Police Sergeant jobs in California

• Provide immediate first-line supervision for personnel on a designated Watch. The Police Sergeant must provide effective supervision of all assigned personnel.   Must exhibit leadership skills at all times, maintain discipline and insure that all rules and regulations are followed.
• Handle calls for service and perform various aspects of police work as needed to maintain public safety.
• Assist the Police Captain in planning, coordinating, and directing the activities of personnel.  Provide counseling and training as required. Ensure that goals, and watch priorities are met, effective schedules and methods of providing services are established and policies and procedures are utilized as necessary to accomplish the mission.
• Perform special projects, and ensure that problem oriented, and community oriented policing projects or programs are utilized.  Ensure that projects or programs are documented accurately, organized in an efficient manner, and completed in a timely fashion.
• Assist the Police Captain in developing goals, objectives and priorities for the watch.
• Review and approve police reports and other documents submitted by police personnel.   Review reports to ensure they are accurate, thorough, completed on time and meet department standards.
• Accept and resolve citizen complaints where possible.  Ensures that the receipt of all citizen complaints is properly documented per Department policy.  Ensure that the proper documentation is complete and forwarded up the chain of command.   Provides feedback and follow-up as required, effectively responds to inquiries from the general public, press, or outside agencies when appropriate.  Utilizes appropriate public relations skills and techniques.
• Conducts roll call briefings and /or training during a designated Watch.  Briefings are complete, concise and effective communication skills are exhibited.  
• Monitors personnel equipment usage.   Maintains and completes accurate records on department equipment with respect to location, storage, assignment and damage of department equipment.  Ensures that all personnel are provided with the necessary equipment to perform their duties.   Ensures that damaged or lost equipment is reported in a timely and appropriate manner to the proper chain of command.  
• Perform other duties as assigned and proactively enforces laws, rules and regulations.   Conducts their supervisory responsibilities and other duties related to enforcement in a manner geared at assisting in the reduction of the crime rate and the reduction of calls for service.
• Supervise personnel and perform work in a cooperative and appropriate fashion with the personnel assigned to the Dispatch Center.
• A Sergeant may be, periodically, assigned to either the Operations Division and/or the Support/ Special Services Division.
• Sergeants may be assigned to collateral duties that include, but are not limited to, Internal Affairs Investigations, Background Investigations, Range Master, Use of Force Instructor, SWAT Team Leader, Traffic Supervisor as well as policy review & development, equipment acquisitions & replacement, and other staff work as assigned. 
• Sergeants may be required to wear a variety of uniforms (Class A, Class B, Class C & Tactical uniforms) as well as wearing plain clothes attire (suit & tie, business casual). Determination of the appropriate attire will be dependent upon a particular assignment.

• While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to talk or hear.   Employee is required to sit, stand, walk, use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel or crouch.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to run, jump, push, pull, drive safely at high speeds and in adverse conditions, physically apprehends and subdues suspects.
• Employees must occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception, the ability to adjust focus, and be free from color blindness.

• Incumbents in this classification are required to work on a shift schedule, including weekends and holidays, which are subject to being changed on short notice.
• Employee may at times work indoors for only 10% of the time and work outdoors for as much as 90% of the time (including time spent in a patrol car or other police vehicle).   Employee goes from being seated in a docile position in their police cars or office to a highly energized position, and then return to a docile position.  The job can be very fast paced and may require quick changes in pace within a short period of time.  
• While performing the duties of this job indoors, the work environment is generally in a temperature-controlled office.
• Employees regularly work outdoors at all times of day and in all weather conditions and are routinely exposed to hazardous situations that may result in injury, death or use of deadly force on others.  
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate but the employee may occasionally be exposed to high level noises, including but not limited to, emergency vehicle sirens, gun fire, shouting and yelling.

•  Within one year of appointment complete the P.O.S.T. Supervisory Course.  
• Within 30 months of appointment, qualify for the P.O.S.T. Supervisory Certificate.

For questions about this recruitment contact: 

Scott Garrison, HR Administrator

530-527-2605 Ext. 3051 | hr.redbluff@cityofredbluff.org