Police Chief

CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Police Chief

DEPART­MENT: Police Department 

SUPER­VI­SOR: Deputy Exec­u­tive Director 

EFFEC­TIVE DATE: Octo­ber 1, 2025

PAY LEV­EL: 117 ($89,800.42 — $161,640.75)

PAY CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Exempt

DEF­I­N­I­TION: This posi­tion is respon­si­ble for over­all man­age­ment and oper­a­tion of the Air­port Police Depart­ment. Work is per­formed under the gen­er­al super­vi­sion of the Deputy Exec­u­tive Direc­tor with con­sid­er­able inde­pen­dent judg­ment and ini­tia­tive exer­cised in car­ry­ing out the duties and respon­si­bil­i­ties of the Air­port Police Depart­ment. Per­forms relat­ed duties as required.

EXAM­PLES OF DUTIES: Super­vis­es, directs, plans, and coor­di­nates the activ­i­ties of the Air­port Police Depart­ment. Respon­si­ble for com­pli­ance with CFR Part 1542 and oth­er applic­a­ble fed­er­al, state, and local laws and reg­u­la­tions. Main­tains the TSA approved Air­port Secu­ri­ty Plan and assures com­pli­ance at all times. Coor­di­nates Air­port police and secu­ri­ty mat­ters with the TSA, FBI, and oth­er local law enforce­ment agen­cies. Main­tains and pro­mul­gates nec­es­sary depart­ment rules, reg­u­la­tions and procedures. 

Super­vis­es depart­ment per­son­nel and per­forms duties rel­a­tive to per­son­nel poli­cies and pro­ce­dures per­tain­ing to employ­ment, ter­mi­na­tion of employ­ment, per­for­mance eval­u­a­tion, sched­ul­ing and work assign­ments. Directs the department’s train­ing pro­gram. Per­forms rou­tine police patrols and responds to emer­gency sit­u­a­tions as required. Attends con­fer­ences, work­shops, sem­i­nars, and oth­er edu­ca­tion­al meet­ings to keep cur­rent in air­port and gen­er­al police matters.

Pre­pares and rec­om­mends the Oper­at­ing and Cap­i­tal Improve­ment Bud­get for the Air­port Police Depart­ment. Super­vis­es depart­ment pur­chas­ing in accor­dance with Air­port Author­i­ty pol­i­cy and pro­ce­dures. Coor­di­nates Air­port secu­ri­ty mat­ters with staff, ten­ants, and oth­er users of the Air­port. Attends week­ly staff meet­ings. Serves in an on-call capac­i­ty. Responds to emer­gency sit­u­a­tions after nor­mal busi­ness hours as required. 

QUAL­I­FI­CA­TIONS: Bach­e­lor degree or equiv­a­lent expe­ri­ence required in police admin­is­tra­tion or a relat­ed field. Sev­en years expe­ri­ence as a police offi­cer with a min­i­mum of three years expe­ri­ence in police administration/​supervision. The Air­port Police Chief must be cer­ti­fied as a law enforce­ment offi­cer by the State of Flori­da and main­tain such cer­ti­fi­ca­tion cur­rent at all times. Employ­ee must by phys­i­cal­ly fit, sub­mit to psy­cho­log­i­cal screen­ing, and be cer­ti­fied as drug free. Knowl­edge of fed­er­al laws and reg­u­la­tions per­tain­ing to air­port secu­ri­ty is required. Must pos­sess strong inter­per­son­al admin­is­tra­tive skills and the abil­i­ty to inter­face and effec­tive­ly com­mu­ni­cate with Air­port staff, ten­ants, gov­ern­men­tal enti­ties, and the gen­er­al pub­lic. Must be able to com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly in both oral and writ­ten form. Must pos­sess a valid Flori­da driver’s license.

MIS­CEL­LA­NEOUS REQUIRE­MENTS: Must pass pre-employ­ment drug test­ing as well as peri­od­ic test­ing in accor­dance with air­port pol­i­cy; must pass a 10-year, fin­ger­print-based, crim­i­nal his­to­ry records check as required by the Trans­porta­tion Secu­ri­ty Admin­is­tra­tion and main­tain eli­gi­bil­i­ty for FAA and TSA man­dat­ed secu­ri­ty clear­ance requirements.

­PHYS­I­CAL REQUIREMENTS

Occa­sion­al:

• Work­ing on uneven or slip­pery surfaces.
• Abil­i­ty to lift or push/​pull 100+ lbs.

Fre­quent:

• Walk­ing, stand­ing, bend­ing, run­ning, climb­ing, squat­ting, twisting/​turning, bal­anc­ing, crawling.
• Abil­i­ty to lift or push/​pull up to 50 lbs.
• Reach­ing above shoul­der, reach­ing out­ward, handling/​fingering, typing/​keyboard functions.
• Pro­longed peri­ods of visu­al con­cen­tra­tion and mod­er­ate lev­els of eye/​hand/​foot coordination.
• Main­tain abil­i­ty and pro­fi­cien­cy to oper­ate depart­ment vehi­cles, assigned firearms, and equipment.
• Abil­i­ty to defend one­self from phys­i­cal assault/​attack.
• Able to restrain, lift, and/​or car­ry adults of vary­ing weights.

Con­stant:

• Requires the abil­i­ty to com­mu­ni­cate effec­tive­ly both oral­ly and in writ­ing, uti­liz­ing Stan­dard English.
• Abil­i­ty to hear (with or with­out a hear­ing aid) and have accept­able eye­sight (with or with­out cor­rec­tion), and/​or sig­nal peo­ple to con­vey and exchange information.
• Abil­i­ty to dif­fer­en­ti­ate between col­ors or shades of col­or, read a vari­ety of mate­ri­als, and com­pre­hend them.
• Abil­i­ty to apply prob­lem-solv­ing skills and deal with peo­ple beyond giv­ing and receiv­ing instructions.
• Must be adapt­able to per­form­ing under stress when con­front­ed with emer­gen­cies, unusu­al or dan­ger­ous sit­u­a­tions, or sit­u­a­tions requir­ing sus­tained atten­tion or phys­i­cal exertion.
• Walk­ing for long peri­ods of time (e.g., TSA checkpoint/​terminal).

Work­ing Con­di­tions:
The work envi­ron­ment char­ac­ter­is­tics described here are rep­re­sen­ta­tive of those an employ­ee encoun­ters while per­form­ing the essen­tial func­tions of this job. The employ­ee may be exposed to radi­ant and elec­tri­cal ener­gy sources, as well as grease, oils, sol­vents, chem­i­cals, dust, and noise. There is fre­quent expo­sure to both indoor and out­door envi­ron­ments, con­tact with the pub­lic, and a vari­ety of envi­ron­men­tal, cli­mate, weath­er, and ter­rain con­di­tions. The employ­ee is sub­ject to var­ied work hours, over­time, and recall dur­ing emer­gen­cies as essen­tial personnel.

Risk/​Safety Con­di­tions:
The posi­tion involves a sig­nif­i­cant degree of inher­ent dan­ger and risk, with ten­sion being a con­sis­tent part of the job.

DIS­CLAIMER:

The exam­ples above are illus­tra­tive and not intend­ed to describe every func­tion which may be per­formed by this job class. The omis­sion of spe­cif­ic duties does not pre­clude man­age­ment from assign­ing spe­cif­ic duties not list­ed, if such duties are a log­i­cal assign­ment to the position.