Job Description
Salary: $134,844.00 - $188,741.00 Annually
Location : Eaton
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: Eaton - CP - 1/3/25
Department: Town of Eaton
Opening Date: 01/03/2025
Closing Date: 1/31/2025 5:00 PM Pacific
About the Position Chief of Police
Town of Eaton, CO - The Chief of police is the Department's Chief Executive Officer, and is responsible for planning, organizing, and providing all administrative direction and oversight to the department. This involves oversight of all divisions-administration, police patrol, investigations, code enforcement, communications, and records. This position is a member of the Town's Executive Team, and lends professional assistance to the Team. The Chief contributes to the development and implementation of the Town's goals, objectives, policies, procedures and service standards.
- The Chief is the face of the police department and is expected to be accessible and transparent, and foster a cooperative working environment. As the department head, the Chief builds trust and engages with staff, department leaders, other town officials, elected/appointed officials, the community, citizen groups, and public and private entities and other stakeholders.
- The Chief confers with citizens and Town officials and other stakeholders on law enforcement problems and challenges, and assists in the development of innovative municipal law enforcement policies.
- The Chief serves as liaison for other law enforcement agencies to provide technical assistance, and to ensure responsive, appropriate delivery of law enforcement services.
- In partnership with the Finance Director and Town Administrator, the Chief is responsible for the department budget preparation, presenta-tion, monitoring and compliance and is expected to research and seek funding alternatives, including writing grant applications.
- The Chief is responsible for the development of the department's mission statement, goals and objectives.
- The Chief is involved in hiring, and is responsible for staff's training and professional development. This position also plans, organizes, supervises, reviews and evaluates department staff and establishes and maintains a working environment that is conducive to positive morale, individual style, quality, creativity and teamwork in compliance with the Town's policies.
- The Chief coordinates the preparation of a wide variety of reports or presentations for town management and/or outside agencies.
- This position directs and oversees the planning and presentation of public involvement programs for neighborhoods, business, and other community groups.
- The Chief of Police collaborates closely with the Town's Workplace Safety Committee to develop and implement safety initiates aimed at reducing workplace hazards.
- While this is not a traditional "working Chief" position, the ideal candidate should have sound tactical and operational skills and be able to perform police duties as necessary.
Ideal Candidate - A servant leader who will recognize opportunities to lead the department.
- An experienced Law Enforcement professional who will mentor staff and create a succession plan.
- A visionary and strategic thinker - one who offers well-reasoned ideas for the future while executing and delivering on current projects and directives.
- A professional who is experienced with creating and managing a budget and overseeing the police department finances.
- One who values on-going professional training.
- An articulate communicator, who demonstrates effective communication skills (written, verbal and presentation). Is confident and comfortable serving as the department spokesperson.
- An effective listener who will consider new ideas and implement them, if appropriate.
- One who will serve as the face of the police department and be active and visible in the community.
- A teambuilder and leader who is accessible to the members of the department.
- One who understands and appreciates small-town culture and can navigate small-town politics.
- A valuable and contributing member of the Town's Leadership team and an advocate for the PD.
- One who builds trusts within the department by making quality decisions and delegating responsibility when appropriate.
- An inspirational leader-one who can motivate and inspire officers to perform at their best.
- One who understands and embraces the principles of community policing, fosters positive department and community relations and works collaboratively with the community.
Minimum Qualifications - High School Diploma or GED required. Postsecondary education is strongly preferred and expected, but may be substituted with years of professional experience in supervisory capacity demonstrating leadership or leadership training.
- A minimum of ten (10) years of experience with progressive advancement in a municipal police department or law enforcement agency; including at least (5) five years of command-level experience. A combination of education and experience may be considered.
- Demonstrated experience in leadership or supervisory roles.
- Must possess or be eligible to obtain a valid Colorado class "C" driver's license.
- Must be Colorado P.O.S.T. certified, or obtain the P.O.S.T. certification within six months of hire.
- Must be well-versed in current federal, state, and local laws and ordinances, and remain current with understanding and applying best practices in law enforcement.
- The successful candidate must reside within a 30-minute response time of the police department.
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