Airport Police Captain

Tulsa Airports Improvement Trust•Tulsa, OK

1d•$78,548•Hybrid

About The Position

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.

Requirements

Ten (10) years of full-time sworn police officer experience, with prior experience as a police lieutenant or police sergeant, is required.
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 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.
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.

Nice To Haves

A bachelor's degree is preferred.
CLEET Certified Basic Instructor Development (BID), Field Training Officer certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead and manage Patrol Division operations to ensure safe, effective, professional, and legally sound law enforcement services aligned with Department priorities.
Lead through supervisors by setting expectations, monitoring performance, and ensuring personnel, conduct, and operations meet Department standards.
Evaluate, mentor, and coach employees while addressing performance or conduct issues through timely corrective action.
Monitor officer safety, staffing, deployment, equipment, and field supervision to reduce risk and improve response effectiveness.
Provide on-call command leadership during emergencies, critical incidents, and major events, including response coordination and after-action review.
Direct patrol deployment, calls for service, proactive policing, traffic enforcement, and initial investigations across airport property.
Enforce policies, procedures, rules, and professional standards while addressing misconduct or operational concerns promptly.
Identify training needs and support required certifications, tactical readiness, leadership development, field training, and succession planning.
Stay visible and engaged in patrol operations, employee interactions, field activities, and critical incidents.
Coordinate with airport stakeholders, TSA, FAA, airlines, emergency management, and law enforcement partners to support safety, security, and compliance.
Promote professionalism, responsiveness, customer service, trust, and public confidence with airport stakeholders and the public.
Identify risks and implement corrective actions, policy improvements, and strategies to reduce liability and strengthen accountability.
Manage scheduling, staffing, overtime, budgeting, reporting, policy compliance, and operational planning.