The Town of Natick seeks a highly motivated, accomplished and visionary law enforcement leader to sere as the next Chief of Police.
Natick is a suburban residential community with a population of approximately 32,000 located in Middlesex County approxamatley 18 miles southwest of Boston. The Town covers roughly 16 square miles and hosts the largestretail mall in New England, the Natick Collection located on Route 9.
The Police Chief is a non-civil service position serving as chief administrative officer of the department in all matters of policy, operations, and discipline; appointed by the Board of Selectmen,the Chief reports to the Town Administrator for general administrative and policy guidance. The Chief is responsible for the planning, directing, coordinating, controlling and staffing of all activities for the department.
The department operations are housed in a modern facility shared with the natick Fire epartment. Staffing is comprised of four Lieutenants, eleven Sergeants, and 37 Police officers. In addition, the Police department oversees a combined ( Fire, Medicaland Police) Public Safety Dispatch Center, which is comprised of nine full-time and three part-time civilian Dispatchers. The Chief is responsible for labor relations among the three unions that represent the Superior Officers, Patrol Officers, and Dispatchers.
A competitive compensation package will be negotiated with the successful candiidate. Candiidates must hold a Bachelor's Degree in law enforcement; an advanced degree inpolitical science, criminaljustice or a related field is preferred. Candiidates must have a minimum of ten years of progressively responsible work experience in law enforcement of which a minimum of five years has been served in a supervisory capacity. Candiidates must have completed an academy program authorized by the Mass. Municipal Police Training Committee, or equivqlent academy acceptable to the MPTC. A full description of the position and the necessary requirements for consideration are available at http://www.natickma.gov/.
Interested candiidates are required to forward in confidence their resume credentials, and a cover letter to : Director of Personnel, Town of Natick, 13 East CentralStreet, Natick, MA. 01760; or email to rtranfaglia@natickma.org All applications must be recieved by September 20, 2010.
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Contact Person: Richard D. Tranfaglia
Email Address: rtranfaglia@natickma.org
Phone: 508-647-6471
Fax: 508-647-6401
