Police Lieutenant - Executive Officer

City of Fayetteville, NC; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 80,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Fayetteville is seeking a Police Lieutenant to serve as the Executive Officer for the Office of the Chief, providing advisory, planning, and administrative support to the executive staff. You will gather, organize, and analyze data for specialized projects, prepare trend reports, and conduct research to support programs directed by the Chief of Police.

The role requires discretion with sensitive matters and strong coordination across units.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience as a Police Sergeant.
• One year of experience as a Lieutenant when serving as Executive Officer.
• Associate's degree in police science or related field; Bachelor's preferred.
• Valid driver's license and North Carolina Law Enforcement Certificate.
• Pre-employment drug screen, background, polygraph are required.

Responsibilities

• Plan, supervise, and review the work of subordinate personnel on an assigned shift, watch or within a designated unit; provide overall technical and administrative direction to personnel on an assigned shift.
• When assigned, serve as a Patrol Lieutenant review and evaluate crime trends and patterns and address citizen concerns; review patrol officer preliminary investigations, ensure follow up using appropriate case assignment and closure designations, respond to critical incidents; notify Command Staff of emerging issues.

Education

Associate's degree in police science or related field

Bachelor's degree preferred

Job description

Hiring Range: $80,000 - $118,000/Year D.O.Q.

INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.

A RESUME WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING YOUR QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.

The City of Fayetteville is currently recruiting for a Police Lieutenant to serve as the Executive Officer for the Office of the Chief responsible for providing advisory, planning, and administrative support for executive staff, gather, organize, and analyze data for specialized projects and prepare trend reports for review; conduct research and manage special projects to support the implementation of programs directed by the Chief of Police; handle sensitive or confidential matters with discretion; screen incoming communications, prioritize inquiries and requests, and redirect to appropriate units as necessary; keep Chief of Police informed of emerging issues, concerns, and potential conflicts that may impact departmental operations.

Notice to Out-of-State Applicants

Out-of-state candidates who are serving or have served as a local or state law enforcement officer must have successfully completed a basic law enforcement training course accredited by the state from which they are transferring and cannot have a break in full-time service exceeding three years at the time of appointment. Individuals with Federal law enforcement officer certification who have not had a break in service exceeding three years at the time of appointment may receive partial credit toward NC basic law enforcement training. NC does recognize and give partial credit for military police (MP) training if the candidate has completed a formal military basic training program and been awarded a military police occupational specialty rating and has served as a military police officer for not less than two of the five years preceding the date of appointment.

1. Plan, prioritize, assign, supervise and review the work of subordinate personnel on an assigned shift, watch or within a designated unit; provide overall technical and administrative direction to personnel on an assigned shift.
2. When assigned, serve as a Patrol Lieutenant review and evaluate crime trends and patterns and address citizen concerns; review patrol officer preliminary investigations, ensure follow up using appropriate case assignment and closure designations, respond to critical incidents; responsible for making necessary notification for Command Staff; develop community contacts and sources, establish a rapport with citizens in both residential and commercial areas, responsible for developing community policing opportunities with patrol sergeants and officers.
3. When assigned, direct, review and coordinate the work of subordinate personnel in the Administrative Unit in areas such as Vehicle Control, Evidence, Facility Maintenance, Communication Liaison and Equipment Issuance.
4. When assigned, review, evaluate, coach and counsel employees assigned to the Patrol Support Unit: K-9 Team; Airport Security, Traffic Unit, Neighborhood Improvement Team, Parks/River Trail Officers, Homeless Officer Project, Downtown Patrol and Electronic Monitoring Program.
5. When assigned, coordinate operations of the Narcotic/Vice Unit or the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team; Gang Unit investigations and programs, supervise the execution of warrants, maintain records of narcotic activities related to confidential funds and master informant files; may conduct internal investigations, coordinate the investigation, collection and evaluation of criminal intelligence information received.
6. When assigned, serve as the Training Unit Lieutenant overseeing training functions to include: Citizen Police Academy, Youth Academy, BLET, In-Service Training and Sergeant Academy; coordinate training and development programs based upon needs revealed by audits, opinion surveys, studies of errors, job analysis, and legislative requirements, maintain all training records consistent with NC Training and Standards record requirements.
7. When assigned, serve as an Investigative Unit Lieutenant responsible for ensuring case follow up investigation and case management activities, case review, direct management of major case investigations and coordinating with personnel from other resource units.
8. Coordinate with other lieutenants, sergeants and officers for problem solving projects, saturation patrols, special operations and other resources needed for crime and community concerns.
9. Responsible for reviewing departmental, citizen complaint and use of force investigations and performance evaluations involving assigned employees.
10. Responsible for reviewing employee performance and providing performance feedback to the supervisor completing.
11. Mentor officers and supervisors under their command regarding career development through specialized training and assignment.
12. Regularly attend and actively participate in COMSTAT meetings and community meetings; serve on committees and workgroups for citywide and police department projects and initiatives.
13. Responsible for developing programs/initiatives that assist in the efficiency of the department, as well as assisting the department in meeting its organizational goals.
14. Participate in the selection of staff; provide or coordinate staff training; work with employees to correct deficiencies; implement discipline procedures.
15. Instruct sworn and non-sworn staff regarding applicable policies, procedures and tactics.
16. Recommend and assist in the implementation of goals and objectives; establish schedules and methods for providing field operations and departmental services; monitor the implementation of applicable operational policies and procedures; assists with projecting and planning budget expenditures, and staffing and equipment needs.

Any combination of experience and training that would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

Please Note:

Candidates selected for hire will be required to submit proof of education prior to a firm job offer being made. Therefore, to avoid delays in the hiring process, it is strongly recommended that you attach a copy of your official graduation certificate(s) from higher level institution(s) at the time of your application submission.

Experience

Two years of experience as a Police Sergeant.

When serving as Executive Officer:

One year of experience as a Lieutenant.

Training

Equivalent to the completion of an Associate's degree from an accredited community college in police science, law enforcement, criminal justice or a related field. A Bachelor's degree is preferred.

When serving as Executive Officer

Training supplemented by specialized executive law enforcement training programs such as the FBI National Academy, Senior Management Institute for Police (SMIP), FBI Law Enforcement Executive Development Association (FBI-LEEDA), or Administrative Officers Management Program.

LICENSING & CERTIFICATIONS

Required: Possession of an appropriate valid driver's license and the ability to maintain insurability. Possession of an appropriate Law Enforcement Certificate issued by the State of North Carolina.

Preferred: None.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• This position is subject to pre-employment polygraph and/or CVSA testing.

SBI/Fingerprinting Criminal History Record Check Requirement

To comply with Sessions Law 2025-16, applicants offered a position with the City may be subject to a criminal history record check of State and National Repositories of Criminal Histories conducted by the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) in accordance with G.S. 143B-1209.26. The City may consider the results of these criminal history record checks in its hiring decisions.

From the time of closing, the selection process is anticipated to last approximately 4 - 6 weeks.

The process will consist of a panel interview and presentation exercise with the selected candidate being subject to a pre-employment drug screen, background investigation, driving history check and polygraph and/or CVSA to be conducted by the Police Department.

An Equal Opportunity Employer