POLICE CAPTAIN

Eugene Police Department
 

February 24, 2012.

The Eugene Police Department
The Eugene Police Department (EPD) is a progressive, professional law enforcement agency that serves the city of Eugene, Oregon, as well as the region through its 9-1-1 Communications Center.
With a commitment to the concepts of Intelligence Led Policing and community policing EPD has re-engineered the way it deploys and dispatches officers, detectives, crime prevention specialists and other staff so that they are more effectively focusing their energies on chronic crime and repeat offenders in an orchestrated effort to reduce crime. This requires a collaborative relationship with prosecution and corrections officials as well as the community. Eugene Police personnel are staffed to a
model where they are projecting their efforts directly in those neighborhood where crime is occurring. The initiative’s pre-emptive and preventative approach is a form of community policing geared toward making it more difficult to victimize Eugene residents and guests.

The Police Captain reports to the Police Chief who oversees all police services for the City and the regional 9-1-1 center. The Police Department employs about 180 sworn officers and 120 civilian employees who provide a variety of police services. The Department operates with a budget of approximately $36.3 million. The Eugene police department has received state and national recognition for its outreach to vulnerable communities, Its Volunteers in Policing program, and its interagency narcotics investigative team.

The Police Department is composed of four divisions: West Side Operations (west side patrol and Investigations), East Side Operations (east side patrol, downtown team, and special operations), Operations Support, and Technical Services. In addition to patrol and investigation teams, special units include: The School Resource Team, Patrol Canine Team, Traffic Enforcement Unit, Arson Team, Explosive Disposal Unit, SWAT Team, Crisis Negotiation Team, and the Major Collision Investigation Team.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate for the Police Captain’s position will be able to lead a major operational or administrative division for a modern, progressive police department, instilling trust in the services in the community, developing and implementing plans to achieve the mission and vision of the department, and inspiring employees to perform with excellence. As a member of the Police Department’s management team, the Captain will be part of a collaborative team working with the Chief to provide leadership and management of Department wide issues and supporting the goals and directions for the department from the City Manager and the City’s elected leadership.

The ideal candidate will possess the following characteristics and abilities:
• Model the highest standards of integrity and ethical behavior.
• Display a commitment and understanding of the concepts of Intelligence Led Policing.
• Make sound and well informed decisions affecting multiple stakeholders.
• Develop objectives intended to support the department’s mission and acheive them.
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing with a variety of cross-cultural audiences.
• Establish and maintain highly effective working relationships with diverse individuals and groups.
• Identify issues, analyze problems, and work collaboratively with staff and the community to solve them.
• Be an accessible manager who is supportive of professional development, retention, and diversity and who has an understanding of and appreciation for positive, productive labor relations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with other agencies and provide leadership in bringing intergovernmental and community partners together to enhance service.

Qualifications
To be considered for this position, candidates must have eight years of progressively responsible police experience, including two years of managerial experience and a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in criminal justice, business or public administration or a closely related field.
(Additional responsible, relevant experience may be substituted for the degree on a year-to-year basis.) Note: Oregon DPSST Certification is required. Certified Police Officers from other states are able to transfer equivalent training credits and certification. Typically, a POST or comparable certification from another state plus attendance and successful completion of a 3-week Oregon Career Officers Development class (made available by the