The Deputy Chief of Police is an executive command employee who serves as second in command of the Greenwich Police Department and is responsible for the efficient and orderly operation of the Police Department.
DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Conducts special investigations, research projects and studies on crime and departmental operations as directed.
Serves as department spokesperson.
Responsible for the selection and recommendation of new police recruits to the Chief of Police in order to ensure the highest caliber of employee.
Assists in the drafting of law enforcement policy and plans for the implementation of municipal law enforcement goals and planning for short and long-term resource and scheduling requirements to meet objectives.
Develops and prepares grant applications and oversees grant programs.
Analyzes departmental operations and recommends practices and procedures to address problems and issues discovered.
Oversees and may direct the daily activities of the various divisions within the Police Department, including the Parking Services Division.
Assumes the duties, responsibilities, and authority of the Police Chief in the Chief's absence. Represents the Department and the Police Chief at various meetings of boards, community groups or public gatherings, and speaks in public with news media as directed.
Acts as departmental personnel officer, reviews personnel actions, investigates personnel problems and complaints, prepares reports of findings and recommendations, and directs training activities for the department.
Assists in the preparation of the annual departmental budget, and in controlling the expenditure of departmental fund allocations within the constraints of approved budgets.
Coordinates and confers with Federal, State, and regional agencies and other municipalities on intergovernmental police problems and crime information. Confers with other members of the department, other police departments, Town officials and the general public concerning policing problems.
Maintains professional development, keeping current in the areas of public management, and in the philosophy, principles and practices of police science and administration. Conducts informal training programs for subordinates and participates in general police training programs.
Maintains a variety of control records; conducts special studies and investigations of operating procedures, methods, and problems; supervises the preparation of work reports; prepares memoranda and correspondence; performs computer entry, research and statistical analysis.
Recognizes conditions of danger on roads, building sites, in dwellings and other areas, and initiates action to correct problems including notifying other agencies for assistance.
Demonstrates continuous effort to improve operations, decrease turnaround times, streamline work processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality seamless customer service.
Supports Town policies and philosophies.
Performs other related work as required.
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