University Police Lieutenant

Job Posting:

JR102099 University Police Lieutenant (Open)

Department:

Police Department, PM

Position Type:

Regular

Open Date:

08-21-2026

Close Date:

$97,000 - $107,000

Job Description:

The Lieutenant is a command-level supervisory and management position within the Bowie State University Department of Public Safety/University Police. The Lieutenant is responsible for supporting and overseeing the effective delivery of police and public safety services, including patrol operations, criminal and administrative investigations, personnel supervision, training, emergency response, crime prevention, community engagement, accreditation, regulatory compliance, and other departmental functions as assigned.
• Lieutenants are expected to possess the knowledge, experience, and leadership ability necessary to perform responsibilities across both Operations and Investigations. Although the Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety or Captain of Public Safety may assign a Lieutenant primary responsibility for a particular function, shift, unit, program, or area of emphasis, such assignments do not limit the Lieutenant’s overall responsibilities or authority. Lieutenants may be reassigned, temporarily or permanently, among operational, investigative, administrative, training, accreditation, emergency management, or other departmental responsibilities based upon the needs of the Department and University.
• The Lieutenant assists the Captain of Public Safety in the management and coordination of departmental operations and provides direct and indirect supervision to Sergeants, Corporals, University Police Officers, security personnel, communications personnel, and other assigned employees as appropriate.
• The Lieutenant ensures that personnel are properly trained, supervised, scheduled, equipped, evaluated, and prepared to respond effectively to routine calls for service, criminal activity, critical incidents, emergencies, special events, and other public safety needs.
• The Lieutenant provides oversight of criminal and administrative investigations and ensures that cases requiring follow-up investigation are appropriately assigned, investigated, documented, reviewed, and maintained. The Lieutenant may personally conduct or assist with complex, sensitive, confidential, or significant investigations when necessary.
• The Lieutenant supports the Department’s community-oriented policing philosophy and ensures that police services are delivered professionally, fairly, proactively, and in a manner consistent with the mission and values of Bowie State University.
• The Lieutenant assists with departmental compliance responsibilities, including the Clery Act, Uniform Crime Reporting/National Incident-Based Reporting System (UCR/NIBRS), Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions requirements, IACLEA accreditation standards, departmental policies, University policies, and applicable federal, state, and local laws.
• The Lieutenant may serve as an Incident Commander, departmental representative, or Acting Captain/commanding officer when designated and may be required to respond to significant incidents or emergencies at any time.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Reports directly to the Captain of Public Safety and performs other duties as assigned by the Captain or Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety.
• Assists the Captain and Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety with the leadership, administration, strategic direction, and daily management of the Department.
• Oversees and coordinates patrol operations, investigative functions, and other departmental activities as assigned.
• Provides leadership and supervision to Sergeants, Corporals, police officers, security personnel, communications personnel, and other employees as appropriate.
• Plans, directs, coordinates, and evaluates the work of assigned personnel and organizational units.
• Ensures appropriate staffing and deployment of personnel based upon operational requirements, campus activity, special events, crime trends, and other public safety considerations.
• Ensures that personnel are properly scheduled, trained, equipped, evaluated, counseled, and held accountable in accordance with University and Department policies and applicable collective bargaining agreements.
• Reviews reports, investigations, supervisory documentation, use-of-force incidents, arrests, complaints, and other departmental records for accuracy, completeness, quality, and compliance.
• Ensures that criminal incidents requiring additional investigation are appropriately identified, assigned, investigated, documented, and followed through to an appropriate disposition.
• Conducts or supervises criminal, administrative, personnel, background, and other investigations as assigned.
• Conducts or coordinates interviews of victims, witnesses, suspects, employees, complainants, and other persons associated with investigations.
• Coordinates crime-scene management and the identification, collection, preservation, documentation, submission, and proper storage of evidence in accordance with applicable law, policy, and established procedures.
• Reviews investigative leads, surveillance video, records, databases, intelligence information, forensic evidence, and other available resources to identify suspects and support investigations.
• Prepares, reviews, or assists with arrest warrants, search warrants, subpoenas, investigative requests, and other legal or law enforcement documentation as appropriate.
• Coordinates investigative activities and exchanges information with local, state, federal, and other university law enforcement agencies.
• Utilizes authorized criminal justice and law enforcement information systems, including CJIS and other approved databases and information-sharing networks.
• Coordinates or assists with cyber-related investigations and other investigations involving electronic evidence or digital information.
• Conducts or coordinates background investigations involving prospective Department employees when assigned.
• Ensure investigative files and records are appropriately maintained, secured, retained, and accessible in accordance with law, policy, records-retention requirements, and evidentiary standards.
• Assists with the collection, review, validation, and reporting of crime statistics and other information required for the Clery Act, UCR/NIBRS, and other federal, state, University, or departmental reporting requirements.
• Supports the Department’s Clery compliance efforts, including accurate crime classification, crime-log information, report review, statistical verification, and coordination with appropriate University officials.
• Assists with the Department’s IACLEA accreditation process, including policy development and review, standards compliance, documentation, proofs of compliance, internal assessments, and preparation for accreditation reviews.
• Assists with developing, reviewing, implementing, and enforcing departmental policies, procedures, general orders, standard operating procedures, and administrative directives.
• Coordinates or assists with departmental training programs, including in-service training, supervisory development, required certifications, policy training, and other professional development.
• Ensure sworn personnel maintain required Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions certifications and other mandatory training requirements.
• Promotes and implements community-oriented policing, crime prevention, problem-solving, and community engagement strategies.
• Coordinates or participates in educational programs, crime prevention presentations, orientations, meetings, and other engagement activities involving students, faculty, staff, visitors, and community partners.
• Conducts or coordinates security surveys, threat assessments, vulnerability assessments, and crime-prevention evaluations when assigned.
• Monitors crime trends, calls for service, intelligence information, and other relevant data and recommends appropriate operational or investigative responses.
• Coordinates intelligence information with appropriate internal and external partners.
• Assists with planning and managing police and public safety operations for special events, demonstrations, athletic events, dignitary visits, emergencies, and other significant University activities.
• May coordinate or participate in dignitary and executive protection assignments.
• Responds to significant incidents and emergencies and may assume command or serve within the Incident Command System as designated.
• Ensures appropriate communication and coordination between patrol personnel, investigators, communications personnel, command staff, University leadership, and external law enforcement partners.
• Conducts meetings and briefings with Sergeants, shift commanders, investigators, and other personnel to address operational, investigative, administrative, staffing, crime, and public safety matters.
• Ensures personnel adhere to constitutional policing principles, applicable laws, University policies, departmental policies, professional standards, and accepted law enforcement practices.
• Reviews citizen and community complaints and conducts or coordinates administrative investigations as assigned.
• Recommends corrective action, training, policy changes, operational improvements, or disciplinary action when appropriate.
• Assists with employee performance evaluations and professional development and provides leadership, coaching, mentoring, and guidance to subordinate personnel.
• Serves as Acting Captain or assumes additional command responsibilities when designated.
• Maintains the ability to perform sworn law enforcement duties and responds to calls for police service when operationally necessary.
• Performs other command, operational, investigative, administrative, accreditation, training, or public safety duties as assigned by the Captain of Public Safety or Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety.

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Considerable knowledge of federal, Maryland, and local criminal and traffic laws, constitutional law, criminal procedure, rules of evidence, and contemporary law enforcement practices.
• Considerable knowledge of modern campus policing, patrol operations, criminal investigations, crime prevention, community-oriented policing, emergency response, and law enforcement administration.
• Knowledge of Bowie State University and University System of Maryland policies, procedures, regulations, and organizational structure.
• Knowledge of investigative methods and techniques, including interviewing, evidence collection, crime-scene management, case management, surveillance review, report preparation, and coordination with prosecutors and outside agencies.
• Knowledge of supervisory and management principles, including personnel management, performance evaluation, employee development, discipline, scheduling, training, and organizational accountability.
• Working knowledge of the Clery Act, UCR/NIBRS reporting requirements, Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions requirements, and other regulatory requirements applicable to a university law enforcement agency.
• Knowledge of, or the ability to develop proficiency in, IACLEA accreditation standards and processes.
• Considerable knowledge of the Bowie State University campus, surrounding community, and cooperating local, state, federal, and university law enforcement agencies.
• Ability to command and manage police operations during routine and emergency situations.
• Ability to supervise, lead, motivate, evaluate, counsel, and develop sworn and civilian personnel.
• Ability to conduct and supervise complex criminal and administrative investigations.
• Ability to analyze crime, operational, investigative, and administrative information and make sound recommendations and decisions.
• Ability to effectively manage multiple priorities, projects, investigations, and operational responsibilities.

• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to prepare and review accurate, comprehensive, and professional police reports, investigative reports, memoranda, administrative documents, and other official correspondence.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and make effective decisions under stressful, sensitive, or rapidly changing circumstances.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, University administrators, community members, prosecutors, law enforcement partners, and the general public.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive personnel, investigative, criminal justice, and University information.
• Skill in the safe use of firearms and other law enforcement equipment and in approved methods of apprehension and self-defense.
• Ability to meet and maintain all certification, training, physical, firearms, and other requirements associated with sworn law enforcement status in the State of Maryland.

MINIMUM TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

Education: 

• Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate is required. An associate or bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, public administration, emergency management, organizational leadership, or a related field is preferred.
• Successful completion of advanced law enforcement training in areas such as supervision, leadership, management, criminal investigations, incident command, police administration, or other relevant disciplines is preferred.

Experience:

• A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience as a sworn law enforcement officer.
• Supervisory law enforcement experience is required. Experience at the rank of Sergeant or an equivalent first-line supervisory position is strongly preferred.
• Candidates should demonstrate experience in, or substantial knowledge of, both police operations and criminal investigations. Experience in campus or university law enforcement is preferred but is not required.
• Experience with accreditation, Clery compliance, UCR/NIBRS, training, emergency management, special-event planning, or administrative investigations is desirable.

Certification:

• Must be certified, or eligible for certification, as a sworn police officer recognized by the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions and must maintain such certification as a condition of employment.

Must maintain all required firearms qualifications and other certifications necessary to perform the duties of a sworn University Police Lieutenant.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

• This is an essential public safety and command-level position. The employee is normally scheduled to work a forty-hour workweek; however, work hours and assignments may vary based upon operational needs.
• The Lieutenant may be required to work evenings, nights, weekends, holidays, special events, and during University closures or emergencies.
• The Lieutenant is subject to call-back and may be required to respond to campus or other designated locations outside of normally scheduled working hours for significant incidents, emergencies, investigations, staffing needs, or other circumstances requiring command-level response.
• The employee must maintain all licenses, certifications, firearms qualifications, and other requirements necessary to exercise police powers and perform the essential functions of the position.

ORGANIZATIONAL FLEXIBILITY

The Lieutenant position is intentionally structured as a general command classification encompassing both Operations and Investigations. Individual Lieutenants may be assigned primary responsibility for patrol operations, investigations, training, accreditation, compliance, special events, administrative functions, or other areas based upon departmental needs.

Nothing in this job description establishes a permanent or exclusive assignment to a specific division, unit, shift, or functional area.

The Chief of Police/Director of Public Safety and Captain of Public Safety retain the authority to assign, reassign, combine, or modify a Lieutenant’s areas of responsibility consistent with the operational needs and mission of the Department and University.

Additional Job Information:

Benefits include medical, dental, prescription, long-term disability, accidental death and dismemberment insurance and life insurance; paid time for paid sick leave, annual leave, and personal leave; 12 paid holidays per year, tuition remission; employer-funded pension and supplemental retirement accounts

Bowie State University shall not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, marital status or veteran status. All policies, programs, and activities of Bowie State University are and shall be in conformity with all pertinent Federal and state laws of nondiscrimination including, but not limited to: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Age Discrimination Act, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,  the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Federal Executive Order No. 11375, and Article 49B of the Annotated Code of Maryland. This commitment applies in all areas and embraces faculty, staff, and students.