Police Lieutenant

CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Police Lieutenant 

DEPART­MENT: Police Department 

SUPER­VI­SOR: Deputy Chief of Police 

EFFEC­TIVE DATE: Octo­ber 1, 2026

PAY LEV­EL: 112 ($69,452.74 — $125,014.93)

PAY CLAS­SI­FI­CA­TION: Exempt

DEF­I­N­I­TION: Assists the Deputy Chief of Police in the super­vi­sion, man­age­ment, and admin­is­tra­tion of the Air­port Police Depart­ment. Per­forms rou­tine patrols and relat­ed duties as required. 

EXAM­PLES OF DUTIES: Assists the Deputy Chief of Police as direct­ed. Con­ducts back­ground inves­ti­ga­tions as required to meet fed­er­al and state require­ments. Coor­di­nates FDLE-man­dat­ed train­ing for law enforce­ment per­son­nel and ensures com­pli­ance with min­i­mum train­ing require­ments. Super­vis­es and par­tic­i­pates in train­ing pro­grams for mem­bers of the Air­port Police Depart­ment in police meth­ods, pro­ce­dures, and duties, with par­tic­u­lar empha­sis placed on fed­er­al reg­u­la­tions gov­ern­ing air­port secu­ri­ty. Coor­di­nates secu­ri­ty and police require­ments involv­ing the arrival or depar­ture of VIPs and oth­er per­son­nel hav­ing spe­cial trav­el requirements.

Assists in ensur­ing com­pli­ance with CFR Part 1542 and main­tains records and reports as required. Per­forms secu­ri­ty patrols, mon­i­tors vehi­cle traf­fic and park­ing areas, and per­forms oth­er rou­tine air­port police duties. Reviews all police inci­dent reports and inci­dent logs as required. Man­ages the col­lec­tion, stor­age, and dis­pos­al of items entered into police evi­dence and over­sees the air­port’s lost and found pro­gram. Coor­di­nates dis­pos­al of unclaimed items in accor­dance with state law. Con­ducts inves­ti­ga­tions regard­ing crim­i­nal and civ­il mat­ters as required. Assists the trav­el­ing pub­lic and pro­vides infor­ma­tion in a cour­te­ous and friend­ly man­ner. Ensures the cour­te­ous and effi­cient treat­ment of per­sons sub­ject to inspec­tions, deten­tion, search, arrest, and oth­er avi­a­tion secu­ri­ty matters.

QUAL­I­FI­CA­TIONS: Bach­e­lor’s degree in police admin­is­tra­tion or relat­ed field pre­ferred; may be sub­sti­tut­ed with equiv­a­lent expe­ri­ence and train­ing. Sev­en years’ expe­ri­ence as a police offi­cer, includ­ing at least two years at the rank of Sergeant or above. Must be cer­ti­fied as a law enforce­ment offi­cer by the State of Flori­da and main­tain such cer­ti­fi­ca­tion cur­rent at all times. Knowl­edge of fed­er­al, state, and local laws per­tain­ing to air­port secu­ri­ty is high­ly desired. AAAE Air­port Secu­ri­ty Coor­di­na­tor (ASC) des­ig­na­tion or be able to obtain with­in 6 months of appoint­ment. The employ­ee must pass and main­tain FDLE Phys­i­cal require­ments and psy­cho­log­i­cal screen­ing, and remain cer­ti­fied drug-free. Must pos­sess strong inter­per­son­al and admin­is­tra­tive skills and the abil­i­ty to inter­face and effec­tive­ly com­mu­ni­cate with staff, ten­ants, gov­ern­men­tal agen­cies, 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. Must have or obtain the Air­port Secu­ri­ty Coor­di­na­tor (ASC) cer­ti­fi­ca­tion with­in 6 months of hire.

­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. The employ­ee fre­quent­ly works in both indoor and out­door envi­ron­ments, inter­acts with the pub­lic, and encoun­ters 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.