Chief of Police

Special Instructions

To apply, please submit a letter of interest and CV/resume via email to uncpexecutivesearch@northcarolina.edu. The position remains open until filled.

Salary will be commensurate with education and experience.

About the Opportunity

The University of North Carolina at Pembroke (UNCP) is excited to accept applications for its next Chief of Police. The Chief of Police works with the Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration in establishing the goals and objectives of the Police and Public Safety Department. The Chief of Police is responsible for determining the variety and type of programs and activities needed to affect the safety and security of students, staff, faculty, and visitors. Consideration is also given to the resources, personnel, and technology available to support the goals and objectives. All Police and Public Safety personnel report to this position. The success of the program requires use of a chain of command, structured to assure that appropriate communication occurs.

A detailed leadership profile for this position is available at: https://bit.ly/UNCP-policechief.

About the Team

The Police & Public Safety Department at The University of North Carolina at Pembroke is a full-service law enforcement agency, whose primary responsibility is the protection of life and property on the University campus.

The department offers a wide range of crime prevention and awareness programs, which are designed to ensure a continued safe and secure campus environment.

Duties and Responsibilities

The Chief of Police is responsible for the safety and security on campus. Responsibilities include:

• Establish and implement a comprehensive Crime Prevention Program coordinated directly with all appropriate faculty, staff, and student committees and groups, covering all campus areas.
• Ensure the presentation of programs and workshops and distribution of materials to university personnel and students relative to their responsibilities applicable to crime prevention measures.
• Develop a safety and security program encompassing the protection of all students, personnel, and state property.
• Plan, organize, develop, maintain, classify, distribute, and implement appropriate regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Ensure to the degree possible that fire and other security systems are operational, adequate lighting exists, and patrol staff is visible.
• Make regular tours of the campus to note problems and implement and/or recommend actions to resolve or correct a situation.
• Conduct regular meetings with Police, Safety, and Security staff to discuss plans, objectives, and concerns. Police and Public Safety is a twenty-four hour, seven days a week operation and this position plans, schedules, and supervises through immediate subordinates of the Police and Public Safety Department.
• Recruit, develop, and retain law enforcement personnel, ensuring the implementation of work plans and subsequent performance reviews.
• Oversee the implementation of disciplinary actions and provide counsel and advice to subordinate personnel.
• Review daily the status and outcome of criminal or incident investigations; review and analyze reports prepared by police and security personnel.
• Personally investigate reports of problems, situations, and practices which are not conducive to Police and Public Safety’s mission.
• Supervise UNCP’s vehicle registration program for faculty, staff, students, and visitors. Responsibilities include analyzing parking problems and traffic flow and patterns, recommending solutions, new and/or revised policies, regulations and rules, supervising enforcement of parking and traffic regulations and rules, ensuring handicap parking accessibility and transportation services and assistance to stranded motorists.
• Coordinate the issuance of permanent and temporary parking permits and citations.
• Plan, schedule, direct, and maintain current mandatory law enforcement training, annual weapons qualification, annual renewal of first aid certifications, training in fire and safety measures, safety and vehicle use, riot control, sensitivity training, and preliminary and contemporary investigative techniques.
• Coordinate and schedule training for certifying officers to use the DCI computer terminal.
• Train in the protection against AIDS when handling bleeding victims or arrestees.
• Establish and maintain an effective and cooperative working relationship with local law enforcement agencies and other educational institutions to solve and/or alleviate problems relative to ensuring the security and safety of UNCP, its students, employees, and visitors. It is expected that this role will be active in local and state law enforcement programs and crime prevention activities.
• Receive feedback from the public and university community relative to programs and their effectiveness, serving as a consultant to campus groups or on various committees relative to campus security and safety.
• Establish and manage an annual budget using state allocations, funds generated from parking/traffic control programs, and other receipts designed to the function.
• Plan, schedule, and assign officers to work events for student and athletic events. Provide officer support to open and close facilities for use after 5:00 p.m., and on holidays and weekends. Provide officer escort(s) and protection for bank deposits Monday through Friday.
• Plan, train officers, and implement procedures in arming and disarming all electronic intrusion devices, fire and security alarms, and provide training to university student housing supervisors on safety and security matters.
• Oversee the maintenance of campus crime records and statistics as required and in compliance with university, local, state, and federal policies and requirements. Ensure that data is obtained and that comprehensive records related to Police and Public Safety are maintained and appropriately reported.

Education and Experience

At a minimum, the successful candidates is required to have either: (1) a bachelor’s degree and 8 years of sworn law enforcement officer experience; or (2) an associate’s degree and 10 years of sworn law enforcement officer experience. At least 4 years of experience must have been in a supervisory role equivalent to a Police Lieutenant or greater.

License and certification requirements include: (1) certification from NC Criminal Justice Education and Training Standards Commission (CJETSC) as a commissioned police officer or certification eligible for out-of-state lateral hires; (2) NC Basic Law Enforcement Training (BLET) Certification; and (3) Current NC Driver’s License.