Chief of Detectives

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership and oversee all investigative activities, including authorizing search warrants, supervising surveillance, managing evidence, interviewing witnesses, executing arrests, and ensuring compliance with legal standards and prosecutorial goals.
• Lead and coordinate specialized investigative units, including counterterrorism and cybercrime units, driving innovation, resource allocation, and interdepartmental collaboration to enhance investigative effectiveness and case outcomes.
• Oversee threat assessment, ensuring all credible threats to executives, prosecutors, and witnesses are promptly identified, investigated, and mitigated in coordination with law enforcement agencies.
• Manage the collection, analysis, and dissemination of protective intelligence from open-source and law enforcement channels to support proactive threat mitigation.
• Ensure preparedness for rapid deployment in response to active threats or critical incidents.
• Manage unit’s personnel, including recruitment, training, evaluating performance, and overseeing professional development.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
• Serve as the main decision-maker for complex undercover operations.
• Provide strategic advice and direction to support the safety and success of these operations.
• Direct, monitor, and evaluate complex investigations to ensure they meet office priorities and investigative standards.
• Lead special projects and strategic initiatives as directed by executive leadership, contributing to BXDA’s long-term operational planning and policy development.
• Maintain flexibility to manage operational demands beyond standard hours, ensuring continuous unit readiness and responsiveness.

Requirements

• High school graduation or possession of a high school equivalency diploma; or Four years of full-time paid experience in the performance of criminal investigations, one year of which must have been in a supervisory capacity; or A satisfactory equivalent.
• 15+ years of experience as a NYPD police officer, as defined in CPL 1.20, within the State of New York.
• Comprehensive experience in a supervisory capacity in one or more of the following areas: organized crime, narcotics trafficking, money laundry, violent crime, special victims cases, domestic violence, hate crimes, child abuse and gangs.
• 10+ years of experience conducting and overseeing criminal investigations in law enforcement and overseeing strategic planning, both from an operational (i.e. workflow process, training, etc.) and staffing perspective is preferred.
• Ability to evaluate threat credibility and capability by conferring with relevant law enforcement agencies.

Qualifications

Note: Due to the necessary service needs of this position, the incumbent will be required to work and/or remain available on nights, holidays, and weekends.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills required.
• Familiarity with law enforcement databases and strong technical computer skills.

Pay

$220,671.00 – $220,671.00

Schedule

Due to the necessary service needs of this position, the incumbent will be required to work and/or remain available on nights, holidays, and weekends.