MDTA Chief of Police

About the role

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities across the State of Maryland. The MDTA Chief of Police oversees a nationally accredited full-service police agency, making up the second largest state police agency and the eighth largest law enforcement force in Maryland.

Responsibilities

• Manages, directs, and controls the sworn and civilian members of the MDTA Police team;
• Participates in the formulation of plans, programs, and goals for the agency at the executive level;
• Negotiates and manages agreements with the Maryland Department of Transportation – Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) and Maryland Port Administration (MPA) to provide police services to those agencies;
• Represents the MDTA Police at public speaking engagements, conferences, and meetings with other law enforcement agencies, and federal, State, and local agencies;
• Prepares agency operating and capital equipment budgets for submission to the MDTA Executive Director and relevant MDOT Administrations;
• Prepares special reports or projects to be presented orally or in writing as required;
• Directs the maintenance of records for operations, budget preparation, personnel administration, and accounting, and ensures that record keeping conforms to existing state regulations.

Requirements

• Possession of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four year college or university, with a minimum of 24 semester credit hours in criminal justice subjects and satisfactory completion of a recognized law enforcement executive training program;
• Eight years of recent full-time employment in the field of law enforcement, five of which must have been in progressively responsible supervisory or management position in the rank of Captain or its equivalent or above in whatever law enforcement organization they have been employed;
• Prerequisite: Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen.

Qualifications

• Education: Possession of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four year college or university, with a minimum of 24 semester credit hours in criminal justice subjects and satisfactory completion of a recognized law enforcement executive training program.
• Experience: Eight years of recent full-time employment in the field of law enforcement, five of which must have been in progressively responsible supervisory or management position in the rank of Captain or its equivalent or above in whatever law enforcement organization previously employed, may be substituted for the education and experience requirement.
• Additional qualifications: The Ideal Candidate Will Possess The Following Experience overseeing budget preparation, expenditures, and staffing allocations, Experience with and commitment to a prevention and problem-oriented community-focused policing philosophy.

Skills

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Benefits

The MDTA offers a generous benefits package including a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27* days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the Maryland Law Enforcement Officers Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, and more!

*May be prorated based on start date.

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

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Application Process

Please apply online at https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/mdotmd

RESUMES CANNOT BE SUBSTITUTED FOR THE ONLINE EMPLOYMENT APPLICATION. Paper applications (Form DTS-1) will not be accepted for this recruitment.