Job Description
The mission of Virginia Peninsula Community College is to change lives and transform our community through diverse, inclusive, and equitable education and workforce training, excellent support and services, and innovative partnerships. The vision statement is to provide broad and equitable access to higher education and workforce training that empowers our community to thrive and grow.
The mission of the Department of Police, Safety, and Security is to cultivate a safe and secure campus environment and community, deter crime and mitigate injury, promote positive and trusting relationships with the students, staff, faculty, and community, and to serve the students, staff, faculty, and community efficiently and effectively.
The primary role of the Police Sergeant is to serve and protect property, faculty, staff, students, and visitors of the College. Under the direct supervision of the Chief of Police, the Police Sergeant is a first-line supervisor responsible for the daily supervision of police and security officers in performance of regularly assigned patrols and incident investigations in a manner that ensures a high level of service professionalism and promotes positive public relations, owing to thehigh visibility and public contact nature of the department. The Sergeant prepares police and security officer shift and location assignments within their assigned schedule, conducts pre-employment evaluations of prospective police candidates, conducts performance evaluations, and makes recommendations in matters concerning employee discipline and retention. The Sergeant also conducts patrols of each campus and other offsite educational locations to prevent crime or disturbances of businesses and persons at the college; notes suspicious persons and unusual conditions and makes preliminary investigations; inspects buildings and checks doors and windows for security; reports hazards that endanger public safety; and upholds the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia and the policies, procedures, rules and regulations of Virginia Community College System, the College, and the Department.. This position is designated as a Title IX Responsible Employee position and as a Campus Security Authority in compliance with the Clery Act. The police sergeant may be required to perform other duties as assigned and may be required to assist the agency or state government in the event of an emergency declaration by the Governor and/or mutual aid requests from other agencies, as necessary, appropriate, and/or available.
