Airport Police Captain

Description

JOB SUMMARY

The Airport Police Captain is a command-level leader within the Tulsa Airport Police Department responsible for managing the Patrol Division. Reporting to the Chief of Police and serving on the command staff, the Captain provides strategic and operational leadership to ensure safe, professional, responsive, and legally sound law enforcement services in a complex airport environment.

This position maintains awareness of patrol operations, staffing, supervision, officer safety, critical incidents, and division performance to ensure consistent enforcement of department standards and expectations. The Captain leads through subordinate supervisors while promoting accountability, professionalism, proactive leadership, and operational excellence.

The Captain must demonstrate command presence, sound judgment, and timely decision-making in dynamic, high-pressure situations. This role identifies operational, supervisory, organizational, and performance concerns and implements corrective actions to improve effectiveness, reduce liability, strengthen morale, and enhance stability.

The Captain oversees patrol operations, field supervision, emergency response, deployment, training readiness, and critical incidents while ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, policies, and accepted law enforcement practices. The role also coordinates with airport leadership, TSA, FAA, airlines, emergency management partners, and law enforcement agencies to support safety, security, compliance, and public trust. The salary range will start at 78,548.00 annually.

KEY ATTRIBUTES

The nature of the position requires the Airport Police Captain to be a dynamic, flexible, collaborative, and accountable leader with a servant's heart. Possessing the following key attributes for leadership will be essential to succeed in this position:

* Integrity: Uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct, honesty, and integrity, serving as a role model for all department personnel.

* Communication Skills: Possess excellent communication skills to effectively convey information, listen actively, and build rapport with diverse stakeholders.

* Adaptability: Remain flexible and adaptable in dynamic environments, responding effectively to changing circumstances and emerging challenges.

* Collaboration: Foster collaboration and teamwork among department personnel and external partners to achieve shared goals and objectives.

* Emotional Intelligence: Exhibit emotional intelligence and empathy, demonstrating the ability to understand and connect with diverse individuals and communities.

* Accountability: Take responsibility for actions, decisions, and outcomes, holding self and others accountable to high standards of performance and professionalism.

* Cultural Competence: Embrace and respect cultural diversity, ensuring fair and equitable treatment of all individuals within the community and the department.

* Consistency: Show up consistently and deliver results to establish trust, foster accountability, and ensure the smooth functioning of the police department.

* Gratitude: Promote a culture of recognition, empathy, and appreciation for our employees and our customers.

* Professional Development: Commit to continuous learning and professional development, staying abreast of best practices, and emerging trends.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

* Operational Leadership & Oversight: Lead and manage Patrol Division operations to ensure safe, effective, professional, and legally sound law enforcement services aligned with Department priorities.

* Supervisory Leadership & Accountability: Lead through supervisors by setting expectations, monitoring performance, and ensuring personnel, conduct, and operations meet Department standards.

* Performance Management & Corrective Action: Evaluate, mentor, and coach employees while addressing performance or conduct issues through timely corrective action.

* Officer Safety & Operational Readiness: Monitor officer safety, staffing, deployment, equipment, and field supervision to reduce risk and improve response effectiveness.

* Emergency Response & Critical Incident Management: Provide on-call command leadership during emergencies, critical incidents, and major events, including response coordination and after-action review.

* Patrol Operations & Deployment: Direct patrol deployment, calls for service, proactive policing, traffic enforcement, and initial investigations across airport property.

* Organizational Standards & Discipline: Enforce policies, procedures, rules, and professional standards while addressing misconduct or operational concerns promptly.

* Training, Development & Readiness: Identify training needs and support required certifications, tactical readiness, leadership development, field training, and succession planning.

* Field Leadership & Visibility: Stay visible and engaged in patrol operations, employee interactions, field activities, and critical incidents.

* Interagency & Airport Coordination: Coordinate with airport stakeholders, TSA, FAA, airlines, emergency management, and law enforcement partners to support safety, security, and compliance.

* Community & Customer Service: Promote professionalism, responsiveness, customer service, trust, and public confidence with airport stakeholders and the public.

* Risk Management & Liability Reduction: Identify risks and implement corrective actions, policy improvements, and strategies to reduce liability and strengthen accountability.

* Administration & Strategic Planning: Manage scheduling, staffing, overtime, budgeting, reporting, policy compliance, and operational planning.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS

Training & Experience: Ten (10) years of full-time sworn police officer experience, with prior experience as a police lieutenant or police sergeant, is required. A bachelor's degree is preferred. CLEET Certified Basic Instructor Development (BID), Field Training Officer certification preferred.

Knowledge, Abilities, and Skills: Excellent knowledge of law enforcement duties, functions, and responsibilities; excellent writing skills; basic computer skills are required; ability to research issues and projects; excellent interpersonal skills required; ability to establish working relationships with area law enforcement agencies; ability to accept a high degree of responsibility for projects, inventory of evidence room, department property and training responsibilities.

Physical Requirements: Physical requirements include hand and arm steadiness and finger dexterity enough to use a keyboard and telephone; occasional lifting to 50 pounds, occasional carrying up to 20 pounds; occasional pushing and pulling up to 50 pounds; may be subject to walking, standing, balancing, kneeling, bending, handling, feeling, climbing, smelling and twisting; sufficient hand-eye coordination and position mobility in the ankles, knees, hips and back as well as vision, speech and hearing sufficient to perform essential tasks and maintain proficiency standards and positions for the "gun" and "non-gun" hand. Must have physical stamina to chase and subdue fleeing persons, arrest suspects, and rescue victims.

Licenses and Certifications: CLEET Full-time police officer certification. Valid Oklahoma Driver's License. Ability to obtain and maintain eligibility to hold a Security Identification Display Area (SIDA) badge.

Working Environment: Working environment is primarily indoors in an office setting with occasional outdoor duties in various weather conditions. Subject to shift work, overtime, weekends, holidays, and call-back.

Note:

This \" safety-sensitive \" classification is defined by the United States Department of Transportation drug and alcohol testing regulations, the Oklahoma Standards for Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing, and Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Laws. As a \"safety-sensitive\" classification, you will be subject to drug and alcohol testing, including random testing. Marijuana is one of the substances included in drug panel screening. Possession of a medical marijuana license will not excuse you from the testing process or the consequences of testing positive for marijuana.

This job description lists only the primary job duties normally assigned to this position but does not restrict the performance of other duties as assigned. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential tasks.