Description

The Division of Safety and Facilities aims to provide a safe and secure campus for all members of the university community through best-in-class technological and physical infrastructure, proactive assessment and analysis, and a caring team of professionals dedicated to upholding the university’s values with the highest degree of conscientiousness.
 
Reporting to the Police Captain for Operations, the Police Lieutenant, Detective Unit leads, directs, and manages the daily investigative and threat assessment activities and operations within the George Washington University Police Department. The Police Lieutenant is also an integral part of the leadership team that manages all public safety functions for the University. Under the general direction of the Captain, the Police Lieutenant, Detective Unit manages the daily operations and administration of Detective Unit functions. The Police Lieutenant oversees the overall deployment planning, incident and crisis issues, supervisory and line training and scheduling. This position plays a vital role also in recruitment and hiring, and developing goals for ongoing guidance, and training in supervision, leadership, personnel evaluation, and tactical response. This position is also responsible for establishing an emphasis on campus and community engagement for an increased community policing focus. Plans, organizes, and directs activities of the operational areas(s). This is a management position at the university that, in addition to leading a work unit, leads and supervises staff directly, makes hiring decisions, provides coaching, training and mentoring, manages performance and determines future staffing needs.
 
Primary Responsibilities include:
• Perform duties as may be assigned by the Police Captain, Operations.
• Manage the day-to-day operations of the Detective’s Unit, including scheduling, assignments, evaluations, and distribution of responsibilities.
• Conduct and oversee all investigations, including criminal and non-criminal investigations and behavioral threat assessment investigations
• Ensure division utilizes a Trauma-informed approach to investigations
• Conduct and oversee all investigations involving complaints against the Division of Safety & Facilities and the GWPD
• Ensure the Division has an emphasis on crime scene skills; maintaining an understanding on latest trends and approaches. This includes handling and processing digital evidence and crime analysis.
• Partner with Human Resources during investigations that involve GWPD Officers and personnel.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships within the Division of Safety & Facilities, GWPD, the university community, and outside public safety agencies.
• Serve as primary point of contact for threat assessment, and lead internal investigations assigned to the Detective Unit, including criminal investigations, behavioral threat assessment investigations, assign follow up investigations, and complete investigations on their own.
• Serve as the point of contact with external Law Enforcement agencies, GW departments, and others, as designated regarding Threat Assessment matters.
• Ensure that the policies and procedures established by the University Human Resource office are properly observed and enforced
• Ensure that standard operating procedures established by the GWPD are properly observed and enforced
• Review all police reports to ensure the elements of the crime are present and that all classifications are accurate.
• Assist with the maintenance of investigative files and reports on persons arrested or barred from the university.
• Advise the Captain concerning all matters of importance, significant events and issues in the Investigation and Threat Assessments Unit
• Review and forward to the Captain all investigative reports and threat assessments conducted by, and submitted by the organizational elements under the Operations Branch
• Assist Police Operations in providing training to patrol officers in preliminary investigations techniques, interview techniques, and report writing.
• Train and mentor a staff of detectives in investigation and interviewing techniques, the use of investigative technology resources, and in the use of investigative databases, both internal and external to GWPD.
• Ensure all incident reports and arrest activities are properly documented, that staff comply with all mandated policies and procedure, assesses staff development needs, and provides 24 hour administrative on-call coverage regarding serious incidents/activities occurring within the university.
• Participate in special covert operations, if needed.
• Participate in developing and recommending an annual budget for the Investigations and Threat Assessments Unit of the Division
• Perform other related duties as assigned. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.

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The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications: Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization plus 6 years of relevant professional experience, or, a Master’s degree or higher in a relevant area of study plus 4 years of relevant professional experience. Degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. Degree requirements may be substituted with an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Additional Required Licenses/Certifications/Posting Specific Minimum Qualifications:

• Possession of a District of Columbia Special Police Commission or the ability to obtain a commission within 120 days of employment.
• Prior to employment, successful completion of a physical, drug screen and
mental examination, which has been approved by the University Police Department. 
• Must possess a Police Officer Standards & Training (P.O.S.T) police training academy
certification with a minimum of 700 training hours.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and be eligible to drive GW vehicles as per University

Preferred Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in a public safety discipline or related field
• 6 years of progressive experience in law enforcement that include experience conducting, directing, and managing protective and patrol services and operations.
• Minimum of 4 years of experience conducting criminal investigations
• Prior experience with crime scene skills, digital evidence and crime analysis.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient knowledge of criminal law, rules, and the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act Experience in a University or comparable non-profit environment is preferred
 
PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
This position requires an individual with the following characteristics:
• Commitment to GW’s values
• Intellectual, professional and a person of integrity
• Honest, with the highest ethical standards
• Passionate, collaborative, strategic, and smart with a hands-on, roll-up-the-sleeves orientation
• Ability to work independently. Self-starter; hard worker. Takes initiative; very high energy
• Personally accountable. Assumes ownership, control and accountability for all areas of responsibility and commitments made to others;
• Sincere, open, and direct communicator. Puts organizational interests above self- interests and is comfortable expressing candid opinions
• Highest levels of responsiveness
• Combination of strong intellect that is combined with a practical and realistic common sense understanding of how to get things done
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, a strong desire to succeed and exert the extraordinary effort often required
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, high growth, entrepreneurial environment
• Ability to work with faculty and staff in a respectful way
• Establish trust and credibility with institutional leadership and across the University
• Seeks “win-win” solutions to help foster continued integration and collaboration
• Flexible and receptive to change; and
• A positive “can-do” attitude.
• Must be responsive to after-hours calls from associates and other colleagues.