Police Chief

Police Chief Position

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The purpose of this position is to direct, develop, plan, and manage the operations of the Police Department in order to preserve public peace, protect lives, property, rights of the public and enforce statutory law and municipal ordinances, under the general direction of the City Manager or designee. The Police Chief serves as the chief law enforcement executive for the City of Lauderhill and is responsible for providing strategic vision, organizational leadership, and policy direction to ensure the effective delivery of professional law enforcement services. The Police Chief exercises final authority over departmental operations, personnel, fiscal management, policy development, and intergovernmental coordination.

Essential Functions:

Directs, manages, and provides executive oversight of all Police Department Divisions, including all civilian and administrative functions.

Establishes long-range strategic goals, objectives, and performance measures aligned with the City's mission and public safety priorities.

Develops, implements, and enforces departmental policies, procedures, and operational standards.

Provides leadership and exercises judgement that promotes ethical conduct, accountability, transparency, and continuous organizational improvement.

Serves as final authority on operational, personnel, and administrative decisions within the Department.

Leads, supervises, and evaluates command staff, including the Deputy Chief and other senior leaders.

Addresses complex employee relations matters and ensures compliance with applicable labor agreements, laws, and regulations.

Participates in bargaining negotiations on behalf of the City.

Promotes leadership development, succession planning, and workforce training initiatives.

Formulates and implements long-range management plans to address crime trends, public safety concerns, and community needs.

Evaluates departmental effectiveness through data analysis, performance metrics, and evidence-based practices.

Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local laws, accreditation standards, and professional best practices.

Develops and oversees implementation of training strategies aligned with departmental goals.

Prepares or directs the preparation of the Department's annual operating and capital budgets.

Monitors or directs the monitoring of expenditures to ensure fiscal responsibility and compliance with City financial policies.

Identifies or directs staff to identify grant opportunities and alternative funding sources to support departmental initiatives.

Ensure proper management and accountability of departmental assets, equipment, and facilities.

Provides executive oversight of law enforcement operations, investigations, patrol services, and specialized units.

Responds to and assumes command of critical incidents, major investigations, emergencies, natural or man-made disasters, as necessary.

Ensures effective coordination with Fire Rescue, emergency management, and other public safety partners.

Establishes operational priorities to protect life, property, and public order, as dictated by trends and direction from City leadership.

Serves as the Department's primary liaison to the City Manager, City Commission, advisory boards, and community stakeholders.

Represents the Department at City Commission Meetings, public forums, and official functions.

Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

Promotes community policing initiatives and fosters positive engagement with neighborhood groups, civic organizations, businesses, schools, and faith-based institutions.

Addresses citizen complaints and ensures appropriate review and resolution processes.

Maintains a comprehensive knowledge of current laws, regulations, law enforcement technologies, and emerging trends.

Participates in professional associations, executive training, and leadership development programs.

Ensures departmental compliance with accreditation requirements and professional standards.

Cooperates with Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies in all law enforcement matters.

Performs related duties as directed.

Minimum and Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Business Administration, or closely related field; AND
• Ten (10) years of upper command staff level at a Police Department, Sheriff's Office, or other law enforcement entity (i.e., rank of Lieutenant or equivalent, or higher rank); AND
• Three (3) years as Chief or Assistant Chief in comparable Department; AND
• Valid State of Florida Law Enforcement Certification; AND
• Valid State of Florida Driver License.

Once a candidate is selected for the position as Police Chief, they must reside within Broward County.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Criminal Justice, Public Administration, Business Administration, or closely related field.

Background Process:

• Fingerprinting and Criminal History/Driving History Check through various platforms; AND
• Verification of employment, public records requests, local law enforcement checks, and neighborhood checks; AND
• Polygraph, Psychological evaluation, and medical evaluation including drug/alcohol testing.

Additional Requirements/Environmental Factors:

Schedule Requirements: The ability to work a flexible schedule including nights and weekends for City events/initiatives/meetings/conferences, as an exempt employee.

Driving Requirements: The ability to drive and operate a personal or City vehicle for extended periods of time, including utilization as field office; and to enter and exit the vehicle various times throughout the day.

Physical Requirements: The ability to exert extremely heavy physical effort in very heavy work, which may involve some combination of climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and/or lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling of objects and materials in excess of 100 pounds.

Motor Coordination: The ability to coordinate eyes, hands, and feet to utilize and operate City vehicles, tools, equipment, and machinery.

Sensory Requirements: The ability to perceive and differentiate audio and/or visual cues or signals; and to perceive and differentiate depths, and/or textures.

Form/Spatial Aptitude: The ability to inspect items for proper length, width, and shape; and to visually read various information.

Color Discrimination: The ability to differentiate between colors or shades of color.

Communication: The ability to effectively communicate with City employees, stakeholders, and the general public verbally and/or in writing as needed to exchange information, coordinate work activities, and resolve matters.

Functional Reasoning: The ability to apply principles of rational systems, such as motivation, incentive, and leadership; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives.

Situational Reasoning: The ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness, and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, measurable, verifiable, or subjective criteria.

Data Conception: The ability to coordinate, manage, strategize, and/or correlate data and/or information; and to exercise discretion in determining actual or probable consequences, and in identifying solutions or alternatives.

Mathematical Aptitude: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide, and calculate numbers, decimals, and percentages; and to interpret numerical data and graphs to create reports and/or develop forecasts.

Environmental Factors: Essential functions are performed with varied exposure to adverse environmental conditions (i.e. cold, heat, rain, sunlight, humidity, noise, dirt, odor, fumes, disease, pathogens, traffic hazards, animals, wildlife, violence, and/or explosives).