MDTA Chief of Police

Open Until Filled

EXECUTIVE SERVICE

(This position serves at the pleasure of the Appointing Authority.)

The Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA) owns, operates, and maintains eight major toll facilities comprised of four bridges, two tunnels, and two turnpikes, across the State of Maryland. For over 50 years, the MDTA has provided Maryland's citizens and visitors with safe, secure and convenient transportation facilities. We are committed to quality and excellence in customer service, and we rely on our organization's values, traditions and – most importantly – our employees to achieve these goals.

Nature of Work: The MDTA Chief of Police oversees a nationally accredited full-service police agency, making up the second largest state police agency and the eighth largest law enforcement force in Maryland. This is executive-level police administrative and managerial work in the area of law enforcement, security, and public safety. The candidate will be a police officer sworn to uphold and enforce the laws of the State of Maryland on all properties under the Maryland Transportation Authority's jurisdiction, including concurrent jurisdiction by agreement. Work involves the responsibility for the development of police policy, rules and regulations, procedures, and training programs. It also involves responsibility for overall budgeting and manpower management, which requires analytical thinking and independent judgment.

Duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Manages, directs, and controls the sworn and civilian members of the MDTA Police team;
• Participates in the formulation of plans, programs, and goals for the agency at the executive level;
• Negotiates and manages agreements with the Maryland Department of Transportation – Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) and Maryland Port Administration (MPA) to provide police services to those agencies;
• Represents the MDTA Police at public speaking engagements, conferences, and meetings with other law enforcement agencies, and federal, State, and local agencies;
• Prepares agency operating and capital equipment budgets for submission to the MDTA Executive Director and relevant MDOT Administrations.
• Prepares special reports or projects to be presented orally or in writing as required; and
• Directs the maintenance of records for operations, budget preparation, personnel administration, and accounting, and ensures that record keeping conforms to existing state regulations.

This position will report directly to the MDTA Executive Director. The current vacancy is located in Baltimore, MD.

MDTA employees are offered a generous benefits package including a minimum of 11 paid holidays, a minimum of 27* days of leave annually (personal, vacation, and sick), access to the Maryland Law Enforcement Officers Pension System, deferred compensation plans, excellent health, dental, and vision plans, and more! *May be prorated based on start date.

Qualifications

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Prerequisite: Applicant must be a U.S. Citizen.

Education: Possession of a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited four year college or university, with a minimum of 24 semester credit hours in criminal justice subjects and satisfactory completion of a recognized law enforcement executive training program.

Experience: Eight years of recent full-time employment in the field of law enforcement, five of which must have been in progressively responsible supervisory or management position in the rank of Captain or its equivalent or above in whatever law enforcement organization they have been employed.

Substitution: Ten years of recent full-time experience as a certified law enforcement officer, five of which must have been in a progressively responsible supervisory or management position in the rank of Captain or its equivalent or above in whatever law enforcement organization previously employed, may be substituted for the education and experience requirement.

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Experience overseeing budget preparation, expenditures, and staffing allocations
• Experience with and commitment to a prevention and problem-oriented community-focused policing philosophy.

Licenses & Certifications

Applicants must possess a Driver's License valid in the State of Maryland. Applicants must list the license number and date of expiration on the application.