Chief of Police

Stillwater, OK
OSU Police/Public Safety Department

Salary: 115,000.00 – 160,000.00

Position Summary:

The OSU Chief of Police serves as the senior law enforcement officer responsible for overseeing all aspects of campus safety and security at OSU Stillwater, OSU Tulsa, and the Emergency Operation Center. The Chief of Police provides strategic leadership, direction, and coordination of the Campus Police Department to ensure the safety and well-being of students, faculty, staff, and visitors. This position plays a critical role in maintaining a safe and secure environment conducive to learning, research, and community engagement.

Essential Functions:

  • Demonstrate progressively responsible administrative and supervisory experience in overseeing law enforcement operations and management at command level.
  • Ability to manage a departmental budget and administer human resources policies and procedures.
  • Maintain confidentiality of information and protocols.
  • Ensure compliance with current laws and regulations governing law enforcement.
  • Maintain the standards identified in the Law Enforcement Code of Ethics, ensuring integrity and accountability in all actions.
  • Meet state standards in using vehicles, firearms, and other weapons and equipment.
  • Analyze feedback on critical incidents and make informed decisions that ensure a safe, legal, and satisfactory outcome.
  • Operate equipment such as firearms, alternative weapons, defensive tactics, cameras, vehicles, computers, etc.
  • Be proficient with and fire a qualifying score with the department-issued firearm on day courses.
  • Exhibit initiative and independence, with the ability to identify and resolve issues effectively.
  • Communicate the Department’s vision and values within the organization and the community.
  • Make appropriate decisions in highly stressful, rapidly deteriorating, and violent situations.
  • Work intelligently while providing excellent leadership in critical incidents and emergencies, even under rest/sleep deprivation.
  • Prioritize work, perform multiple tasks, coordinate with other law enforcement agencies and service agencies
  • Cope with competing and changing priorities effectively.
  • Speak effectively in public and engage with diverse community groups to foster positive relationships.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s Degree and five or more years of progressively responsible police experience functioning at command level; lieutenant or above.
  • Police Officer certification at Advanced Level.
  • Possess a valid Driver License.
  • Successfully pass an extensive background investigation.

Preferred Requirements:

  • 7 or more years of progressively responsible police experience functioning at command level; captain or above.
  • Law enforcement experience within a university setting and within a department of comparable size and complexity.
  • FBI Academy or comparable police executive training program.