JHPD Police Lieutenant

JOHN HOPKINS POLICE DEPARTMENT

POLICE LIEUTENANT - LATERAL (Maryland and Non-Maryland Law Enforcement Officers)

 

THIS JOB POSTING IS FOR CURRENT, RETIRED, OR PREVIOUSLY CERTIFIED POLICE OFFICERS ONLY.

Mission:
The Johns Hopkins Police Department is committed to the equitable delivery of police services that prioritizes the well-being of our students, staff, faculty and guests. We build trust by engaging our community and partners as co-creators of the campus safety environment.

 

We employ knowledgeable, service-focused professionals who embrace diversity and recognize that safety is a community effort.

 

Johns Hopkins University Police Department is seeking highly motivated individuals to serve as Police Lieutenants. We are accepting applications for lateral police candidates who meet the experience qualifications as a certified law enforcement officer in a full-service law enforcement agency (Maryland or Out-of-State). Applicants must be Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission (MPCTC) Certified OR meet Comparative Compliance Standards.

 

Police Lieutenants work in a team environment with integrity, professionalism, humanity and courage to protect the lives and property of the Johns Hopkins community. Johns Hopkins Police Lieutenants regularly engage with students, faculty, staff and visitors in a variety of ways in order to provide services and information needed.  Johns Hopkins Police Lieutenants provide campus police services to the Homewood Campus, East Baltimore Campus and Peabody Campus where officers will be assigned to work. They will ensure JHPD is a leader in the provision of responsive, quality and customer service-oriented policing.  

 

The Johns Hopkins Police Lieutenant will lead through the lens of 21st century policing and ensures officers and supervisors perform their duties in a manner that furthers public trust. Work will be supervised on a daily basis by a Captain.

 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Represents the JHPD’s mission, vision and values when interacting with university, community, advocacy groups, and coordinates JHPD resources and activities via direction from their supervision to address concerns about university and community issues.

• Represents the JHPD leadership team when interacting with university, community, advocacy groups, and coordinates JHPD resources and activities under their supervision to address concerns about community issues.

• Provides the full level of law enforcement work, enforcing laws, rules and regulations governing the safety and protection of individuals, building and property. Perform simple and complex problem-solving projects designed to enhance safety and prevent or reduce harm.

• Provides direct support for the allocation and direction of resources (manpower, vehicles, equipment and supplies) to meet the needs of the JHPD and is responsible for management of operational and overtime expenditures to ensure that funds utilized are used appropriately and within the mission of the JHPD.

• Provides management of day-to-day operations of a patrol area, which includes direct supervision and performance management of Sergeants who oversee police officers assigned to the patrol area.  Holds supervisors accountable for executing proactive and community policing initiatives, as well as crime initiatives strategies. Looks for opportunities to actively engage in community policing and models such for officers.

• Provides direct support in planning, organizing, directing and evaluating the performance of assigned sworn staff; ensures performance requirements and personal development goals are met.

• Ensures priorities and community policing strategies for the patrol area are properly managed, holds supervisory personnel responsible for completing initiatives, and manages performance of all sergeants and officers in the assigned patrol area.

• Ensures subordinates regularly use and promote procedural justice principles, de-escalate situations as necessary, and are engaged in community policing and problem-solving activities.

• Coaches subordinates about performance issues, and trains subordinates in the handling of general management problems, monitors subordinates' professional behavior to proactively address potential issues, and recommends corrective action to address performance problems.

• Supervises special assignments and details as required.

• Coordinates and cooperates with Campus Safety and Security Command Staff in the preliminary and follow-up investigations of complaints, reported criminal offenses, and disruptions.

• Coordinates preliminary investigative activities at a crime scene or s