Police Chief

Salary: $113,726.00 – $143,387.00 Annually

Closing Date: 3/31/2025

Position Summary:

Under administrative direction, the Police Chief performs a variety of complex administrative, supervisory and professional work in planning, coordinating, and directing the activities of the Police Department. Performs primary and exclusive responsibility over all administrative and internal affairs, command, and supervision over all police personnel, dispatching functions, and enforcement of all State laws and City ordinances.? This is an at-will management position.

Essential Functions:

• Plans, organizes, and directs the activities of professional, technical, and clerical personnel engaged in police department operations; coordinates, supervises, and evaluates police department operations.
• Develops and establishes policies and procedures for the department in order to implement directives from the City Council or City Manager.
• Plans and implements law enforcement programs for the City in order to better carry out the policies and goals of City management and Council; reviews department performance and effectiveness; formulates programs or policies to alleviate deficiencies.
• Coordinates the information gathered and work accomplished by various officers; assigns Officers to special investigations as needed.
• Ensures that personnel are assigned to shifts or working units which provide optimum effectiveness in terms of current situations and circumstances governing deployment.
• Evaluates evidence, witnesses, and suspects in criminal cases to correlate all aspects and to assess for trends, similarities or for associations with other cases.
• Supervises and coordinates the preparation and presentation of an annual budget for the department, directs the implementation of the department?s budget, plans, for and reviews specifications for new or replaced equipment.
• Directs the development and maintenance of systems, records, and legal documents that provide for the proper evaluation, control, and documentation of police department operations.
• Trains and develops departmental personnel; addresses grievances; maintains departmental discipline and general conduct and behavior of assigned personnel.
• Prepares and submits periodic reports to the City Manager regarding the department?s activities and prepares a variety of other reports as appropriate.
• Meets with elected and appointed officials, other law enforcement officials, community and business representatives, and the public on all aspects of the department?s activities.
• Attends conferences, seminars, and meetings to keep abreast of current trends in the field; represents the City Police Department in a variety of local, County, State, and other meetings.
• Interviews and hires candidates for positions within the department.
• Cooperates with County, State, and Federal law enforcement officers as appropriate where activities of the police department are involved.
• Ensures that laws and ordinances are enforced and that the public peace and safety is maintained.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in police science, law enforcement, criminal justice, or related field AND fourteen (14) years of progressively responsible law enforcement experience, which includes three (3) years at a Lieutenant or higher rank; OR an equivalent combination of education, training, or experience.
• Must possess a valid Arizona driver’s license.
• Must possess an Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board Peace Officer certification.