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Assistant Chief of Police (Civilian)
Assistant Chief of Police (Civilian) - Montgomery County Police Dept., Gaithersburg, Maryland
Deadline to Apply: May 18th, 2025
Salary Range: $138,078 - $234,733
MCPD is seeking a collaborative, innovative, and community-focused professional to provide leadership and oversight as a civilian (non-sworn) Assistant Chief of Police (AC). Reporting directly to the Chief of Police, this pivotal role will link our organization, the communities we serve, and our law enforcement partners. The AC will play a critical role in enhancing connections with our employees and the community, fostering positive relationships, promoting transparency, and ensuring our community and departmental needs are effectively addressed.
Top candidates will also possess:
- Experience applying knowledge of modern management and supervisory principles and practices.
- Experience working with labor unions
- Understanding and knowledge of legislation and developments in the field of law enforcement, including police administration, patrol techniques, criminal investigations, crime prevention, and the criminal justice system.
- Experience planning, organizing, coordinating, leading, and otherwise directing large-scale and complex police projects and programs and resolving administrative and operational issues.
- Experience establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with other County officials and Federal and State Officials, civic and business leaders, union representatives, and the general public, particularly in situations where competing and conflicting concerns, interests, goals, and/or objectives require both understanding and resolution.
- Experience managing within a large organization
- Experience drafting, updating, and implementing organization policies.
- Strong communication skills and also demonstrate the ability to elevate both internal and external communications while fostering a climate of respect.
- Ability to be forward-thinking and apply knowledge and experience via strategic visions and planning.
- Ability to navigate politics.
- Ability to demonstrate an understanding of demographic, geographical, and cultural differences, opinions, and beliefs to form the best plan/policies and pathways forward.
- Problem-solving skills via identifying issues, weighing options, seeking solutions, taking action, and being confident in making decisions.
- Ability to inspire, develop, influence, challenge, and inspire teams and groups.
- Exemplify change management through the ability to identify and know when to make changes, as well as being flexible, innovative, and creative.
- Demonstrate the ability to use emotions (your own and others) positively through effective communication. Empathize to overcome challenges and defuse conflicts.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manages a large organizational unit by assigning work priorities to subordinate units in response to organizational needs, overseeing the development and implementation of county, department, and unit operating and administrative procedures and memoranda of understanding with other agencies.
- Responsible for major departmental initiatives, including strategic programs and operations planning.
- Ensuring skillful oversight, organizational planning, and business process improvements to integrate effective police operations.
- Represents the County government and Chief of Police in various forums concerning controversial and sensitive police matters by explaining the County’s goals and objectives, responding to questions, misunderstandings, and apprehension, and gaining the support of groups being addressed/ bridging the gap between the police and the community.
- Sets standards for individual and organizational unit performance and coordinates evaluations and any disciplinary action within the appropriate county, collective bargaining, and departmental policies and procedures.
- Provide research, advice, and recommendations to the Chief on various police-related issues and concerns to develop new and innovative solutions, programs, policies, and procedures.
- Works with other County government departments, outside agencies, community and business leaders, and organizations to address and resolve work problems, coordinate work efforts, develop partnerships and programs, and present and clarify the County and Department’s position on issues and operations.
- Interact with other county departments, the County Executive’s Office, Montgomery County Council, and State of Maryland representatives and stakeholders.
- Unite people across the organization and external to the organization to effect change by providing solutions to issues and keep our strategic initiatives moving forward.
- Serve as a confidant to the Chief of Police and management by providing expert advice to enhance team efficiency, professionalism, and ethical standards.
- Oversees preparation and administration of the organization’s operating budget, providing testimony before the County Executive and County Council.
- Reviews and approves correspondence and reports prepared by subordinate employees for signature of the Chief of Police.
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Police Chief
Police Chief - Grand Chute, WI
Deadline to Apply: June 1st, 2025
Salary Range: The full salary range is $118,560 to $152,422 with the expected hiring range of $118,560 to $135,491, DOQ.
A summary of the duties and responsibilities is noted below, with the approximate percentage of time. The full position description, position profile with instructions on how to apply, is available on our website.
Leadership & Supervision, 20%
Review & Evaluate personnel performance, 5%
Labor Relations, 5%
Personnel practices, 10%
Fiscal management/budgeting, 5%
Compile accreditation compliance documentation, 5%
Strategic planning, 5%
Establish goals & objectives, 5%
Confer with appointed and elected Town officials on public safety matters, 10%
Identify/anticipate and address community problems, 10%
Community/professional outreach, 10%
Produce or review policies, reports, memos, and correspondence, 10%
The Police Chief directly supervises two captains and one executive assistant.
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