POLICE SERGEANT

Company: Texas Southern University
Location: Sugar Land
Posted on: April 25, 2025

Job Description:

Security Sensitive Position?: Yes Hours of Work: TBA Posting Number: TSU202909 Official TSU Title: POLICE SERGEANT Grant Title: N/A Job Description Summary / TWC Summary: Under general supervision supervises and coordinates activities of law enforcement personnel on an assigned shift or area to ensure the protection, safety, and welfare of students, staff, and visitors and the protection of University property. Essential Duties Summary:

• Enforces policies and procedures.
• Manages a shift of police and security officers to make sure that students, faculty and staff are safe.
• Supervises, schedules, assigns work, and evaluates the performance of law enforcement personnel assigned to shift or area. Provides in-field instruction, training, and counseling to subordinates.
• Conducts shift "roll call", provides daily briefing sessions regarding criminal activity, special assignments, and events. Inspects uniforms, equipment, buildings, and vehicles.
• Prepares, reviews, and distributes various reports on incidents, operations, and other activities.
• Coordinates responses to calls, conducts preliminary investigations of incidents, and protects crime scenes. Interviews or supervises the interviews of suspects, witnesses, and victims.
• Provides general service, courtesy escorts, information, and assistance to faculty, staff, students, and visitors on campus.
• Identifies hot zones for criminal activity and high-volume pedestrian travel and develop a plan for proactive police patrol presence.
• Serves as a departmental representative or liaison to internal and external groups, as designated.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned. % FTE: 1.0 Hiring Range: Commensurate with experience. Education: Sixty-college credits/Associate degree. Along with three (3) years' experience as a commissioned officer with Texas Southern University Police Department, or a total of five (5) years combined law enforcement experience.
  
  Bachelor's degree preferred. Required Licensing/Certification: Licensed as a Texas peace officer through the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. Intermediate peace officer certification (TCOLE).Valid Texas Driver's License.Field Training Officer Certification (FTO)
  Advanced peace officer certification preferred. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge of:
  • Federal, State, Local and County laws.
  • Demonstrates full/complete knowledge in an area. Requires command of technical and functional procedures, processes and subject matter in a job family or professional discipline to handle most situations and lead and/or review the work of others in multiple job classifications performing diverse responsibilities.
  • Policies, procedures, and practices.
  • Other job-related software and systems.
  • Safety guidelines.
  • Supervisory techniques.
  • Microsoft Office Professional or similar applications. Skill in:
    • Problem-solving and decision-making.
    • Command of technical and functional procedures, processes and subject matter in a job family or professional discipline to handle most situations and lead and/or review the work of others in multiple job classifications performing diverse responsibilities.
    • Multitasking and time management.
    • Operating equipment.
    • Strong management.
    • Coordinating work of others.
    • Strategic planning.
    • Budget management.
    • Planning activities.
    • Leading projects.
    • Both verbal and written communication. Ability to:
      • Prepare detailed reports.
      • Work independently.
      • Communicate effectively. Work Experience: Two years' experience of supervisor experience in law enforcement as substitute for the sixty-college credit hours. Working/Environmental Conditions:
        • Limited standing and/or walking.
        • Handling light weight objects.
        • Using or carrying equipment.
        • Stoop, bend or lift.
        • May require routine travel. UA EEO Statement: It is the policy of Texas Southern University to provide a work environment that is free from discrimination for all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, individuals with disability, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status in its programs, activities, admissions or employment policies. This policy of equal opportunity is strictly observed in all University employment-related activities such as advertising, recruiting, interviewing, testing, employment training, compensation, promotion, termination, and employment benefits. This policy expressly prohibits harassment and discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, genetic history, national origin, individuals with disability, age, citizenship status, or protected veteran status. This policy shall be adhered to in accordance with the provisions of all applicable federal, state and local laws, including, but not limited to, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
          
          Manual of Administrative Policies and Procedures Open Until Filled (overrides close field) : Yes Special Instructions to Applicants: Open to all applicants. PandoLogic. Keywords: Police Sergeant, Location: Sugar Land, TX - 77487 , PL: 597496581

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