• Prepare written reports, collect evidence, and gather victim/witness statements of criminal acts or violations of college policy.
• Perform traffic control duties and motorist assistance.
• Other duties as assigned.

Competencies

• Ethical Conduct.
• Stress Management/Composure.
• Teamwork Orientation.
• Thoroughness.

Supervisory Responsibility
This position has supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment
Work in various environments including adverse outdoor conditions such as cold, snow, ice rain or heat.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a Full-time, exempt position.

Travel
No travel is expected for this position.

Required Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED.
• Clear criminal background check.
• Valid NC drivers license.
• Computer skills (Microsoft Word/Excel).
• Ability to tactfully enforce rules and regulations by using independent judgment within established guidelines.
• Law enforcement experience.
• Ability to regularly work rotating evening, weekend, and holiday shifts as required.
• Ability to work overtime as required.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Preferred Qualifications

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The employee is occasionally required to stand for up to stand or walk constantly (for up to 12 hours) on various surfaces, run, climb stairs and ladders, sit, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Ability to stay calm in stressful or emergency situations.

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