Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assist superior in planning, organizing, directing, staffing, coordinating, and reporting activities of subordinate Police Officers assigned to a police patrol shift/unit to assure compliance with Written Directives and effectively meet the mission of the police department.
  
  • Assign and brief police officers at the beginning of a shift;
  • Patrol the University community observing, supervising, and instructing subordinate officers;
  • Respond to police incidents requiring supervisory coordination;
  • Provide effective emergency response and take charge of incident control at major incidents in the absence of a senior officer;
  • Assist and instruct subordinate officers during investigations or difficult or unusual incidents;
  • Review and approve the work of assigned subordinate police officers;
  • Evaluate the performance of subordinate employees and identify and meet training needs if appropriate;
  • Schedule, or assist in scheduling, subordinate Police Officers to provide appropriate staffing levels for vacations, sickness, court appearances, special events, etc.

• Assist in the supervision of telecommunicators, security guard officers, and student patrol officers.
• Perform the functions and duties of the superior officer during scheduled and non-scheduled absences.
• Assist in the supervision or, in the absence of a superior, command special event details such as sporting events, concerts, parades, etc.
• Assist in staff studies and program development/coordination of activities and directives pertinent to the activity group.
• Perform related duties as assigned.