Police Captain

The purpose of the class is Command Level leadership within the Police Department. The class is responsible for division management, oversight of law enforcement activities, planning, policy, procedures, budgets, and other administrative or operational processes. The class works within broad policy and organizational guidelines; independently plans and implements projects; reports progress of major activities through periodic conferences and meetings.

Manages law enforcement officers, specialized or clerical staff, or others including selecting or recommending selection, training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, disciplining, and terminating or recommending termination. Oversees major division or section of department; establishes administrative and operational policy and procedures; oversees and directs activities, record, and reports. Researches laws, rules, policy, trends in law enforcement, and activity needs to develop plans and programs to improve law enforcement operations within assigned section; serves on committees or boards and performs special research or other projects. Monitors laws, rules, and regulations and evaluates administrative and operational activities to ensure compliance; addresses internal and external complaints or problems and resolves issues by meeting with law enforcement individuals, public citizens, or groups. Assists department superiors with goals and objectives, planning, policy and procedures development, staffing, assignments, and schedules; acts for superiors in their absence. Oversees responses to calls for police service involving crimes or other incidents; responds to serious incidents as necessary; conducts follow-up investigations of crimes and other incidents as required; assists with case preparation. Provides information and/or assistance to the public, assists with or conducts public information programs involving crime prevention or awareness. Performs administrative functions such as recording information, preparing budgets, controlling expenditures, overseeing maintenance, evaluating new products or technology, purchasing, compiling reports, and monitoring materials. Attends or conducts staff or division meetings to exchange information; attends, and schedules others to attend, in-service training and technical or professional classes, seminars, or conferences to improve technical or professional skills.

Manages law enforcement officers, specialized or clerical staff, or others including selecting or recommending selection, training, assigning and evaluating work, counseling, disciplining, and terminating or recommending termination.

Oversees major division or section of department; establishes administrative and operational policy and procedures; oversees and directs activities, record, and reports.

Researches laws, rules, policy, trends in law enforcement, and activity needs to develop plans and programs to improve law enforcement operations within assigned section; serves on committees or boards and performs special research or other projects.

Monitors laws, rules, and regulations and evaluates administrative and operational activities to ensure compliance; addresses internal and external complaints or problems and resolves issues by meeting with law enforcement individuals, public citizens, or groups.

Assists department superiors with goals and objectives, planning, policy and procedures development, staffing, assignments, and schedules; acts for superiors in their absence.

Oversees responses to calls for police service involving crimes or other incidents; responds to serious incidents as necessary; conducts follow-up investigations of crimes and other incidents as required; assists with case preparation.

Provides information and/or assistance to the public, assists with or conducts public information programs involving crime prevention or awareness.

Performs administrative functions such as recording information, preparing budgets, controlling expenditures, overseeing maintenance, evaluating new products or technology, purchasing, compiling reports, and monitoring materials.

Attends or conducts staff or division meetings to exchange information; attends, and schedules others to attend, in-service training and technical or professional classes, seminars, or conferences to improve technical or professional skills.

Plans, or directs others in, the sequence of major activities, and reports on operations and activities, which are very broad in scope. Directs or commands others by issuing orders and instructions. Supervises the operation or repair of complex facilities or equipment that requires extended training and experience such as buildings, facilities, vehicles, protective equipment, electronic telecommunications and surveillance equipment, electronic signaling equipment, firearms, computers, networks, and software programs such as word processing, spreadsheets or custom law enforcement applications; may involve acquisition, installation and testing. Performs work involving the application of logical principles and thinking to solve practical problems within or applying to a section or division of the organization. Uses basic algebra involving variables and formulas, basic geometry involving plane and solid figures, descriptive statistics, mathematical classifications and computes ratios, rates, and percentages. Reads professional literature and technical manuals; speaks to groups of employees, and public or private groups; writes manuals and complex reports. Performs professional level work requiring the application of principles and practices of a wide range of administrative, technical, or managerial methods in the solution of administrative or technical problems; applies extensive understanding of operating policies and procedures to solve complex administrative problems; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressure. Makes decisions as a significant part of the job, affecting a large segment of the organization and the general public; assists in developing policies and practices.

Plans, or directs others in, the sequence of major activities, and reports on operations and activities, which are very broad in scope.

Directs or commands others by issuing orders and instructions.

Supervises the operation or repair of complex facilities or equipment that requires extended training and experience such as buildings, facilities, vehicles, protective equipment, electronic telecommunications and surveillance equipment, electronic signaling equipment, firearms, computers, networks, and software programs such as word processing, spreadsheets or custom law enforcement applications; may involve acquisition, installation and testing.

Performs work involving the application of logical principles and thinking to solve practical problems within or applying to a section or division of the organization.

Uses basic algebra involving variables and formulas, basic geometry involving plane and solid figures, descriptive statistics, mathematical classifications and computes ratios, rates, and percentages.

Reads professional literature and technical manuals; speaks to groups of employees, and public or private groups; writes manuals and complex reports.

Performs professional level work requiring the application of principles and practices of a wide range of administrative, technical, or managerial methods in the solution of administrative or technical problems; applies extensive understanding of operating policies and procedures to solve complex administrative problems; requires continuous, close attention for accurate results or frequent exposure to unusual pressure.

Makes decisions as a significant part of the job, affecting a large segment of the organization and the general public; assists in developing policies and practices.