Police Captain

About the role

Under the general direction of the Chief of Police, the Police Captain will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and directing the operation of an armed college police department for the protection of students, staff, visitors, and facilities. The Police Captain also trains, supervises, and evaluates the performance of assigned personnel.

Responsibilities

• Leadership/Coordination: Administering the college traffic and patrol program.
• Leadership/Coordination: Directing the preparation of citations against violators to the municipal courts as required.
• Leadership/Coordination: Approving schedules and assignments to maintain full operational patrol schedules.
• Leadership/Coordination: Serving as the incident commander at emergencies involving Los Rios Community College District jurisdiction, or mutual aid events as requested by the Chief of Police.
• Leadership/Coordination: Overseeing and performing a variety of tasks, such as fingerprinting staff members, and monitoring campus building alarm systems.
• Leadership/Coordination: Overseeing the campus patrol program.
• Leadership/Coordination: Overseeing special programs and/or projects for the district such as the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
• Collaboration/Team Building: Responding to parking and citizen complaints.
• Collaboration/Team Building: Assisting with the preparation and monitoring of department budgets.
• Collaboration/Team Building: Participating on committees at the college and District level.
• Collaboration/Team Building: Serving as watch commander in absence of police sergeant.
• Collaboration/Team Building: Performing the duties of a Police Officer, when necessary.
• Collaboration/Team Building: Assisting with the department’s emergency preparedness and response programs.
• Collaboration/Team Building: Maintaining close relationship with law enforcement jurisdiction in the District on matters involving students and in the development of joint programs for emergency response and crime prevention.
• Collaboration/Team Building: Rendering emergency first aid and CPR.
• Project Documentation/Deliverables: Providing for the proper maintenance, use, and operation of equipment, supplies, and materials assigned for use within the college police program.
• Project Documentation/Deliverables: Maintaining records and files of reports submitted by officers.
• Project Documentation/Deliverables: Evaluating the Clery Act report.
• Project Documentation/Deliverables: Maintaining a college police manual for use by college police staff.
• Training/Staff Development And Supervision: Training, supervising, and evaluating college police personnel.
• Training/Staff Development And Supervision: Supervising and conducting investigations, and filing reports for recommendations regarding theft, building security, automobile parking, safety, and related problems.
• Training/Staff Development And Supervision: Ensuring college safety through oversight of patrolling activities, safety checks of buildings, elimination of fire hazards, prevention of theft and vandalism, and reporting unusual hazardous or suspicious occurrences and conditions.
• Training/Staff Development And Supervision: Evaluating reports and logs and providing proper feedback as necessary.
• Training/Staff Development And Supervision: Maintaining current knowledge in scope of duties.
• Training/Staff Development And Supervision: Performing other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Have a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution completed by time of hire.
• Three years of experience, including two years in a lead or supervisory capacity, as a law enforcement officer.
• Currently possesses the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Advanced Certificate.
• Licensed to carry firearms.
• Complete California POST Supervisory course within one year of hire.
• Completion of the