AUTO THEFT TASK FORCE SERGEANT, Sheriff's Office

The Sergeant will be responsible for assisting with the daily functions of the Sheriff’s Office including supervising law enforcement personnel providing law enforcement services and protection to the citizens of Tarrant County. Duties include, but are not limited to, supervision of personnel assigned to the Tarrant Regional Auto Crimes Task Force and the coordination of investigative, enforcement, prevention, intelligence, and educational activities. This supervisory role will be heavily involved with the management of the grant adhering to operational constraints.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Schedules assigned subordinate personnel and adheres to assigned duty hours.
• Conducts unit briefings.
• Assists superiors and/or designated personnel with administrative duties.
• Supervises operational activities of assigned subordinate personnel.
• Administers guidance and direction for criminal investigators to achieve operational grant goals. 
• Monitors unit caseloads and major investigations.
• Notifies senior managers of major criminal investigations, personnel issues, conflicts and other extraordinary happenings in a timely manner.
• Monitors and enforces all Sheriff's Office and unit policies, procedures, and rules.
• Monitors employee use of communications and information systems to ensure compliance with all applicable laws, policies and procedures for their use.
• Evaluates duty performance of assigned subordinate personnel.
• Uses information systems to perform essential duties including employee performance evaluation, incident investigation and review, use of resources, workload and performance measures, and to create/prepare documents and reports.
• Responds to citizen complaints and inquiries.
• Reviews reports, case files, search and arrest warrants and subpoenas. 
• Assigns and/or participates in the investigations of criminal cases.
• Prepares administrative reports for grant-reporting purposes.
• Assists with grant preparation and may represent the Sheriff’s Office in grant meetings.
• Provides court testimony as required.
• Coordinates regional intelligence-sharing efforts and meetings 
• Maintains physical fitness to perform the essential duties of the position.
• Uses reasonable force when necessary.
• Communicates with internal and external customers, including contract agencies.
• Completes mandatory paperwork.
• Produces legal documents required by assigned duties.
• Attends and completes all training required by statute or TCOLE to maintain required certification(s) and licenses.
• Coordinates classroom and new investigator training. 
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Excellent customer service and communication skills, both verbal and written. 
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment. 
• Must be able to stay organized and know how to prioritize the workload. 
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team. 
• Competency with computers and Microsoft Office 365 Suite. 
• Advanced analytical skills.  
• Must have good interpersonal and public relations skills.
• Experience or training in public speaking desirable.
• Must be able to understand, interpret and properly apply court orders, relevant State statutes including the Code of Criminal Procedure, Penal Code, Transportation Code, and all other statutes, ordinances, policies and procedures required to perform essential job duties of the position assigned.
• Must be able to prepare official documents required to perform assigned functions including but not limited to interoffice memos and letters to other agencies, affidavits, investigative reports, and case filing documents.
• Must be proficient in the use of defensive tactics requiring physical force including the use of intermediate impact weapons and firearms.

• Must have a working knowledge needed to use basic Microsoft Office Suite software functions (word processing and spreadsheet).
• Ability to control emotions and focus on professional duties and obligations in all circumstances regardless of provocations or stresses encountered.  
• Ability to communicate necessary information to others in a calm, clear, dispassionate and purposeful speaking voice in all circumstances.
• Ability to create accurate, clear, concise, comprehensive, relevant and grammatically correct documents.  
• Ability to work with employees and citizens from diverse population groups in order to comply with the Department mission and best serve the public interest.
• Ability to focus personal and team efforts toward continuous performance improvement. 
• Ability to actively seek opportunities to increase and improve knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to improve personal performance 
• Ability to listen effectively by using good listening techniques.
• Ability to use interpersonal skills to foster positive working relationships with team members (peers, supervisors, and subordinates) required to provide superior services in the public interest.
• Ability to take appropriate action to accomplish assigned duties and accept accountability for outcomes.
• Ability to use appropriate physical force, including deadly force, when necessary to prevent the imminent threat of death or serious bodily injury to others or self.

• High school diploma or GED.  
• Minimum four (4) fill-time consecutive years of law enforcement experience with a minimum of two (2) full-time years in criminal investigations.
• Must have Texas Basic Peace Officer Certification (Intermediate preferred) and be licensed in good standing as a Peace Officer in the state of Texas.  
• Must possess a valid Texas Driver’s License and/or obtain a license within 30 days.  

Preferred Requirements:

• Associate’s degree or equivalent preferred but not required. 
• Experience investigating auto crimes
• Experience coordinating field operations
• Proficiency working within multiagency teams
• Proficiency in drafting, reviewing, and executing legal process (search warrants, subpoenas, and other court orders).

IMPORTANT NOTICE

To be considered for this position, your application must be complete and clearly demonstrate that you meet the minimum qualifications. Please ensure that all sections of the application are fully completed, including Education (specifying the type of degree, field of study, and graduation status), Experience, and Certifications/Licenses. Resumes alone will not substitute for a completed application. Incomplete applications will result in disqualification, as eligibility for minimum qualifications cannot be confirmed without full documentation. If selected for hire, you will be required to provide proof of educational attainment during the onboarding process.

Tarrant County will conduct background checks on new hires that will include a criminal background check related to convictions and deferred adjudication in the past seven years and may include credit reports, motor vehicle records, employment records and educational attainment. A conviction or deferred adjudication is not an automatic bar to employment. Each case is considered individually.

While performing the duties of this position, the incumbent is regularly required to stoop, sit, walk, run on occasion, strenuously climb stairs or ladders and lift up to 100 lbs.  Must be able to exert physical force when necessary and lift, twist and throw persons during defensive tactics regularly May sit at a work station for prolonged periods of time writing, typing, using a computer, or telephoning citizens or personnel for information.  May lift to pick up evidence and run/fight to apprehend fugitives daily.  May be exposed to communicable diseases.
There is exposure to household type cleaning agents (such as diluted bleach, alcohol based window cleaner, chlorine based cleanser); and occasional exposure to pesticides.  There is occasional exposure to inmate control devices that emit pepper agents via aerosol spray, gel or foam.  There is the potential of exposure to toxic smoke.

SPECIAL ADA PHYSICAL STATEMENT:
Applicants must demonstrate distant and near vision of 20/30 corrected or uncorrected in each eye and must be able to read typewritten material with or without glasses. Must be able to see without glasses (with or without the use of contact lenses) in order to wear an air mask; and in order to be able to see to defend themselves and others; applicants with uncorrected vision worse than 20/100 (Snellen) must wear contact lens while working; Must be able to distinguish basic colors (without the use of x-chrome lenses); Must be able to hear the conversational voice, with or without the use of hearing aid. Must be able to lift an approximately 40 lb Self Contained Breathing Apparatus for emergencies during fires; and, must be able to partially lift and drag an average weight person of approximately 185 lbs, a distance of 75 feet for the evacuation of individuals unable to assist themselves during emergencies; Must be able to physically restrain hostile and combative subjects; Must be physically able to participate in defensive tactics training and annual refresher training: Must be able to work any shift; and, Must be able to communicate in clear English during emergencies.