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The Parsons Police Department is a full-service community oriented police agency staffed by 34 employees including 26 officers, 5 dispatch staff, and 3 support staff along with a Community Service Officer (CSO). In addition to the Chief of Police, the Deputy Chief oversees the Patrol and Investigations Divisions. Patrol includes a Lieutenant, 4 Sgts, 4 Corporals and 12 Officers; Investigations consists of a Detective Lt, and 2 Detectives.

The agency handles approximately 27,000 total incidents annually.

The Department is an evolving law enforcement agency that is in the process of engaging in a self-assessment phase of the Kansas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (KLEAP). The agency embraces the philosophy of Community Oriented Policing and Problem Solving (COPPS) and markets itself as a Guardian agency first and an enforcement agency second.

Since 2018, the Department has embarked on a significant training program with a focus on investigations, interview skills, narcotics expertise, sexual assault investigations and defensive tactics certification training (the agency has adopted the Pressure Point Control Tactics system), Additional agency projects include:

  • Land has been acquired and design work is complete for a new
    Public Safety facility. Estimated cost is $18.5M.
  • A Police Annex to house Investigations.
  • Creation of a Bicycle/ATV Unit to support 'Hot Spot Policing.'
  • Completion of a new off-site Evidence and Property Room
    Facility totaling 10,000 square feet of secure storage.
  • Speakers Bureau to enhance community interaction.
  • Enhanced capital replacement and upgrading of the fleet, radio and officer safety equipment.
  • Creation of a County-wide Inter-agency narcotics task force;
    Kansas Combined Anti-Drug
    Taskforce (K-CAT).
  • Deployment of a Narcotics/Tracking K-9.
  • Installation is complete of a federally funded 300-degree use of force simulator.
  • Partnered with KLETC to provide space in the Police Training Annex for the regional in-service training center.
  • The Department is in the self-assessment phase of accreditation with the Kansas Law Enforcement Accreditation Program (kleap.org).

Scope of this Position
As a recruit or lateral police officer the responsibility for this position includes initial call response, investigation of crimes and the arrest of criminals while working on an assigned patrol team. Officers are expected to be proactive in patrols and in meeting the public in a host of situations. Traffic enforcement is expected to be driven by crash location, criminal activity and citizen complaints. Our enforcement tolerance is to use the lowest level of enforcement to gain the highest level of voluntary compliance.

Officers complete a 12-week structured Field Training and Evaluation Program (FTEP) after Academy graduation prior to being assigned to patrol duties. Officers are responsible for documenting crimes and investigations using superior writing skills. Work performance is tracked using the Guardian software package which provides documentation used in creating annual work evaluations.

IDEAL CANDIDATE
The ideal candidate must be approachable, humble, and responsive to community concerns. Excellent communication skills are a must, and the selected individual needs to foster open and transparent dialog for building trust with both internal and external stakeholders.

This is a tremendous opportunity for a self motivated individual who wants to start his/her career and build a strong foundation or for an experienced officer who still values the work ethic
associated with self-initiative, proactive policing and connecting community policing with tangible results.

This type of position calls to individuals with either a love of service to their community as a new officer or as a mentor to other officers to enhance their policing experience and expertise. It could offer a super career development step for the right candidate looking to grow the breadth and depth of their policing abilities. It could also be an ideal position for an experienced in-state or out-of-state candidate who is energized to expand and sharpen their police leadership skills to instructor level assignments.

Peace Officers are a critical position for the organization's success and continued evolution. This position holds with it a responsibility to receive training and mentorship and grow into a subject matter expert. The agency's philosophy is to develop in-house training instructors who can enhance their skill set and the abilities of their fellow officers.