Chief of Police
Salary: $57,000 – $100,000
Closing Date: August 8, 2025
Position Summary:
The Chief of Police is a full-time position, reporting directly to the City Administrator. The Chief of Police generally holds this position, but it may also be temporarily held by an officer of a different rank, as approved by the City Administrator. This is a management position and is overtime exempt. An officer appointed as Chief of Police supervises and manages all aspects of the Hollister Police Department.
Essential Functions:
- Plan, coordinate, and direct the activities of the Police Department, manage resources, and establish departmental goals and objectives while delivering efficient and effective Police services to the community.
- Direct and supervise all personnel and resources of the department.
- Review work activity and monitor performance to ensure conformity to standards and applicable statutes, ordinances, and regulations.
- Direct and control department personnel in an effective and productive workforce.
- Formulate and implement rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
- Enforce discipline.
- Establish and maintain consistent communication with City Administration, Elected Officials, and other City departments utilizing the preferred methods and frequencies requested.
- Implement current advances in information technology.
- Organize and oversee testing, training, and evaluation of personnel for career development and annual performance evaluations.
- Allocate equipment, resources, and personnel.
- Manage change within the department and monitor the technological, economic, sociological, political, and legal environments to properly influence and implement necessary and desirable change within the organization.
- Maintain knowledge of current and innovative police procedures and technology by attending criminal justice meetings, seminars, training sessions, interacting with other law enforcement personnel, and professional literature.
- Develop the annual operating budget with appropriate documentation for review by the City Administrator, Mayor, and the City Council. Oversee operations in conformance with the budget.
Requirements:
- Ability to sit, stand, walk, kneel, crouch, jump, and use physical mobility to negotiate around crime scenes and emergency situations.
- Must be willing to work as needed during non-business hours; attend conferences and seminars to receive updated information on new laws and
regulations; and attend Council meetings and other evening meetings as needed. - This is a uniformed position that requires wearing an approved uniform or a collared shirt and tie.
- Must reside within a 20-minute driving time from the police department at posted speed limits.
- Minimum age – Twenty-one (21)
- Ability to meet the physical, mental, and other standards established by law, regulations, and the department.
- No felony convictions.
- Must possess a valid driver’s license and maintain an insurable driving record.
- Pre-employment drug testing and random drug testing after are required.
- A pre-employment criminal records background check is required.
- Missouri Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Basic Law Enforcement certification.