State of Maryland

A Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Assistant Director is the managerial level of law enforcement work apprehending and transporting offenders and executing warrants.  Employees in this classification are located within the Community Supervision Support of Public Safety and Correctional Services.  Employees in this classification supervise Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Supervisor II and through those positions indirectly supervise Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Supervisor I and Warrant Apprehension Unit Detectives and other support positions.  

Employees in this classification receive managerial supervision from the Warrant Apprehension Unit Director, PSCS or other designated administrator.  Employees are subject to call-in during emergencies and staffing shortages and may work a rotating shift, holidays and weekends.  Employees may be required to physically subdue and restrain those apprehended and must wear protective clothing such as gloves, helmets, riot or ballistic vests when the need arises.              

Positions in this classification are evaluated using the classification job evaluation methodology.  The use of this method involves comparing assigned duties and responsibilities of a position to the job criteria found in the Nature of Work and Examples of Work Sections of the class specification.  

The Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Assistant Director is differentiated from the Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Supervisor II in that the Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Assistant Director has supervisory responsibility for Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Supervisor II positions while the Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Supervisor II has supervisory responsibility for Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Supervisor I positions and Warrant Apprehension Unit Detectives.  The Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Assistant Director is differentiated from the Warrant Apprehension Unit Director in that the Warrant Apprehension Unit Director has managerial responsibility for the Community Surveillance Enforcement Program and supervisory responsibility for Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Assistant Directors.

Supervises Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Supervisor II and through them indirectly supervises Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective Supervisor I and Warrant Apprehension Unit Detectives in a region or major geographical portion of the State;

Evaluates warrant apprehension and transportation operations, develops procedural changes and implements staff training as required;

Evaluates and reports on the effectiveness of warrant apprehension operations, arrest policies and procedures, search and seizure protocols, use of force policies to capture offenders and parolees that have violated terms of release to the community;

Prepares police and administrative reports that are clear, logical, impartial and properly documented;

Obtains and executes search and seizure and arrest warrants;

Carries firearms and makes warrantless arrests;

Establishes and maintains liaison with other governmental agencies to coordinate unified efforts to capture and transport offenders and parolees;

Testifies in court and administrative hearings to explain the results of the investigations;

Performs other related duties.

Knowledge of the proper and safe transfer techniques of offenders;

Knowledge of interrogation methods;

Knowledge of the safe use of firearms, handcuffs and other restraining devices;

Knowledge of the principles of criminology, psychology and sociology;

Knowledge of the conceptual and overt behavioral patterns of persons with histories of anti-social behavior;

Knowledge of interviewing and counseling techniques;

Knowledge of community resources in the areas of employment, health, welfare, detention and law enforcement;

Knowledge of the operation of the Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services policies, rules and regulations concerning police duties;

Skill in using investigative and interrogation techniques;

Skill in the care and use of firearms;

Skill in using computerized criminal justice system applications and software;

Ability to supervise subordinate supervisors and lower-level detectives;

Ability to evaluate the behavior of offenders in terms of potential risk to the safety of others;

Ability to react quickly and calmly during emergency situations;

Ability to deal constructively with aggressive, hostile or emotional parole and probation clients;

Ability to gather, evaluate and report factual personal information regarding clients;

Ability to prepare clear, complete and concise reports;

Ability to establish and maintain interpersonal working relationships with tact, diplomacy and sound judgment;

Ability to project a professional manner at all times;

Ability to endure vigorous physical activity;

Ability to communicate effectively with employees, supervisors, other law enforcement agencies, volunteers, volunteer and civic organizations and the general public.

Education:   A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, with 30 semester credit hours in the social, behavioral or correctional sciences.

Experience: Six years of experience as a Warrant Apprehension Unit Detective or six years of comparable law enforcement experience in a municipal, county, state or federal police agency. At least two years of this experience must have been at the supervisory level of responsibility.

Notes:

1. Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate, and four years of law enforcement experience in a municipal, county, state or federal police agency and current police officer certification from the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission may be substituted for the required education.

2. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Military Police
classifications or specialty codes in the Criminal Justice field of work at the rate of two years of military experience for one year of experience.

1. Candidates for positions in this classification must possess a current police officer certification as required by the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commission. Re-certification criteria for formerly certified police officers are listed in the Code of Maryland Regulation 12.04.01.07.  Employees who fail to obtain the required certification by the end of six months continuous employment with the hiring department shall be subject to disciplinary action including demotion, suspension and dismissal.

2. Employees in this classification may be assigned duties which require the operation of a motor vehicle. Employees assigned such duties will be required to possess a motor vehicle operator’s license valid in the State of Maryland.

1. Employees must have completed and graduated from the entrance level police training academy. Employees must meet the selection standards required and successfully complete the training prescribed by the Police Training Commission as set forth in the Code of Maryland Regulations (COMAR 12.04.01.04). Selection standards of the Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions may be obtained from the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Suite 309, 6776 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, Maryland 21215.

2. Employees in this classification may be required to bear firearms and to demonstrate practical knowledge and proficiency in the safe use and care of firearms on a periodic basis.

3. Employees are subject to call-in on a 24-hours a day basis and will be required to provide the employing agency with a telephone number where they can be reached, and carry an electronic pager.

4. Employees in this classification are subject to substance abuse testing in accordance with Code of Maryland Regulations 17.04.09, Testing for Illegal Use of Drugs.

Class specifications are broad descriptions covering groups of positions used by various State departments and agencies. Position descriptions maintained by the using department or agency specifically address the essential job functions of each position.

This is a Management Service classification in the State Personnel Management System.  All positions in this classification are Management Service positions.   

This classification is not assigned to a bargaining unit as indicated by the designation of S (supervisor), M (manager), T (agency head), U (Board or Commission member), W (student), X (Used by agency or excluded by executive order), or Z (confidential).  As provided by State Personnel and Pensions Article, Section 3-102, special appointment, temporary, contractual, supervisory, managerial and confidential employees are excluded from collective bargaining.  Additionally, certain executive branch agencies are exempt from collective bargaining and therefore, all positions in those agencies are excluded from collective bargaining.