Police Lieutenant

**Primary Purpose**:
To promote and maintain a school environment that will ensure the safety and security of district

personnel, students, and visitors to district campuses and facilities.

**Qualifications**:

- High School Diploma or GED
- Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent) from an accredited college or university** Required**; college hours in
- Criminal Justice recommended
- Valid Texas driver license; meet and maintain automobile insurance liability eligibility
- School Resource Officer certification preferred
- Mental Health Officer certification preferred
- Current Texas Peace Officer license issued by the Texas Commission on Law
- Enforcement
- (TCOLE); Master Peace Officer certification required
- Bondable, as required by Texas Education Code - 37.081
- Minimum of Fourteen years combined full time law enforcement experience

**Knowledge/Skills**:

- Possess an understanding of the Texas Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, Texas Family Code and Chapter 37 of the Texas Education Code
- Ability to pass required physical, psychiatric, and drug testing
- Ability to record information and conduct presentations as it relates to Safety and Security
- Ability to follow verbal and written instructions
- Ability to work effectively with students and the public at large, exercising sensitivity to special needs children
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
- Ability to problem solve, think critically, and manage conflict
- Ability to think clearly and respond calmly and effectively in escalating situations
- Working knowledge of criminal investigations, police reports, and criminal laws
- Ability to successfully complete a one-year probationary period from the date of appointment
- Comprehensive knowledge of modern leadership philosophies and methods as applied to local law enforcement administration
- Comprehensive knowledge of department policies and procedures
- Ability to manage critical incidents
- Ability to analyze complex police problems and to adopt effective and reasonable courses of action with due regard for surrounding hazards / circumstances

**Essential Job functions**:

- Training and ability to subdue offenders, including use of firearms, non-lethal weapons, and handcuffs
- Exhibit a high level of personal integrity and display high ethical standards
- Operate a computer to develop databases and do word processing
- Actively monitor interior and exterior of campus for unauthorized persons
- Instruct in classroom setting (IE: traffic stop education, bullying, dating violence)
- Respond to calls for service which may include theft, criminal mischief, disturbances, or other disorders on school district sites
- Conduct initial and follow-up investigations (or assist with same)
- Assist in developing and implementing school safety programs
- Promote crime prevention and traffic safety programs
- Keep informed of and comply with state, district, and campus policies affecting schools, including daily attendance, punctuality, and confidentiality
- Assist other local law enforcement and fire agencies, as required or requested
- Assist school administration with alleged criminal violations committed by students, when requested
- Regularly confer with teachers, counselors, campus administrators, and other staff to identify problems and/or suspected criminal behavior
- Maintain contact with and act as a liaison to local law enforcement agencies
- Compile, maintain, and file all physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents required, including records of all cases investigated and reports required by law
- Comply with all district routines and regulations
- Maintain a positive and effective relationship with supervisors, colleagues, students, and parents
- Provide traffic control at athletic events, school closings/openings, or as otherwise required
- Provide escorts or accompany students, parents, or district staff, as needed
- Work effectively and efficiently with a team
- Ability to act as a department Public Information Officer
- Follow safety and security procedures
- Other duties as assigned

**Supervisory Responsibilities**:

- Enforce policies, directives, standards and laws of the district and State
- Responsible for oversight of sergeants, officers and other staff within the department, including planning daily work assignments, as well as short and long-term scheduling for officers
- Establish responsibilities and organize work for officers, as required
- In the absence of the Chief of Police, the Police Lieutenant is responsible for the 24-hour operations of the department and safety throughout the district

**Equipment Used**:
District vehicle and related equipment, handcuffs, issued firearms, fire extinguishers, security and alarm equipment, two-way radios, and computers and other office equipment

**Working Conditions**

**Physical Demands/Mental Demands/Environmental Factors**:

- The working conditions described are representative of thos