Police Sergeant – Certified

Manalapan, FL
Manalapan Police Department

Salary: $75,000.00 – $100,500.00 Annually

Closing Date: 3/22/2025

Position Summary:

General duty of a police sergeant is a first line supervisor who plans, assigns, reviews, and evaluates the work within the police department. The sergeant would coordinate activities, participate in police operations, and perform work in the protection of life and property through the enforcement of laws and ordinances. Work is performed under the general supervision of a Police Lieutenant.

Essential Functions:

  • Effect an arrest, forcibly if necessary, using handcuffs and other restraints; subdues resisting suspects using maneuvers and weapons and resort to the use of hands and feet, and other approved weapons in self-defense.
  • Prepare investigative and other reports, including sketches, using appropriate grammar, symbols and mathematical computations.
  • Exercise independent judgment in determining when there is reasonable suspicion to detain, when probable cause exists to search and arrest and when force may be used and to what degree.
  • Operate a law enforcement vehicle during both the day and night; in emergency situations involving speeds in excess of posted limits, in congested traffic and in unsafe road conditions caused by factors such as fog, smoke, and rain.
  • Communicate effectively and coherently over law enforcement radio channels while initiating and responding to radio communications.
  • Gather information in criminal investigations by interviewing and obtaining the statements of victims, witnesses, suspects and confidential informers.
  • Pursue fleeing suspects and perform rescue operations which may involve quickly entering and exiting law enforcement patrol vehicles; lifting, carrying and dragging heavy objects; climbing over and pulling up oneself over obstacles; jumping down from elevated surfaces; climbing through openings; jumping over obstacles, ditches and streams; crawling in confined areas; balancing on uneven or narrow surfaces and using body force to gain entrance through barriers.
  • Load, unload, aim and fire from a variety of body positions – handguns, shotguns and other agency firearms under conditions of stress that justify the use of deadly force and at levels of proficiency prescribed in certification standards.
  • Perform searches of people, vehicles, buildings and large outdoor areas which may involve feeling and detecting objects, walking for long periods of time, detaining people and stopping suspicious vehicles and persons.
  • Conduct visual and audio surveillance for extended periods of time.
  • Engage in law enforcement patrol functions that include such things as working rotating shifts, walking on foot patrol and physically checking the doors and windows of buildings to ensure they are secure.

Requirements:

  • Must be a U.S. Citizen (born or naturalized).
  • No conviction of felony or misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or domestic violence.
  • No convictions for criminal traffic offenses (DUI, Reckless driving) within five years of the date of application
  • Prior military service must have been completed with an Honorable Discharge.
  • Applicants must possess before the date of employment a valid State of Florida Driver’s License.
  • The required license and related endorsement must be maintained during the term of employment
  • Vision must be corrected to 20/40.
  • Florida Law Enforcement Certification
  • No more than three (3) moving violations(s) within the most recent three-year period.
  • No more than three (3) at-fault accidents within the most recent three-year period.
  • Punctuality and regular attendance are essential functions of this position, as well as working mandatory shift hours, including days, nights, holidays, weekends, unscheduled overtime as needed and periodic call outs for both work-related and emergency-preparedness situations.
  • Five years of full-time experience as a sworn police officer with a Florida Law Enforcement Agency, two of which must have a supervisor role.
  • Some experience at a law enforcement agency within the evidence section at a police department.